Duration
20h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in labour sciences (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Coordinator
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
Learning unit contents
As the course is common to several sections of various faculties (Institute of Social Sciences, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Psychology), an attention is granted to the diversity of the school and professional courses, but also to the waitings of students.
Concretely, the course is divided in two parts. The first one, teached by the professor, aims at sweeping the field of the sociology of ageing. The second, made up by students works aims to study in-depth some specific topics (according to the interests of the students).
The first part tends to link at the same time theoretical topics (the large sociological theories which had an interest for the ageing-related themes) and concrete problems (mistreatment, dependence, active ageing, etc.)
The works done in the second part of the course can cover various topics, among which: demographic trends, types of retirement, problems of the older workers, representations of ageing, dependence and oldest age, migrant worker, sexuality and ageing, life in nursing homes, suicide of the elderly people, ageing for female, intergenerational relations...
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, the student will be able to remember and will have understood the main sociological and theoretical concepts met.
Especially, he will have acquired a critical glance on notions such as the dependence of elderly people, the older workers, the representations of old age...
He will be able to argue on these topics.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The theoretical course will use in particular the following methods:
- presentations ex cathedra
- framed debates
- outside contributors
The practical course will consist, for the students, alone or grouped by 2 or 3, to read, summarize, criticize (according to the concepts seen in the first part) and present to other students an article from approximately 20-30 pages or to make a personal work on a specific topic.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Two hours course each week, at the second semester (practical courses start a few weeks after theoretical courses).
Recommended or required readings
Course notes (slides) available after each course on My ULg and readings folder (articles by Caradec V., Gaullier X., Guillemard A.-M., Vrancken D. and other scientists).
Assessment methods and criteria
Personnal work or in group, cfr topic "Planned learning activities and teaching methods") and examination as usual. Each part applies for one half of final cotation. The cotation of individual/group works will not be communicated before the final examination.
In case of group works, these will be evaluated without distinction between the students (excepted in case of an obvious difference of implication) on the quality of the work of analysis (summary and criticism of the text), on the quality of the oral transmission (presentation to other students). As well written documents as the oral presentation are evaluated.
The examination relates to the restitution and the comprehension of the course, but also on the capacity to put in prospect the concepts seen, to bring personal examples, or a critical glance.
Written examination (if 30+ students) or oral (if < or = 30 students). At the second session of examination, type of exam to decide. Date of exam to decide with the teacher (mainly first with students of public health department where it's a mandatory course).
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Start of the courses: February 8
Contacts
Teaching assistant : L. Nisen (04 366 21 85) Teacher : D. Vrancken (04 366 31 76)