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| PEDA0007-5 | Training of professionals in the field of infancy, Part II
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| Duration : | 15h Th, 15h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Florence Pirard |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| On the basis of the course "training of early childhood professionals - partim I", this course gives students opportunities to deepen the analysis of the current challenges for initial and in-service training in the field of early childhood education and care. It introduces students to the analysis of various training systems and approaches to professionalization well-known in the field on the international level. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| By the end of the course, students will be able to analyze, on the basis of references, training systems in regard to professionalization aims and develop a critical perspective on training and accompaniment dispositifs". |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Course of training of early childhood professionals, partim I. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| By groups, students will choose, among different proposals made par the lecturer, an internationally recognized, initial training system set in another country, analyse it and present it, in a critical and referenced way, to their peers. They refer to professionalization challenges identified, during courses of partim I, in the Brussels-Wallonia Federation to provide a background to their analysis. On the basis of ther referenced analysis, they will engage their peers in a debate.
The report they will write down includes the whole analysis and proposes realistic, pertinent and contextualised regulation proposals for the Belgium context.
The lecturer will propose a file containing necessary articles that will be extended to personal complementary resources. He will give the opportunity to take part in a study day related with the educational system of the choosen country. He will organize seminars about professionalization challenges with the possible contribution of experts in the field. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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- Seminars led by the lecturer,
- team works,
- meetings and debates with practitioners, researchers and training professionals involved in the field,
- reading and analysis of training articles and documents
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Recommended or required readings :
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| A reading file including articles, source as well as bibliographical references providing a deeper look into the subject will be available for the students. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Collective presentation of a european training system to the other students and to the teacher, developed in a written report :
Criteria:
- documentary richness,
- relevance and refinement of the analysis and consistency of the argumentation when dealing with the challenges of professionalization,
- relationship between theory and practice.
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Work placement(s) :
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| 15h practical work : participation and involvement in a study day about an European training system and gathering of data. |
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Organizational remarks :
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| Optional cursus accessible to the students of 2nd master (Sciences of Education). |
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Contacts :
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| Florence Pirard, lecturer, contact preferably by email: florence.pirard@ulg.ac.be (B32, 2nd floor, office opposite the lift)
Jasna Vorgic, secretary, jasna.vorgic@ulg.ac.be (B32, 2nd floor, office 2.4b) |
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