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Study programmes 2007-2008Last update : 7/05/2008
AESS0218-1  Didactique spéciale en géographie (partim I)
- Cours et exercices
- Stages d'observation
- Stages d'enseignement
- Pratiques réflexives
Duration :  Cours et exercices : 40h Th
Stages d'observation : 10h Internship
Stages d'enseignement : 20h Internship
Pratiques réflexives : 5h Pr
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation, didactic approach, 2nd yearToute l'année6
Holder(s) :  Cours et exercices : Christine Partoune
Stages d'observation : Christine Partoune
Stages d'enseignement : Christine Partoune
Pratiques réflexives : Christine Partoune
Language :  Langue française
Course contents :  
Cours et exercices

Six topics will be discussed through the course :

- How to interprete the finalities of the geography teaching in accordance with the "missions law" and to design the identity of a geography teacher today ?
- How to translate some geographical competences in learning objectives, in accordance with the different programs ?
- How to help the pupils to develop the "thinking geography" in territorial problems solving ?
- How to design and organise a study case in a socioconstructivist process ?
- How to design a methodology to evaluate the learning ?
- How to use various media in the classroom ?

During the workshops, the students will prepare some lessons to be tested during teaching practices and they will trained to make use of stimulating methods.

Stages d'observation

See AESS0218-A-a (http://myulg.ulg.ac.be/MyULg/PW/vue_ep.do?as_decl=10855&as_type=EP_COMP)

Stages d'enseignement

The teaching practices are crucial moments for the gradual learning of the requested competences.

The students must be engrossed in the lessons preparation and in the teaching. So, the student must be sign a charter that engages him/her morally and pedagogically towards the masters of the teaching practices and that stipulates his/her binding agreements. If the student wouldn't respect the charter, the teaching practices could be stopped.

Pratiques réflexives

The reflexive workshops are strongly linked with experiences in the classroom.

Course objective :  
Cours et exercices

The main objectives are three :

- To get the references necessary to prepare relevant and adjusted geography lessons which involve the pupils totaly and globaly.
- To develop some competences in communication, organisation and management of the learning in the classroom.
- To develop the individual and collective reflexivity, to build a vocational identity as geography teacher.

Stages d'observation

The observation practices are divided into two steps :

- the aims of the four first hours are, for the students, to discover consciousness of the scolar context as intending teachers and to observe geography lessons with a critical thinking.

The following hours are made into the institution where the teaching practices will be taken. The aim is to have an idea of the context (the master's teaching style, the pupils, the classroom...).

Stages d'enseignement

See general objectives AESS0218-A-a (http://myulg.ulg.ac.be/MyULg/PW/vue_ep.do?as_decl=10855&as_type=EP_COMP)

Pratiques réflexives

- To make a critical analysis of the observed and teached lessons by the students, in order to enlarge their vision of the geography and of the geography didactics.
- To design for each student some ways to improve his/her teaching practice and some points to study deeply for his/her own learning.

Prerequisites :  
Cours et exercices

Licence or master in geography.

Stages d'observation

None for the first four hours.
For the following, the presence of the student must be regular at the lectures and at all the workshops sessions.

Stages d'enseignement

To be allowed to make the teaching practices, the presence of the student must be regular at the lectures and at all the workshops sessions.

Workshops :  
Cours et exercices

The exercices are organised in 10 workshops :

1. To build a "systemic" documentary portfolio on a specific topic.
2. To formulate competences and objectives.
3. To choose an appropriate study case.
4. To design, give life to and make capital out of a stimulating phase to begin a lesson.
5. To design and give life to "problems-situations".
6. To choose and make capital out of images (fixed and animated ones).
7. To choose and make capital out of texts; to help pupils to write texts.
8. To organise a debate in the classroom.
9. To prepare a lesson to be tested during the teaching practices (in general education).
10. To conceive some tools in order to evaluate the pupils.

Stages d'observation

The informations picked during the observation practices will be used for feeding the collective thinking through the lectures and the reflexive workshops.

Stages d'enseignement

Builded from the topics given by the masters of the teaching practices, all the workshops sessions feed the preparation of the lessons that the students will give.

Organization :  
Cours et exercices

The lectures and the workshops are founded on participative processes; so, the regular attendance and the involvment of the students are requested to stimulate individual and collective learning dynamics.

- 14 lectures and workshops (40h), each wednesday (see the horary on the Cifen website : www.cifen.ulg.ac.be).
- 10 hours : observation in different secondary schools : 4 at the end of september and 2 before the teaching practices in november.
- 20 hours of teaching practices in general education : 4h in november and 16 in january-february (see the horary on the Cifen website : www.cifen.ulg.ac.be).
- 5 hours of reflexive exercices.

The lectures, exercices, teaching practices and reflexive exercices are under the responsability of prof. Christine Partoune.
The workshops are managed by C. Partoune, with the support of N..., assistant, and of A. Barthelemi and Martine Colémont, pedagogical monitors.

Stages d'observation

The first four hours must be made in october, between the 4th and the 16th, in little groups of 3 students, by 4 different teachers (the students make their own choice) and in 2 different education networks.
One of these observation must be realised by Martine Colémont, pedagogical monitors.

Stages d'enseignement

In geography, the teaching practices masters are choosen by the the professor responsible of the course. The university conclude a collaboration agreement with some scolar institutions.

Each student carry out the teaching practices into 2 different scolar institutions and in 2 different channels : the first and the second in general channel and the third in technical/professional channel. If possible, two different education network will be experienced : the official education network (French Community/Province/municipality) and the catholic education network.
The allowing of the places where to make the teaching practices is acted in concert with the students.

The periods for the teaching practices are indicated in the horary (see on the Cifen website : www.cifen.ulg.ac.be).
The students are not allowed to go beyond these limits without special derogation.

Pratiques réflexives

Three sessions will be opened for partim I :

17/10 (2h)
28/11 (1h)
31/10 (2h)

Written notes :  
Cours et exercices

B. Mérenne-Schoumaker, Didactique de la géographie. Organiser les apprentissages, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 2005, 255 pages.

C. Partoune, Les compétences terminales en géographie, www.geoeco.ulg.ac.be/lmg/competences

C. Partoune, Le chantier de la conception pédagogique, www.geoeco.ulg.ac.be/lmg/competences/chantier

C. Partoune, La démarche de situation-problème, www.geoeco.ulg.ac.be/lmg/articles.

Other notes distributed during the year.

Stages d'observation

An observation grid will be given to the students.

Stages d'enseignement

See AESS0218-A-a (http://myulg.ulg.ac.be/MyULg/PW/vue_ep.do?as_decl=10855&as_type=EP_COMP)

Assessment :  
Cours et exercices

Exam on the theory : compulsorily in january; 40% of the points.

Workshops : 20%.
The student must have achieved all the asked exercices to be allowed to present the exam on the theory.

Teaching practices : 40% of the points.
The evaluation of the teaching practices is based on three points of view : the one of the teacher which receive and supervise the student, the one of the professor (after a visit and through the reading of the lessons preparations), the one of the student (dashboard).

Stages d'observation

Three observation reports must be done :
1. in october, at least for the 17th;
2. in november, at least for the 28th;
3. in february, at least for the 13th.

These reports are involved in the student's dashbord.

Stages d'enseignement

The evaluation of the teaching practices takes in account the improvement of the student.

An evaluation grid shows when the criterions and indicators are taken in account for a "formative" evaluation (* and **) or for a "certificative" evaluation (***). The grid is downloadable on the Cifen website, section "special didactics in geography" : www.cifen.ulg.ac.be

The teaching practices 1 and 2 represent 40% of the final score for the course of special didactic partim I.

Pratiques réflexives

The feedings of the reflexive workshops will be recorded by the students in their dashboard.

Contacts :  
Cours et exercices

- C. Partoune, Département de Géographie - 04 366 57 49
e-mail : C.Partoune@ulg.ac.be

- N..., assistant

- A. Barthelemi - 083 61 24 55
e-mail : anne.barthelemi@marche.be

- M. Colémont - 087/31.08.33
martine.colemont6@yucom.be

- Secrétariat : Chantal Sarto - 04 366 56 23 e-mail : C.Sarto@ulg.ac.be

Stages d'observation

Christine Partoune

C.Partoune@ulg.ac.be

Stages d'enseignement

Christine Partoune
C.Partoune@ulg.ac.be

Pratiques réflexives

C.Partoune
C.Partoune@ulg.ac.be

Remarks :  
Stages d'observation

See AESS0218-A-a (http://myulg.ulg.ac.be/MyULg/PW/vue_ep.do?as_decl=10855&as_type=EP_COMP)


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