Overall objectives:

1 - To question the school as a complex organization
2 - Analyze the school under different perspectives and metaphors
3 - Analyze the classical and modern administration theories
4 - Reflecting on the evolution of school management models in Portugal
5 - To question on the autonomy, participation, democraticity and decentralization of school administration and management.

Syllabus:

1 - The school as an organization specific and complex
2 - The school approached with different lenses: the school as a business; the school as a bureaucracy; school as democracy; the school as a political arena; school as anarchy; school as culture
3 - Management theory: Classical and modern perspectives
4 - Models of administration and management of schools in Portugal
5 - Evolution of the management of schools from April 25th: The various models
6 - Management and leadership: challenges and complementarities
7 - Educational Administration and Globalization

Literature/Sources:

J. Barroso , 2005 , Políticas educativas e organização escolar , Universidade Aberta
J. A. Costa , 2003 , Imagens organizacionais da escola , Edições ASA
Natércio Afonso , 1994 , A Reforma da Administração Escolar: A Abordagem Política em Análise Organizacional , I.I.E.
João Formosinho et al , 2000 , Políticas Educativas e Autonomia das Escolas , Edições ASA
J. Barroso , 1997 , Autonomia e Gestão das Escolas , Ministério da Educação
L. Lima , 2011 , Administração escolar: Estudos , Porto Editora
I. Chiavenato , 2007 , Introdução à Teoria Geral da Administração , Elsevier
Freire, P. , 1993 , Política e Educação , São Paulo: Cortez Editora
Lima, L. (Org.) , 2006 , Compreender a escola: Perspectivas de análise organizacional , Porto: Edições Asa
Maria Manuel Vieira et al , 2003 , Democratização escolar: intenções e apropriações , CIE - UL
João Barroso (Org.) , 2003 , A escola pública: regulação, desregulação, privatização , Edições ASA
A. Teodoro , 2002 , As Políticas de Educação em Discurso Direto (1955-1995) , I.I.E
N. Fraga & A. França , 2015 , A Escola Restante , CIE-UMa
L. Rodrigues & P. Brazão , 2009 , Políticas Educativas. Discursos e Práticas. , CIE-UMa

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
We use diverse and mixed methodologies. We will resort to slide projection, reading scientific articles and other texts and their analysis in pairs, group and plenary. It is always encouraged the sharing of knowledge and analysis of scientific literature and the life stories. The evaluation of students is based on direct observation of their participation in all activities taken place in the class and basically on the production of an individual written work, with the structure of a scientific paper, with oral presentation in class and to be submitted by email in .DOC format with a minimum of 7 pages and a maximum of 10 (one and a half space and Times 12, excluding cover, summary and abstract). In the event of any work does not prove consistency against the objectives of the course, the author will be invited to reformulate it.