Introduction to education and training sciences

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Ariane Baye

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

Learning unit contents

Several field of research contribute to the anaysis of educational issues: history of education, sociology, economy, psychology, comparative education, docimology... The course will use several of these fields to analyse the school failure, and in particular on the grade repetition issue. Mechanisms which contribute to school failure and its individual and social consequences will be analyzed. Students will have to analyze a problem using several levels of analysis: the individual (student), the group (class) and the system (the education system). They will discover a variety of scientific tools to collect and analyze data in psychology and education sciences. They will discover how a research tradition of almost 60 years has evolved and now more than ever its pertience in the education system of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end the course, the students will have to be able
1. To investigate an educational issue having individual and collective incidences:

- by referring to the theories of the education sciences - by basing itself on various methodologies and scientific tools - by basing itself on a diversity of educational contexts 2. To analyze the stakes and the societal effects of educational practices 3. To interpret research results such as they are presented in scientific studies

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Oral presentations supported by power points. Sessions of self-assessment in plenary session are planned.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Required reading: Crahay, M. (2003). Peut-on lutter contre l'échec scolaire. Bruxelles: De Boeck. (2nd or 3rd edition)
Power points will be available from MyULg.

Assessment methods and criteria

The assessement is based on - the content taught during the oral presentations; - the corresponding power points and documents; - Marcel Crahay's book (chapters presented during the lectures. When more recent data are used, power points and documents presented during the lectures are the basis of the evaluation. A bank of items will be available electronically. A part of the items of the written examination will arise from this bank. The assessment will be a written examamination (True/False format).

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Place: institut de zoologie ("aquarium")
Schedule: on Thursday, from 3:45 pm till 5:45 pm
First lecture:  September 21th.

Contacts

Ariane Baye
ariane.baye@ulg.ac.be