Cursos / 2º Ciclo / Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences :: Educational Psychology

ORIENTAÇÃO VOCACIONAL - 2016/2017

1º curricular year
Semestralidade: 1st semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutora Marisa Carvalho

Class type and School hours

Prática : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Develop knowledge about vocational development; Develop skills for career intervention with idifferent audiences and contexts;

Specific Aims/Objectives

1. Understand the notion of vocational development and identify characteristics of vocational development throughout life;
2. Know different models and types of career intervention;
3. Select methods, techniques, strategies of assessment and career intervention taking into account different audiences and contexts;
4. Develop career intervention projects taking into account different audiences and contexts;
5. Train skills of psychological intervention related to career counseling process.

Skills to be acquired

Knowledge and skill at Vocational Psychology aplication

Teaching Procedures

Lessons will be developed based on content exposition, debates among students and case analysis, whether proposed by the teacher or brought by the students themselves. In class will also be worked out and presented projects that are based on the theoretical contents.
Specifically, the lessons will be organized in two main areas: (i) analysis, presentation and discussion of current literature on the discussed subjects and (ii) elaboration of projects. The work will rely on the use of expository methods and projets.

Programme

1. Vocational development throughout life
1.1. Notion of vocational development
1.2. Theoretical models of vocational development
1.3. Vocational development in childhood, adolescence and adulthood
2. Career intervention throughout life
2.1. Models and types of career intervention
2.2. Targets, aims, modalities and strategies of career intervention
2.3. Process and results of career interventions
3. Integrated and theoretically supported practices of career intervention

Evaluation Type

The evaluation will be developed based on the ellaboration and presentation of a work / project. Students should propose a project of vocational intervention. This project will be presented in class. In case of disapproval, all syllabus will be subject to examination. The final classification combines the work / project (70%) and the presentation (30%).

Teaching Resources

Books, Powerpoints, Videos,

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Vocational development, Vocational Intervention

Main Bibliography