Research seminar in professional immersion, part 1

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Jessica Joiris

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The seminar aims at linking the theoretical courses taken by the students as part of their cursus and the reality of the working world discovered in the context of their professional immersion but also at providing students with methodological tools neccesary to the building of a research process. 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

By the end of the seminar, the student has to be able to indentify the different steps of a research process, to ask an adequate research question, to consult the literature, to problematize a research object and to choose an appropriate methodological approach and to conduct a research. He must also be able to observe a situation of concrete work encountered during his professional immersion.
Students have to be able to devise a report. 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The lessons will be dedicated to:
- the research process;
- the literature review; 
- the interview and the observation;
- the analysis of empirical data;
- the writing;
- the oral presentation. 

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

Sessions in class and exercises outside the class. 
The calendar and the instructions linked to the exercises are available on the e-Campus platform. This is also the main communication tool used to contact the teachers. Besides, the intermediary exercises must be uploaded on this platform. 

Recommended or required readings

Recommanded readings :

• Becker H., 2002, Les ficelles du métier, La Découverte, Paris.   
• Beaud S., Weber F., 2010, Guide de l'enquête de terrain, La Découverte, Paris.   
• Demailly L., 2008, Politiques de la relation. Approche sociologique des métiers et activités professionnelles relationnelles, Presses universitaires du Septentrion, Paris.   
• Friedberg E., 1988, L'analyse sociologique des organisations, POUR, n°28, pp. 103-122.  
• Kaufmann J-C., 2011, L'enquête et ses méthodes. L'entretien compréhensif, 3e édition, Armand Colin, Paris.  
• Quivy R., Van Campenhoudt, L., 2011, Manuel de recherche en sciences sociales, 4e édition, Dunod, Paris.   
• Peneff J., 2009, Le goût de l'observation. Comprendre et pratiquer l'observation participante en sciences sociales, La Découverte, Paris.   
• Peretz H., 2004, Les méthodes en sociologie : l'observation, La Découverte, Paris.   
• Strauss A., Corbin, J., 2004, Les fondements de la recherche qualitative, Academic Press Fribourg, Fribourg.  

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation in first session
The evaluation is based on:

• the assignments to be carried out throughout the academic year (25% of the final grade)
• a field report (25% of the final grade)
• a research report (50% of the final grade)

• a field report (50% of the final grade)
• a research report (50% of the final grade)

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The seminar is organized

• on Thuesdays from 4 to 7pm during the first semester. 
• on Tuesdays from 4 to 6pm during the second semester. 
  The seminar starts on the 3rd October 2017. 

Contacts

Jessica Joiris (B31, bureau 1.95)
Jessica.joiris@ulg.ac.be
04/366.45.04