Duration
Number of credits
| Master in education (120 ECTS) | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Collégialité
Coordinator
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
Overall, training in basic principles of educational research and scientific writing. The educational device is structured as follows :
- Module 1: Typology of studies in educational sciences
- Module 2: Thematic proposals
- Module 3: How to write a research issue and a research question?
- Module 4: Literature review, documentary research and bibliographic standards
- Module 5: How to write research hypotheses and a research protocol?
- Module 6: Scientific writing
- Module 7: Meeting and research project
- Module 8: Methods used for qualitative data collection
- Module 9: Methods used for qualitative data analysis
- Module 10: Excel as a quantitative data analysis tool.
- Module 11: Statistical analysis using R
- Module 12: Research Ethics Committees
- Writing an individual pre-master thesis
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The aims of the TIR education unit are to ensure that students are able to:
- Define a research problem and select a relevant methodology to answer it efficiently
- Write a research question according to current standards and the research hypothesis arising from it
- Write a review of the literature related to the research question asked and containing articulated information from relevant sources
- Locate and select research papers related to their research problem using specialized bibliographic databases
- Write a bibliography of sources used in accordance with the American Psychology Association (APA)
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Different teaching methods are used in this course :
- Online course modules integrating video presentations, individual activities and discussions (through the use of forums)
- Classroom sessions
- Individual meetings according to the specific needs of each students
- Writing a pre-master thesis integrating the notions discovered in the modules.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
The teaching unit consists of a hybrid training device combining online sessions (mainly) and face-to-face sessions.
Recommended or required readings
Various readings will be given in some modules. The documents will be published online. The videos used in the online sessions and the Powerpoint files used in the face-to-face sessions will also be available for the students.
Assessment methods and criteria
Delivery of a written work (pre-master thesis) meeting the criteria transmitted at the beginning of the academic year. The delivery of this work in first session is conditioned by:
- Online tasks accomplishement
- The delivery of the two administrative documents ("department" and "faculty" documents) within the deadlines.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Dylan Dachet, teacher assistant : ddachet@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Distance learning will be implemented through :
1° podcasts and videos;
2° live sessions (question-answers, ex-cathedra presentations);
3° readings;
4° tutorials;
5° forums (exercises, feedback, etc.).
Assessment subjects
Delivery of a written work (pre-master thesis) meeting the criteria transmitted at the beginning of the academic year. The delivery of this work in first session is conditioned by:
- Online tasks accomplishement
- The delivery of the two administrative documents ("department" and "faculty" documents) within the deadlines.
Assessment methods
The assessment focuses on the written work and follows the criteria mentioned to the students during the sessions and available on e-Campus.
Contacts
ddachet@uliege.be