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| PEDA1231-2 | Deontology
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Florence Pirard, Marianne Poumay |
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| Coordinator : | 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 first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| Deontology addressed in this course initially relates to all functions carried out in the field of training and education (teachers, trainers, educational advisors, educational resource producers, accompaniers, assessors, researchers, etc.) where the relational dimension and question of power relationships is central. It involves:
- researching meaning in complex daily practice,
- 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 fairness, 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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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| This course will enable students to:
- differentiate and identify links between:
- deontology, moral standards 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 masters in educational sciences,
- develop reflexive skills based on the analysis of real situations in relation to functions carried out in educational sciences. 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 proposed during class by each student with the group, but also upon deontological or ethical principles.
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- analyse a real situation which poses deontological problems based on their spontaneous representations 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,
- integrate these elements and resources into a critical analysis of the situation, leading to the identification of possible and admissible behaviours,
- communicate the results of the analysis of the situation to a peer group and to encourage a discussion to go further with this analysis,
- draft a report which takes the analytical approach into account 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 and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| none |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The lecturers organize some pleniary introductive sessions and give students a file containing relevant documents.
Groups of three students identifie a situation experienced either personally or by a third person, related to education and asking deontological questions.
They present the lecturers the selected situation following a grid that will lead to validation.
Then they present some peers a written report to read and orally the situation to their peer group in order to debate with them.
Based on consultation with different resource persons and documentary research, the students analyse the situation, leading to proposals for both management and preventative measures. The students link their analysis to existing deontological principles.
Case analysis will be presented in seminars and will be the subjetc of a written report (December) as well as an oral presentation (January). |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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- A reading list containing different types of documents:
- scientific articles from different disciplines,
- legal texts,
- professional documents.
- Presentations mainly by the lecturers and a few testimonies.
- Case study analysis seminars. The cases will have been collected and analysed by/with the students.
- Group work, partly organized during class time.
- On line feed-back by the teachers on preliminary versions of the cases.
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Recommended or required readings :
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| 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 methods and criteria :
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| By December 15th, the students hand in the written report related to the chosen case analysis.
Each student have also played a role of critical friend towards three students groups.
In January (date and room to be set), each student will take part to a half day session during which he will (with the members of his group):
- present to his peers and teachers the deontological case he has chosen and the analysis he has made (based on PPt presentation),
- lead a debate based on his presentation,
- take part to other students' presentations.
The assessment criteria will be posted on the online space. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Florence Pirard, lecturer, contactable by preference by email florence.pirard@ulg.ac.be (B32, 2nd floor, office opposite the lift)
Marianne Poumay, lecturer (m.poumay@ulg.ac.be).
Jasna Vorgic, secretary (B32, 2nd floor, office 2.4b) jasna.vorgic@ulg.ac.be |
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| Items online : |
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| Online space |
| A reading portfolio as well as the PowerPoint presentations used during the course are available on the online space of the course, together with other resources. |
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