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DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL LEARNING OBJECTS
Learning objects. Learning object repositories. Teacher's Portal. Principles of educational software development. Pedagogical design. Authorship environments for creating mobile learning objects.
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS DIDACTICS
Didactical transposition; Didactic contract; Barriers to learning; Interdisciplinary; CTS Learning Approach; Scientific literacy; Methodology by projects; Problem-solving methodology; Didactical games; Investigative learning methodology; Experimental activities; Modelling approach.
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Definitions; Ways for power generation for consumption in cities: hydroelectric, solar, wind, fuel oils and charcoal, nuclear, fuel cell system with hydrogen and others still in experimental stage; power plant impacts to the environment; radiation; sound pollution; greenhouse effects and others; analyses of the social impacts on the construction and maintenance of power plants near communities.
SCIENCE EPISTEMOLOGY
Context related to knowledge production: possibility, origin, essential, criterion of truth and philosophical currents; the debate of internalism-externalism and the science and society relationships; classical and contemporary epistemologists and their views face the research and science teaching.
HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
Mathematics and society. Mathematics in different cultures and times. Large areas of mathematics and their historical constitution. History of Mathematical Education.
IMPLEMENTING TEACHING PROCESS WITH TECHNOLOGY
To provide a complete project experience, implementation, execution, monitoring and evaluation of a didactical sequence based on digital technology.
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING IN BASIC EDUCATION
Models and mathematical modelling. Modelling techniques. Scientific modelling. Discussions involving didactical application in basic educational context.
NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Exploration and creation of technological multimedia digital resources for the teaching of Sciences and Mathematics. Exploration of miscellaneous environments that exists in the internet as didactic spaces in teaching processes.
GUIDELINE I
Guideline to elaborate the dissertation and educational product structuring.
GUIDELINE II
Guideline to elaborate the dissertation and educational product structuring.
GUIDELINE III
Guideline to elaborate the dissertation and educational product structuring.
GUIDELINE IV
Guideline to conclusion the dissertation and educational product structuring.
GUIDELINE V
Guideline to conclusion the dissertation and educational product structuring.
GUIDELINES VI
Guideline to conclusion the dissertation and educational product structuring.
RESEARCH IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
The research in scientific knowledge construction; qualitative research in education; theoretical aspects and methodological procedures in the educational research in Science and Mathematics; educational products in professional Masters; elaboration and structuring of a research project.
SUPERVISED (MONITORED) TEACHING PRACTICE
Teaching activity in basic education schools or other spaces for the application of the educational product developed in the course.
EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS
To explore the potential of educational robotics as a resource of teaching and learning. Development of the computational thinking and identification on the part of post-graduate students of their teaching potential.
ADVANCED SEMINARY IN COGNITION
Reading and discussions of researches related to concepts and didactical applications in the scientific educational field associated to metacognition and emotions.
LEARNING AND TEACHING THEORIES
Philosophical fundamentals of learning theories; Cognitive development theory by Piaget; Vygotsky’s mediation theory; Ausubel’s Meaningful learning theory; Moreira’s critical meaningful learning theory; Paulo Freire pedagogy; alternative conception movement and conceptual change.
CLASSICAL PHYSICS SUBJECTS
Solid and fluid mechanics; thermal physics; waves; electromagnetism.
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS SUBJECTS
Quantum mechanics origins; conceptual and formal foundations of Quantum Mechanics; special relativity; particle physics; solid state physics.
MATHEMATICAL SUBJECTS I
Numbering Systems. Operations with rational and irrational numbers. Information processing. Algebra. Measurement systems. Flat and spatial geometry.
MATHEMATICAL SUBJECTS II
Cartesian product and relations. Functions. Complex numbers. Combinatorial analysis.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICOCHEMISTRY SUBJECTS
Basic principles of analytical chemistry and physicochemistry on the basis of environment and technologic chemistry. Properties of Gases. Thermodynamic. Chemical potential. Solutions; Phases equilibrium; Chemical equilibrium in aqueous solution; Methods of quantitative analysis; instrumental methods of analysis. Water chemistry, atmospheric chemistry and soil chemistry.
ORGANIC AND INORGANIC SUBJECTS
Basic principles of inorganic and organic chemistry: chemical functions (organic and inorganic); physical properties and their application in technological field. Solid-state chemistry. Thermodynamic and kinetics of reactions; chemical function reactivity; rationalisation in production of substances and new materials.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL SUBJECTS
Contemporary discussions in Science and educational technology.
