Curricular Unit:			Code:
Promotion Measures of Productive Ageing			1006MPEP
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	CTSP	Gerontology and Community Intervention	5 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	65
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
Understand the conceptions of person, identity, community, work and productive aging. Analyze and discuss the changes that have taken place in society as regards old age and aging. Understand the new trends associated with aging, namely Productive Aging.
Syllabus:
Syllabus 1. The role of Lifelong Work - Perspective on lifelong work - Psychosocial functions of work - Constraints in the work context and impact on workers - Taking care of organizations and taking care of people. Syllabus content 2. Aging - Demographic aspects - Types of aging - Aging and discrimination Syllabus 3. Promotion of productive aging - Aging: affection, cognition and behavior - Sense of life and aging - Promotion of productive aging Paradigm definitions about aging - Active aging. - Healthy aging. - Productive aging. - Successful aging. Productive aging. - Productive aging: genesis, philosophy and objectives.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
In order to understand the concepts of people, identity, community, work and productive aging, and to understand the new trends associated with aging and productive aging, point I is associated with definitions of paradigms on active, healthy, productive and successful aging. Point III with identity negotiation in aging, community and work and the genesis, philosophy and objectives of productive aging. Analyzing and discussing the changes that have taken place in society as regards old age and aging, we have step II with economy and demography in postmodern societies and review of corporate organization models.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
The methodology used is based on the teaching-learning paradigm with the participative method in the classroom with exposition by the teacher of basic concepts and discussion and group analysis of themes included in the program. The assessment is distributed by individual assessment corresponding to 60% of the total assessment (individual and classroom knowledge test) and 10% in group work with presentation and debate in the classroom with the presence of teacher and students; 10% in group work (3 elements) and 20% in individual oral presentation of group work The topics to work in group are registered by the teacher in agreement with the programmatic content of this curricular unit. Individual and group assessment dates are agreed at the beginning of the semester.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The expository method allows students to be integrated in the understanding of conceptions of person, identity, community, work and productive aging. The method of group work with teacher supervision allows students to analyze and discuss the changes that have taken place in society regarding old age and aging and to understand the new trends associated with aging, namely productive aging.
Reading:
Bárrios, M. J., & Fernandes, A. A. (2014). A promoção do envelhecimento ativo ao nível local: análise de programas de intervenção autárquica. Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública, 32(2), 188-196. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rpsp.2014.09.002 Chapman, E. N. (2002). Guia para planear a reforma – como planear o seu futuro e viver a reforma em plenitude. Lisboa: Monitor. Dias, I. A. (2009). Empreendedorismo Social: um novo paradigma. in J. Caeiro (Coord.) (2009). Economia e Política Social: Contributos para a intervenção social no século XXI. Pp 213-244. Gonçalves, D. et al (2006). Promoção da qualidade de vida dos idosos portugueses através da continuidade de tarefas produtivas, Psicologia, Saúde e Doença, 7(1), pp137-143. Lopes, L. (2007) Envelhecimento activo : uma via para o bem-estar, Forum Sociológico [Online], 17 . URL : http://journals.openedition.org/sociologico/1639 ; DOI : 10.4000/sociologico.1639 Vaz, E. (2008). A Velhice na Primeira Pessoa. Penafiel: Editorial Novembro.