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| AESS0235-1 | Special didactics in biology (part II)
- Course and exercices
- Teaching placements
- Reflexive practical work
- School practical outside lectures
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| Duration : | Course and exercices : 35h Th
Teaching placements : 20h Internship
Reflexive practical work : 5h Pr
School practical outside lectures : 10h Pr
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| Holder(s) : | Course and exercices : Marie‑Noëlle Hindryckx
Teaching placements : Marie‑Noëlle Hindryckx
Reflexive practical work : Marie‑Noëlle Hindryckx
School practical outside lectures : Marie‑Noëlle Hindryckx
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : |
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| During DIDAC 2, the classes and practical exercises will continue to explore the questions raised during DIDAC 1, and will also address the following questions :
How can we check that each pupil has adequate skills-based learning in the biological sciences?
How can we establish contact and dialogue with actors close to the school environment who may be able to help pupils and also help teachers in their work?
How can we widen our training to develop our careers? Science, technology and society; the birth of scientific knowledge and its evolution over time; enrolling in continuing professional education.
How can we construct a specific methodology for the teaching of science?
What image does science project of itself? What values? What moral code? How can we create responsible citizens? ... |
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| Teaching placements are vital in order to gradually acquire the skills required of a teacher. Students must be entirely committed to preparing classes and presentations which they have to make. The student must vow in writing to respect the school, the placement leader and the pupils in the classroom on a personal and educational level.
Placements are an occasion for students to encounter different methods and ways of teaching and different audiences. |
| | Reflexive practical work |
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| Students will have the opportunity to take stock of their practical work, both their teaching exercises and their placements. This is the chance for students to analyse their teaching practices in order to improve them. |
| | School practical outside lectures |
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| These ten hours are devoted to three different school activities (themed week, project, trip) or any other proposition with a link to teaching but not necessarily with a school. The choice is left to the student, but is subject to the approval of the didactic specialist. |
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| Course objective : |
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| The objectives followed in DIDAC 1 are retained and the objectives which are specific to the second part are as follows:
To lead future teachers to reflect upon their epistemological and didactical positions
To understand the implications of these positions for pupil training and building their own professional identity
To take a step back from the teaching profession, know how to listen to pupils and how to hand over to other players who are close to the school environment. |
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| The main objective of these placements is to put aspiring teachers into a position which is as close as possible to that which they will encounter in their future career. These placements lead aspiring teachers to apply their skills to the position of a teacher in the early stages of their training. |
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| The main aims of this time for self-reflection for the student are:
To learn to analyse their teaching practice in order to improve it, both individually and in groups;
To analyse others' teaching practices in order to enrich their view of science teaching;
To take into account their own impressions of the profession in order to further develop these ideas. |
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| The aim of these activities is to deal with the macroscopic context of teaching and schools; looking at pupils and their learning in a different way; being part of a system. |
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| Prerequisites : |
| | Course and exercices |
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| Having followed the DIDAC 1 part of the course. |
| | Teaching placements |
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| In order to be approved to take part in the placements, the student must sign the placement charter, have participated regularly in class and in the exercises and have already carried out active placements within the DIDAC 1 course. |
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| none |
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| None, but the activities will be subject to the approval of the didactic specialist. |
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| Workshops : |
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| This training is practical and uses the following active methods:
Teaching exercises will be organised jointly with the physics and chemistry sections: each student will present a lesson on a given theme and will help with the lessons given by others. A report is also required.
These practical sessions will be organised on the theme of using an experimental scientific approach in class; the use of IT when delivering a course; managing groups and class discussions; dissections and field trips. |
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| Small group exercises led by an educational mentor will contribute to building didactic sequences for each placement, in terms of the requests made and subject matter. |
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| Reviewing the placements and practical exercises will include working upon self-reflection with students. |
| | School practical outside lectures |
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| The students themselves will have to organise their activities outside class, training or placement hours. |
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| Organization : |
| | Course and exercices |
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| Classes and exercises take place on Wednesdays between 1400 and 1730. It is essential that all enrolled students participate and are committed, for the training course to succeed. |
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| Second year: 4 weeks after Christmas and 4 weeks around Easter.
The student will choose their placement leader from a list; Ideally, the student will change placement leader with each of the three placements which they carry out (general vs professional or technical qualification). The student will give the precise timetable for his or her placement one week before the start of the period using an ad hoc form.
Each student will see didactic specialists three times during their placement and possibly also general didactic experts; A report will be submitted 2 weeks after each placement. |
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| Reflective practices are not distinct from theory and exercise sessions: returning from the placement; analysis of shared practices and personal feedback also constitute 'work'. In their second report, students should also take stock of their experiences and analyse them and add some bibliographical research on precise peak. |
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| The student organises his or her own time throughout the year. The three activities must add up to 10 hours. |
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| Written notes : |
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| Notes will be updated and distributed to students during the course. The didactic contract as well as the documents required for placements and various activities can be downloaded from the CIFEN website at http://www.cifen.ulg.ac.be/didac_spec/didac_index.htm |
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| Course notes will be updated and distributed to students during class. The didactic contract as well as the documents required for the placement and various activities can be downloaded from the CIFEN website http://www.cifen.ulg.ac.be/didac_spec/didac_index.htm |
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| Course notes will be updated and distributed to students during class. The didactic contract as well as documents which are required for the placement can be downloaded from the CIFEN site http://www.cifen.ulg.ac.be/didac_spec/didac_index.htm |
| | School practical outside lectures |
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| Course notes will be updated and distributed to students during the course. The didactic contract as well as the documents required for the placement and other activities can be downloaded from the CIFEN website http://www.cifen.ulg.ac.be/didac_spec/didac_index.htm |
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| Assessment : |
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| Attendance at classes is compulsory and will form part of the overall assessment, integrated into the grade given to the theory course. Another chance to carry out a teaching exercise will be given during the first quarter. This involves working alongside your teaching mentor and taking one of his or her classes or an hour of a University class, depending upon his or her availability and timetable. Once again, this work will not be graded but the analysis which you carry out of the work, with your mentor, will be assessed in a report (micro-assignment II) to be submitted at the latest two weeks after the class. Instructions for this micro-assignment are the same as before.
The special didactics 2 course will end with an oral exam. During this exam, you will make a presentation to your colleagues, of work that you have carried out previously. You must submit a copy of this presentation (electronically and on paper) on the exam date, to the biology diadactics specialist.
The aim of this work is to present a lesson (or a series of lessons) on a theme from the teaching programme, which demonstrates your precise scientific skills and which can be distributed to your colleagues. You will make a ten minute presentation to your colleagues of a poster, taking the main ideas of your lesson and practical material, if necessary.
These sessions will take place on Wednesday of May |
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| During your placements, you will have at least one visit from a general didactics expert (a training visit) and a didactic specialist or his or her representative (three visits for the purposes of qualification). The aim of these visits is to identify your working context, your strengths and any difficulties you are having, as well as your progress in the teaching field (constructing your professional identity). After the observed lesson, you will be able to discuss your difficulties or questions with each didactic specialist. A written report will subsequently be given to you with your grade.
An a posteriori analysis of the lessons given and a review of the whole placement showing your strengths and weaknesses and any skills that need improvement, will be annexed to the report II.
The grade for placement will be attributed during one public lesson (in a secondary class room).
Placement public lesson: 50% of DS2
However, the final grade will also take into account the student's progress. |
| | Reflexive practical work |
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| The student's reflective progress will be assessed throughout this training and particularly in relation to the critical analysis which they bring to their placements, after lessons and after the placement. This assessment will be performed by the second practice report |
| | School practical outside lectures |
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| You should submit a paper briefly describing your three activities, signed off by the staff member leading the activity, accompanied by a commentary of your experiences: what you enjoyed, were disappointed by, what you learned (reflection). This work will be joined to report II |
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| Contacts : |
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| Marie-Noëlle Hindryckx (teacher)
MN.Hindryckx@ulg.ac.be
Mélanie Laschet (assistant)
Melanie.laschet@ulg.ac.beCoentin Poff@ (assistant)
Corentin.poffe@ulg.ac.be
3 allée de la Chimie, B6a
room -2/118b
4000 Liège
04 366 34 89
Teaching instructors:
Mrs Lespagnard, Teacher for social advancement « les Waroux » of Liège ben_lespagnard@hotmail.com
Mrs Jonlet-Laubin, Institut Saint Joseph Chênée : christine_jonlet@yahoo.com
Mrs Binot, Athénée Ch. Rogier, Liège I in Liège : fbinot@skynet.be
Mrs Kreit-Hansoul, Saint Benoît-Saint Servais : hansoul_d@yahoo.fr |
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| Marie-Noëlle Hindryckx (teacher)
MN.Hindryckx@ulg.ac.be
Mélanie Laschet (assistant)
Mélanie.laschet@ulg.ac.beCorentin Poffé (assistant)
corentin.poffe@ulg.ac.be
3 allée de la Chimie, B6a
room -2/118b
4000 Liège
04 366 34 89
Teaching instructors:
Mrs Lespagnard, Teacher of social advancement « les Waroux » of Liège ben_lespagnard@hotmail.com
Mrs Jonlet-Laubin, Institut Saint Joseph Chênée : christine_jonlet@yahoo.com
Mrs Binot, Athénée Ch. Rogier, Liège I in Liège : fbinot@skynet.be
Mrs Kreit-Hansoul, Saint Benoît-Saint Servais : hansoul_d@yahoo.fr |
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| Marie-Noëlle Hindryckx (teacher)
MN.Hindryckx@ulg.ac.be
Mélanie Laschet (assistant)
Melanie.laschet@ulg.ac.beCorentin Poffé (assistant)
corentin.poffe@ulg.ac.be
3 allée de la Chimie, B6a
room -2/118b
4000 Liège
04 366 34 89 |
| | School practical outside lectures |
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| Marie-Noëlle Hindryckx (teacher)
MN.Hindryckx@ulg.ac.be
Mélanie Laschet (assistant)
Melanie.laschet@ulg.ac.be
3 allée de la Chimie, B6a
room -2/118b
4000 Liège
04 366 34 89 |
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| Remarks : |
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| acces to public lesson will be related to successfull teaching placements |
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| none |
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