Os avós na família

: reflexão e proposta de atividade didática para o conteúdo : o lugar dos mais velhos no ambiente familiar

Abstract

This Final Report of Supervised Teaching Pratice reflects upon the presence of grandparents within the family unit and society in general, highlighting their role in passing on traditions and values, in sharing with younger generations, and, similarly the upbringing of their grandchildren. Grandparents are an integral part of the family and, therefore, the roots needed to perpetuate future generations in each and every family. Sociological studies of the family have shown changes within both families and society throughout the past decades, as well as in school and church. This report analyses some of these changes, namely an increasingly aging population and decreasing birth rates. It also focuses on the urgency of developing intergenerational dialogue, one of the current characteristics due to demographic changes.In Unit 3, The family: a community of love, subtopic 6, Where the elderly stand within the family household, in the 5th grade syllabus, one can explore among the students how close they are to their grandparents and thus help strengthen intergenerational connections.In Catholic Religious Education (EMRC), schools have a privileged setting to develop the content Family not only because of its sociological and spiritual nature, but also because Family is part of the Educational System itself. In this sense, the unit plan here presented suggests a set of activities meant to emphasise the role of the grandparents in the family and promote the intergenerational dialogue by involving all school community members.

Date of Award	19 Dec 2022
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Inês Espada Vieira (Supervisor) & Juan Ambrosio (Co-Supervisor)