Pre-School Teacher Education
Qualification awarded (in original language)
"Mestrado em Educação Pré-Escolar". Title of "Mestre".Level of qualification
2nd Cycle of Studies. EQF level 7. ISCED 2011 level 7.Admission requirements
The holders of the licenciado degree or legal equivalent, the holders of a foreign academic degree and the holders of a relevant academic, scientific or professional curriculum vitae may apply to the 2nd cycle of studies, as stated in the description of the Portuguese Higher Education System, provided by NARIC (http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/pt/Reconhecimento/NARICENIC/) and presented in section 8 of the Diploma Supplement.Candidates must also fulfil the requirements mentioned in the Decree-Law 79/2014, May, 14th, as this master’s programme awards a professional diploma for teaching in Pre-School.
Recognition of prior learning
---Qualification requirements and regulations
90 ECTS Credits (30 per semester). 3 Semesters (1,5 year). 40 Weeks of study per year (20 weeks per semester). 1620 total Hours of study per year; 1 credit corresponds to 27 hours. A variable number of Contact (teaching) Hours, depending on the established schedule for each Course Unit. It includes a scientific dissertation, a project work or a professional traineeship which will be concluded with a final report comprising 40 credits.Holders of this diploma are entitled professionals and can apply to a post in Pre-School teaching, according to the Decree-Law 79/20147, May 14th.
Profile of the programme
The main areas are: Supervised Teaching Practice, Specific Didactics, General Education and Teaching Area.Key learning outcomes
The degree of "mestre" (master) in Pre-school Teacher Education is awarded to those students that demonstrate, in this field, the ability to:a) develop and enhance the knowledge obtained in the first cycle, in order to develop and apply that knowledge to original situations often in the context of research;
b) apply their knowledge and understanding and problem solving capacities to new and unfamiliar situations in wide multidisciplinary situations, although related to their area of studies;
c) integrate knowledge, deal with complex matters, develop solutions or put forward opinions on situations of limited or incomplete information, including reflecting upon the implications and ethical and social responsibilities that result from both those solutions and opinions or indeed that condition them;
d) communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and reasoning that underlie them, both to experts and non-experts, clearly and unambiguously;
e) develop competences that will enable them to benefit from self-oriented or autonomous lifelong learning.
To complete the qualification, the student is required to pass all compulsatory and optional course units of the study plan.
Occupational profiles of graduates
---Access to further studies
The degree of "mestre" allows to proceed to 3rd cycle studies, according to the diagram of the Portuguese Higher Education System, provided by NARIC (http://www.dges.mctes.pt/DGES/pt/Reconhecimento/NARICENIC/) and presented in section 8 of the Diploma Supplement.Graduation requirements
Graduation is obtained after completion of the total ECTS credits foreseen in the study plan.Examination regulations, assessment and grading
Examination and assessment are regulated by the IPB general regulation, available in www.ipb.pt/sa, and by the Attendance and Assessment Regulations of the School, available in www.ese.ipb.pt. Consult this Guide under the option “The ECTS at the IPB” for information on the grading and qualification system.Mode of study
Full-time.Programme director
| Maria Angelina Sanches ( | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) |
Scientific areas of the study plan
| Scientific Area | Acronym | ECTS Credits | |
| Compulsory | Optional | ||
| General Educational Area | GEA | 8.0 | 4.0 |
| Specific Didactics | SD | 29.0 | 0.0 |
| Supervised Teaching Practice | STP | 40.0 | 0.0 |
| Teaching Area | TA | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Total | 82.0 | 8.0 | |
Course structure
| Year | Sem | Type | Code | Course Unit | Scientific Area | ECTS Credits |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 5049-564-1101-00-19 | Professional Development and Research in Education | GEA | 4.0 |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 5049-564-1102-00-19 | Didactics of Communication and of the World Knowledge | SD | 7.0 |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 5049-564-1103-00-19 | Didactic of Expressions in Childhood Education | SD | 6.0 |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 5049-564-1104-00-19 | Inclusion and Special Educational Needs | GEA | 4.0 |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 5049-564-1105-00-19 | Literature for Childhood | TA | 5.0 |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 5049-564-1106-01-19 | --- -Biodiversidade | TA | 4.0 |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 5049-564-1106-03-19 | --- -Espaço e Sociedade | --- | 4.0 |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 5049-564-1106-02-19 | --- -Educação Artística e Expressão Físico.Motora | --- | 4.0 |
| 1 | 1 | Semestral | 5049-564-1106-04-19 | --- -Temas Matemáticos | --- | 4.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 5049-564-1201-00-19 | Integrated Teaching in Early Childhood Education | SD | 6.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 5049-564-1202-00-19 | Education Methodology in Nursery | SD | 4.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 5049-564-1203-03-19 | --- -Teoria e Desenvolvimento Curricular | --- | 4.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 5049-564-1203-04-19 | --- -Psicologia da Relação Educativa | --- | 4.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 5049-564-1203-01-19 | --- -Ética em Educação | --- | 4.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 5049-564-1203-02-19 | --- -Educação e Diversidade | GEA | 4.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 5049-564-1204-00-19 | Supervised Teaching Practice in Nursery | STP | 12.0 |
| 1 | 2 | Semestral | 5049-564-1205-00-19 | Follow-up Seminar of Final Report 1 | STP | 4.0 |
| 2 | 1 | Semestral | 5049-564-2101-00-19 | Education Methodology in Preschool | SD | 6.0 |
| 2 | 1 | Semestral | 5049-564-2102-00-19 | Supervised Teaching Practice in Preschool Context | STP | 20.0 |
| 2 | 2 | Semestral | 5049-564-2201-00-19 | Follow-up Seminar of Final Report 2 | STP | 4.0 |