Study Programmes 2015-2016
SOCI0098-1  
Development education seminar
Duration :
15h Th, 15h Pr, 15h SEM
Number of credits :
Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS)3
Lecturer :
Adélie Miguel Sierra
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
Faced with the unequal distribution of wealth in the world, in particular between the North and South, education for development is a process which aims to initiate changes to values and attitudes on the individual and collective level with a view to creating a more just world in which resources and power are equitably distributed and human dignity is respected.
Today, education for development is another way of looking at co-operation. From this critical perspective, education for development shakes the traditional bases of cooperation by shedding new light upon North-South relations, which are no longer characterised by geographical borders but by relationships of force between the rich and the excluded, and which are no longer based upon the principle of aid, but of partnerships and joint responsibility with a view to social change. This does not consist of setting objectives to fight against extreme poverty, but of strengthening the role of the State and civil society to construct another model of living together on a global level. Content:
  • Education for development, another way of cooperating: challenges of EFD within Universities
  • - What education for what development: the evolution of concepts and practices
  • - Missions, objectives, pedagogical principles and ways of acting for EFD
  • - Stakeholders and the institutional framework in Belgium, Europe and on the international level
  • - Issues and challenges of EFD for world citizenship
  • - EFD professions
Learning outcomes of the course :
  • To critically appraise the role and issues around education and lobbying as instruments for social change in North-South relations.
  • To identify the different stakeholders involved in EFD.
  • To design EFD mechanisms based on a critical analysis of practice.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The seminar is a collective process moving between conceptual frameworks, analysis of experience and practical exercises. Reflection will be enriched by input from resource people involved in the EFD field, using active and participative methods and through the use of a variety of tools. A portfolio of reference documents will be provided to each student.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Recommended or required readings :
Assessment methods and criteria :
Presentation of students' practical work. Level of involvement in the seminar
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
15 hours of classes + 15 hours (work, reading, activities)
Monday from 1pm-4pm - Room S27 in the B6d building 19 and 26 September and 3, 10, 17 October 2011
7 November: presentation of work
Contacts :
Adélie Miguel Sierra, lecturer adeliemiguel@gmail.com 0494. 991570