Class Demography

The UC of Demography is a unit integrated in the 1st year of the degree in Social Work and aims to enable students to a global and cross-sectional reading about the problems of the population and the challenges they pose to the intervention of a Social Worker.

1. Introduction to Demography (demography as a science; object of study; main demographic concepts and theories)

2. The main population issues today

3. Demographic sources (main data sources; indicators on the population; difficulties in collecting data and reliability of information);

4. Population structures (definition of the demographic profile, analysis and measurement instruments)

5. Demographic phenomena and dynamics (observation, analysis and measurement. Regional disparities and their impacts)

6. The future of the world population (main challenges; projections; growth estimates; public policies for social protection, poverty and development).

The teaching methodology is oriented towards a process centered on the students' competences and oriented towards the conceptual understanding and reflection of the themes, but also of its
operationalization. The assessment will be continuous, valuing the participation of students in the learning dynamics. Thus, the following elements will be taken into account:
- 2 individual written tests, each corresponding to 35% of the final grade.
- Group work (on points 5 or 6 of the program), representing 30% of the final grade.
Continuous evaluation presupposes that students attend 70% of the sessions. To be approved the students must obtain a weighted average (of the 3 elements) of 10 values or more. If inferior the students can carry out a appeal exam.

• Bandeira, M. L.; Pintassilgo, S.C (2018). Introdução à Demografia ¿ trabalhos práticos. Escolar Editora.

• Castro, Eduardo; Martins, José; Silva, Carlos (2015). A Demografia e o país, Lisboa, Ed. Gradiva.

• Cabodeira, Fernando Pereira (2020). Demografia - É Tempo...de Dar Mais Tempo à Natalidade e aos Fluxos Migratórios. Afrontamento.

• Marques, Teresa et al. (2016). “Nascer é envelhecer: uma perspetiva demográfica evolutiva e territorial na construção do futuro de Portugal” in GOT – Revista de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, nº10, pp. 207-231

• Peixoto, João; Craveiro, Daniela; Malheiros, Jorge & Oliveira, Isabel Tiago de (Org.) (2017). Introdução ao estudo – Migrações e sustentabilidade demográfica: perspetivas de evolução da sociedade e economia portuguesas. Ed. FFMS.