2022-2023 / PEDA0053-2

Curricula construction and evaluation

Duration

30h Th, 25h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in education (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Brigitte Denis

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course deals with the design and evaluation of training curricula. It is based on a technological approach of training that leads the learner to instrument his/her process and consider it in a systemic way.

Among the tools and models used to instrument this process, the Leclercq's (2007) "NEDOMERIOR model" will help to determine the phases of curriculum design.

Chapter 1 : Localisation of the training curricula among different parts of the educationnal system

Chapter 2 : Developpement steps of a training project

Chapter 3 : Systemic approach

Chapter 4 : Regulation process

Chapter 5 : The three pillars of a training curricula and the "triple concordance"

Chapter 6 : Analysis of needs and existing

Chapter 7 : Training goals and competences definition

Chapter 8 : Intervention and assessment methods

Chapter 9 : One aspect of the realisation step : the content structuration

Chapter 10 : Implementation

Chapter 11 : Observation-Regulation

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

  • Analysing (parts of) training curricula linked to different organisational contexts and modalities taking into account different facets (socio-economical, pedagogical, etc.) and using several tools.
  • Applying to concrete cases of design or modification of curricula or parts of curricula the NEDOMERIOR steps with the help of their related techniques and/ or taxonomies (Needs analysis, analysis of what already exists, Design, Objectives, Methods, Evaluation ; Realisation of resources...) ; Implementation/Action ; Observation (collection of tracks of processes and effects) ; Regulations and revisions.
  • Taking into account a systemic approach to analyse or design a training curriculum.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Various methods are implemented in face-to-face or at a distance:

  • lectures (face-to-face and online)
  • exercises
  • Multimedia Reciprocal Animation Projects exploitation
  • online cooperative case creation and analysis
  • analysis or creation of a training curricula/device (project)

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

There are face-to-face sessions and distance activities.

Recommended or required readings

Course syllabus is available online.
Suggested readings:
- Depover et Noël (2005). Le curriculum et ses logiques. Paris : L'Harmattan.
- Demeuse et Strauven (2013). Développer un curriculum d'enseignement ou de formation. Bruxelles : de Boeck
NB : Additional documents are distributed by experts or invited-students. 

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Other : Online cooperative activity


Additional information:

The assessment consists in, on the one hand, an analysis or a design of a training curricula (or device) using concepts and tools taken from the lessons. The work must be performed individually or in duo, and will be presented during the oral exam. The theme of this work has to be validated by the teacher. (90%)

On the other hand, the online cooperative activity counts for 10%. 

Validation of the examn requests the submission of both parts.

In the written work, students must : 
- respect the typographic rules
- use APA standards to quote the authors and establish the bibliography
- use a style sheet and respect ergonomic rules in the production of electronic documents
- respect the spelling and grammatical rules
- not plagiarize!

 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Profesor :  DENIS Brigitte, b.denis@uliege.be
Teacher's assistant : JORIS Noémie, noemie.joris@uliege.be

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