Duration
15h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course aims to develop some contributions of the main theories of learning for instruction. It also discusses some characteristics of adolescents and their possible impact on learning.
The course is made up of five chapters:
I. Theories of learning: some history
II. Contributions of behaviorism to teaching
III. Contributions of cognitivism to teaching
IV. Contributions of (socio)-contructivism to teaching
V. Some characteristics of adolescents and their possible impact on learning
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
1) Discovering and understanding the foundations of classical theories of educational psychology and some key concepts of these theories.
2) Discovering and understanding some characteristics of adolescents.
3) Analysing teaching practices in light of theoretical perspectives and core concepts of these theories.
4) Analysing the impact of certain characteristics of adolescents on their commitment to school and their learning.
5) Being able to take advantage of the theoretical contributions to analyze one's practice and to design improvements and innovations in teaching.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- Discovering course content through explanation of the core concepts, and illustrative examples (videos, fictive cases or from observations during teaching stages,...)
- Reading of an interactive textbook (main concepts + teaching and learning implications + searching for examples in one's own disciplinary field + questions to assess understanding + case studies)
- Extrerne participants (for the adolescence chapter)
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
The exact schedule will be given during the course.
Recommended or required readings
An interactive textbook available on myULiège and to the Presses Universitaires.
A copy of the ppt will also be available on myULiège.
Assessment methods and criteria
A written exam.
More details will be given during courses.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
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Contacts
Christelle Goffin (Assistante) christelle.goffin@ulg.ac.be