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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
PEDA0007-3  Training of professionals in the field of infancy, Part II

Duration :  15h Th
Number of credits :  
Master in Education Sciences, in-depth approach, 1st yearFirst semester3
Master in Education, Professional Focus in teaching, 1st yearFirst semester3
Master in Education, Professional Focus in Adult Education, 1st yearFirst semester3
Lecturer :  Florence Pirard
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
On the basis of the course "training of early childhood professionals partim I", this course strengtens the analysis of the current challenges for initial and continuous training in the field of early childhood education. It introduces the various training and approaches to professionalisation used in the field.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
  • analyse, on the basis of references, training situations in regard to the aims of professionalisation,
  • contribute to designing and adjusting approaches and professionalising mechanisms.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Course of training of early childhood professionals, partim I.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
From the training process observed in partim I, each student deepens the analysis thanks to resources of Partim II and on the basis of a personal research. He points out realistic and contextualised regulation proposals. He emphasizes the professionalisation challenges met in the French Community of Belgium.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
  • Seminars led by the trainer,
  • team works,
  • discussion meeting with practitioners, researchers and training professionals involved in the field,
  • reading and analysis of training articles and documents
As well as the contribution of the trainer, students will have the opportunity to meet within the context of the course:
  • one of the authors of a key piece of work on professionalisation in the field of education in early childhood (A. Dethier).
  • a manager of a professional training organisation for professionals working on early childhood from the French-speaking community of Belgium.
Recommended or required readings :  
A reading list including articles, reference documents as well as bibliographical references providing a deeper look into the subject will be available for the students.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Individual presentation, on the basis of a written report, to the other students and to the teacher :
  • analysis of the approaches and professionalising mechanism in the training process observed during the practical part (see Partim I),
  • deeper analysis thanks to new skills developed in the course partim II
Criteria:
  • documentary richness,
  • relevance and refinement of the analysis and of the argument when dealing with the challenges of professionalisation,
  • the relationship between theory and practice.
Organizational remarks :  
Optional cursus accessible to the students of 1st or 2nd master (Sciences of Education)
Contacts :  
Florence Pirard, lecturer,contactable preferably by email florence.pirard@ulg.ac.be (office opposite the lift, B32, 2nd floor).
Pascale Camus, assistant, pascale.camus@ulg.ac.be (office 2.1., B32, 2nd floor).
Jasna Vorgic, secretary:
jasna.vorgic@ulg.ac.be (office 2.4b, B32, 2nd floor).


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