Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in labour sciences (120 ECTS) (en alternance) | 8 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
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.
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 research report (and the field report) (75% of the final grade)
The evaluation is based on the research report (and the field report).
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
All documents and Powerpoint presentations are available on MyULiege.
Contacts
Coralie Darcis (B31, bureau 1.96)
coralie.darcis@uliege.be
04 366 31 12
Jessica Joiris (B31, bureau 1.95)
Jessica.joiris@ulg.ac.be
04/366.45.04