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Curricular Development

Code 18025
Year 1
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 4
Workload TP(45H)
Scientific area Educação
Entry requirements --
Learning outcomes The aim of this CU is to build a comprehensive and integrative framework for Curriculum Development (CD), deepening knowledge and skills in the field of teaching, learning and assessment processes, as well as CD projects. At the end of the course, students should be able to:
1. Problematize the concept of curriculum;
2. Know the main paradigms and curricular models;
3. Reflect on the role of the teacher in curriculum innovation, assessment and management;
4. Analyse perspectives for pedagogical intervention, taking as a reference the results of curriculum research and the challenges of contemporary digital education;
5. Plan, implement and evaluate CD projects;
6. Develop and implement innovative, accessible and inclusive digital educational resources promoting learning opportunities for all throughout the life cycle;
7. Plan curriculum assessment strategies;
8. Communicate and support the process and results of their activity.
Syllabus 1. CURRICULUM AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
1.1. Fundamental concepts;
1.2. Paradigms, theories and curricular models;
2. SCHOOL AND CURRICULUM
2.1. Curriculum as a project;
2.2. Role of curriculum agents and structures.
3. LEARNING AND CURRICULUM
3.1. Organization and management of learning;
3.2. Differentiation, flexibility and curriculum integration;
3.3. Teaching and learning strategies
4. PROCESSES OF INNOVATION, EVALUATION AND CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT
4.1. Foundations and practices;
4.2. Curriculum projects;
4.2. Assessment of learning;
4.3. Digital Educational Technologies.
Main Bibliography Chaplowe, S.G. & Cousins, J.B. (2017). Monitoring and Evaluation Training: A Systematic Approach. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
GTI (2005). O professor e o desenvolvimento curricular. APM.
Kelley (2009). The currriculum: Theory and practice. Sage Publications.
Pacheco, J. A. (2019). Inovar para mudar a Escola. Porto Editora.
Roldão, M., & Almeida, S. (2018). Gestão Curricular – Para a autonomia das escolas e professores. Direção-Geral da Educação.
Ruiz, J. M. (2005). Teoria del curriculum: diseño, desarrollo e innovación curricular. Editorial Universitas.
Schmuck, R. A., Bell, S. E., & Bell, W.E. (2012). The handbook of organization development in schools and colleges: building regenerative capacity, 5th ed. EPI.
Syomwene, A. (2020). Curriculum theory. Characteristics and funcions. European Journal of Education Studies 7(1), 326-337.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2026-03-06

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