Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Epistemology of social sciences | ||
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Duration :
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| 45h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Marc Jacquemain | ||
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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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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| The first part of the course presents some basical concepts of general epistemology and an introduction to explanation in social sciences. The second part is dedicated to lectures by research fellows who present some of the main theoretical frames in social sciences. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The main goal of the course is twofold :
- render students sensible to questions of conditions of validity of a social knowledge and to the relations between social theorists knowledge and lay people knowledge. - make students conscious of the diversity of explanations in social sciences. |
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| A basic knowledge of great theoretical questions in social sciences | ||
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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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| The first part of the course will consist in ex-cathedra lessons illustrated by slides. The second part will be given as lectures by research fellows.
For the lectures, a more active participation will be asked from the students but the concrete modalities will depend on the number of inscribed students. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The course is based on the following book Jacquemain M., Frere B., Epistémologie de la sociologie. Paradigmes pour le 21 ème siècle, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 2008 There will be written notes for the introductory part. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Evaluation will be based on an oral examination. Students will be interrogated on :
- the first part of the course (syllabus) - four chapters they will have to choice among the different chapters of the book of epistemology (Jacquemain & Frère see above). - clarity of argumentation - use of correct formulation - capacity to make use of notion in order to reason further. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Teacher : Marc Jacquemain - 04 366 30 72
E-mail : Marc.Jacquemain@ulg.ac.be |
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Items online :
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 | Epistémologie des sciences sociales - Introduction Le syllabus comprend deux grandes parties :- la première voit les grandes notions de l'épistémologie générale (explication, vérification, intervention) et leur application dans les sciences sociales en distinguant trois logiques explicatives de base : causale, intentionnelle, fonctionnelle. - la seconde partie illustre ce pluralisme explicatif à travers l'exemple de l'inégalité des chances scolaires |
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