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| SOCI0083-2 | Seminar to analyze the professional practices
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| Duration : | 30h SEM, 15h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Jean-François Orianne |
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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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| All year long |
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Course contents :
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| The Seminar of Professional Practices applies exclusively to students studying for the "one-year" masters degree in work sciences. It aims to accompany students in personal research work based on their experience in the field (instead of a placement in a company). |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| By the end of the course, students will be able to :
- Understand methodological principles and the many facets of research
- Apply these principles to the analysis of empirical cases : establishing a case study, gathering information, processing material (coding, analysis, interpretation)
- Establish links between different theoretical, methodological and empirical elements
- Produce a tightly worked argument on a case analysis
- Write a report and oral presentation of the results
- Present the results of research
To attain these objectives, two learning strategies will be used: a commitment to collaborative working during seminar sessions and a commitment to reading. |
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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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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 1. General introduction
Organization vs organizing: methodology
Exploratory interviews
Personal work to be submitted
2. Transversal analysis of the exploratory interviews
3. Semi-structured interviews
Personal work to be submitted
4. Transversal analysis of the semi-structured interviews
5. Complement to the interviews: observation and document analysis
Personal work to be submitted
6. Transversal analysis of the observations and document analysis
7. Building a problematic (hypothesis)
Personal work to be submitted (literature review)
8. Transversal analysis of the problematic
9. Oral presentation
10. Working papers to be submitted by the 15th of May 2013 |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| In terms of didactic support, students will rely mainly on a portfolio of work documents put together during the sessions. They may also use the reference manual of R. Quivy and L. Van Campenhoudt, "Manuel de recherche en sciences socials" (Dunod, 2006), which the teacher highly recommends they read. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The evaluation of the students' assessment will be specified during the year and will include a written report, structured around a problematic constructed from their own professional experience. The report should not exceed 15 pages (appendices not included, font 12, single line spacing).
It must be handed in to the tutor by 15th May at the latest.
The following points will be taken into account in the assessment of the individual piece of research:
1) the quality of the description of the framework of activities (regulatory measures, legal and/or administrative data, organisation charts, etc.);
2) the quality of the description of the model or activities under observation;
3) the quality of the methodological approach;
4) the quality of the theoretical perspective of the work (dealing with problems, formulation of questions and work hypotheses, etc.).
5) the relevance, coherence and originality of the proposed analysis.
In August, the evaluation will focus on the written assessment (date of submission identical to the one of the Master thesis). |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| If the course report is not handed in before the set deadline, it will be assessed during the second session.
To be assessed during the second session, the course report must be handed in to the tutor before 15th August at the latest. In case of a negative assessment in the first session, the placement report must be completed, amended, and corrected according to the comments made by the tutor.
Students with no professional practice must go on a long-term placement in order to be able to take part in the seminar.
This placement will be placed under the responsibility of a tutor from the institute as well as under the responsibility of M. Orianne for assessment of the seminar.
A placement agreement stipulating the exact conditions for the assessment and the placement must be agreed between the student, the ISHS tutor and a manager from the place where the placement will take place before it begins. |
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Contacts :
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| Jean-François Orianne
Sociologie de l'action publique et des problèmes du travail
Boulevard du Rectorat 7
4000 Liège
Bâtiment B31 / Bureau: 1.99
Tél: 04/366.30.49
jforianne@ulg.ac.be |
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