Study Programmes 2015-2016
PEDA4046-1  
Teaching and learning of French in basic and low secondary education, part 2
Duration :
25h Th, 20h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in education (120 ECTS)5
Master in education (120 ECTS)5
Master in education (120 ECTS)5
Master in education (120 ECTS)5
Lecturer :
Patricia Schillings
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 :
This course is focussed on the mecanims that ensure the scaffolding, the control and the adjustment of the learning settings related to French. Six themes are developped :
  • teaching and  learning to spell;
  •  early literacy learning.
Learning outcomes of the course :
At the end of the course, students will be able to analyze the professional skills which determine the effectiveness of the studied learning settings. More specifically, they will be able to :
 


  • to consider learning in a developmental perspective;
  • to develop the ability to bring a new perspective to various learning settings;
  • to design and regulate some learning settings which ensure the development of the targeted skills;
  • to assess/ to comprehend the learning constructed in the different learning settings;
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
none
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The methodology combines theoretical presentations , analysis of students' productions and analysis of teaching/learning settings.
The course includes two types of assignement : on the one hand, the reading of a reading folder, and on the other hand, the experiment of a teaching /learning activity and the drafting of a report.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Recommended or required readings :
A reading folder related to the different themes developped in the course wil be made available for students starting from the first class meeting (february 10th).
Some additionnal texts could also be made available to deepen some of the topics.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Examen écrit. Le rapport relatif à l'expérimentation de l'activité (cf.supra) interviendra pour 20% de la note globale. Son absence ou la non présentation de l'examen entraînera une note de "0" pour le cours.
Work placement(s) :
There isn't any internship but a practical work described above.
Organizational remarks :
The course is organized in 10 face to face modules of 3 hours each . Four modules will be organized on Saturday morning from 9 to 12 (  March 5th,March 12th, March 26th, April 30th) and six during school holidays (February 10, February 11th February 12th,   April 5th , April 6th and April 7th).
Contacts :
Patricia Schillings - Patricia.schillings@ulg.ac.be
Since I don't have any assistant devoted to this course, I would be grateful if you could only contact me by courriel, and give me a few days to answer your questions .