Subject: Management and Educational Leadership

Scientific Area:

Education

Workload:

43 Hours

Number of ECTS:

3 ECTS

Language:

Portuguese

Overall objectives:

1 - Discuss the school as a complex organization

2 - Analyze the school under different perspectives and metaphors

3 - Understanding Recent Leadership Concepts

4 - Contextualizing leadership in school organizations

5 - Understanding the Effect of Effective Leadership in School Quality

6 - Analyze the effects of leadership on school climate

Syllabus:

1 - The school as a complex organization

2 - The school seen under different metaphors

3 - Organizational theories and the school

4 - Leadership in school organizations

5 - School Leadership and Climate

6 - The teacher as a manager/leader

7 - The Basic Law of the Educational System

Literature/Sources:

J. Barroso, Pol ticas educativas e organiza  o escolar, Universidade Aberta (2005).

A. Bolivar, Como melhorar as escolas: Estrat gias e din micas de melhoria das pr ticas educativas, ASA (2003).

J. Costa, Gest o Escolar: Participa  o, Autonomia, Projecto Educativo da Escola, Texto Editora (2001).

N. Fraga, As lideran as e os processos participativos: uma reflex o em torno da cidadania democrática, Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educaci n (2014), pp.151-171.

K. Leithwood, Making schools smarter: Leading with evidence (3rd ed.), Thousand Oaks (2006).

L. Lima, Administra  o escolar: Estudos, Porto Editora (2011).

T. Sergiovani, Novos caminhos para a lideran a escolar, ASA (2004).

N. Vicente, Guia do Gestor Escolar, ASA (2004).

 

Assesssment methods and criteria:

A mixed methodology will be adopted. We will use the projection of slides, reading of scientific papers and other texts, and their analysis in pairs, group and plenary. It will be encouraged the sharing and analysis of knowledge of scientific literature and experiences. The assessment of knowledge will be continuous. Students with more than 75% attending classes are subject to this assessment. The evaluation will comprise three parts: 1. Realization of a test as a form of critical and reflexive evaluation on the contents developed in the pedagogical practice, contemplating the possibility of being approached themes presented by the working groups. (50% of the final classification). (Minimum mark - 10 points) 2. Presentation and presentation of a group work (40% of the final classification). (Minimum mark - 10 points) 3. 10% of the final grade will be given to the analysis and comment of texts (between 3 and 5) delivered by the teacher and worked in groups by the students.