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| PEDA1231-1 | Deontology
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| Duration : | 15h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Florence Pirard |
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| Coordinator : | Dieudonné Leclercq |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The deontology addressed in this class relates initially to all functions carried out in the field of training and education (teachers, trainers, educational advisors, educational resource producers, mentors, assessors, researchers, etc.) where the relational dimension and question of power relationships is central. It involves:
- researching meaning in complex daily situations,
- consultative work and collaboration with other actors,
- taking into account existing normative frameworks (beyond the application of procedures and rules),
- an interdisciplinary approach (psychology, law, communication, philosophy, sociology, etc.).
It involves dealing with questions such as practitioner honesty, responsibility to third parties, confidentiality, professional integrity, information, falsification or plagiarism, etc. in terms of an approach involving various legal, moral and ethical aspects.~ |
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| Course objective : | This course will enable students to:
- differentiate and identify links between:
- deontology, morality and ethics,
- norms and values,
- confidentiality, respect for professional confidentiality, shared confidentiality, the need for discretion, etc.,
- identify the diversity of situations in which deontological problems can present themselves to graduates of educational sciences,
- develop reflexive skills based on the analysis of real situations in relation to functions carried out in the science of education. These skills in particular deal with responsibility towards third parties, protection of private life and freedom of participation, intellectual property and freedom of expression, evaluation,
- develop a view on the meaning given to deontology in the field of educational sciences based not only on situations covered during class by each student with the group, but also upon published deontological or ethical examples.
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- analyse a real situation which poses deontological problems based on their spontaneous representations, beliefs and personal references,
- research useful and relevant documentary references in relation to the chosen situation (legal texts, guides, professional articles, scientific articles, etc.) and to conduct, where appropriate, interviews with resource persons (de-centring and re-framing phase),
- integrate these elements and resources into a critical analysis of the situation, leading to the identification of possible and admissible behaviours,
- to communicate the results of the analysis of the situation to a peer group and to encourage a discussion to take this analysis further,
- to draft a report which takes into account the analytical approach in its various phases and its conclusions, highlighting the links established with the deontological principles set out in various publications.
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| Prerequisites : | none |
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| Organization : |
- A reading list comprising different types of documents:
- scientific articles from different disciplines,
- legal texts,
- professional documents (articles from professional journals, guides, etc.).
- Presentations mainly by the trainer on themes in relation to deontological questions and supplemented by one or more resource persons.
- Analytical seminars of cases collated and analysed by each student.
Four sessions will be given by the trainer on Monday 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th of October from 5pm to 8.30pm, in the council room.
From the 11th of October, time will be set aside during each session for a third of the students enrolled in the course. These students will each present, in a synthetic way, the deontological example which they will treat and present at the end of the training. Each case selected by the student has to be approved by the trainer.
On Monday 6th December, from 5pm to 6.30pm, Professor B. Mouvet will talk about the ethics of research.
In January (date and time to be set), each student will participate in a half-day session, during which they will:
present the deontological case which they have chosen and the analysis which they have conducted to their peers, the professor and the assistant using Powerpoint;
- lead a discussion based on their presentation;
- respond to other students' presentations. |
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| Written notes : | A reading list will be made available to students. This is the basis for work carried out during class and a reference for the analysis of situations carried out by each student at the end of the course. |
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| Assessment : | Each student will identify a situation experienced either personally or by a third person, related to education and posing deontological questions. Based on consultation with different resource persons and documentary research, the student will analyse the situation, leading to proposals for both management and preventative measures. Students will link their analysis to published deontological principles. Case analyses will be presented in seminars and will be the subject of a written piece of work to be submitted by the 16th of December, before the oral presentation in January.
Assessment criteria:
The evaluation will be based on the student's ability to:
- explain the deontological aspects posed by the situation and the field to which they are principally referring,
- analyse the situation by highlighting tensions which characterise it,
- clearly show, where they exist, the rules, norms or legal references relating to the situation, allowing them to develop a position,
- put into words the rationale which led them to adopt one position rather than another by taking on the role of the teacher/trainer in the situation. The rationale will take into account both the research elements as well as practical and axiological elements,
- link the situation being analysed with deontological principles (even if these are not set out in official codes)
- present their case and analysis in such a way as to allow other students to participate in the discussion during an analytical seminar.
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| Contacts : | Florance Pirard, lecturer, contactable by preference by email florence.pirard@ulg.ac.be (office opposite the lift, B32, 2nd floor)
Pascale Camus, assistant, contactable by preference by email (office 2.1., b32, 2nd floor). |
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