Study Programmes 2015-2016
PEDA0007-5  
Training of professionals in the field of infancy, Partim 2
Duration :
20h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in education (120 ECTS)4
Master in education (120 ECTS)4
Master in education (120 ECTS)4
Master in education (120 ECTS)4
Lecturer :
Florence Pirard
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
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.
Learning outcomes of the course :
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".
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Course of training of early childhood professionals, partim I.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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 and reports that will be extended to personal complementary resources.  He will organize seminars about professionalization challenges with the possible contribution of experts in the field.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
  • 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
 
Recommended or required readings :
A reading file including articles, source as well as bibliographical references providing a deeper look into the subject will be available for the students (on line, e-campus).
Assessment methods and criteria :
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.
Work placement(s) :
15h practical work : participation and involvement in exchanges with European partners about an European training system and gathering of data.
Organizational remarks :
Optional cursus accessible to the students of 2nd master (Sciences of Education).
Contacts :
Florence Pirard, lecturer, contact preferably by email: florence.pirard@ulg.ac.be (B32, 2nd floor, office opposite the lift)
Marie Housen, assistant, contactable by preference by email marie.housen@ulg.ac.be (B32, 2nd floor, office 2.1, 2° étage)
Jasna Vorgic, secretary, jasna.vorgic@ulg.ac.be (B32, 2nd floor, office 2.4b)