Duration
10h Th
Number of credits
| Master in education (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course offers an overview of the qualitative research methods used in adult education, particularly through current questions and themes in this field.
Three ranges of objectives are pursued and linked to adult training:
- awareness of qualitative analysis;
- preparation for the methodological procedures of the dissertation;
- preparation for the implementation of actions to collect and analyze qualitative data.
The stake is to help the students to approach the methodological aspect of an interpretative research mobilizing qualitative analysis tools.
Emphasis will be placed on concrete actions by the cheucheur or the qualitative researcher: conducting an interview or an observation, transcribing field data, qualitatively analyzing and reporting on their research efforts.
The course offers cooperation between registered students but also with current memorizers whose thesis objective is in adult training.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- distinguish subjectivity and neutrality in an interpretative research;
- analyze an interview (or an observation) to propose coherent results (with the research object) and grounded (in the studied field);
- position oneself in the reflective and ethical dimensions of qualitative research;
- report on the methodological progress experienced during the research actions implemented.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
This course is recommended in BLOCK 1, in parallel with the course "Mémoire-partim1" (pre-memory). See the program of studies for the prerequisites and co-requirements imposed by the structure of the studies
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is given in the second quadrimester over 6 sessions on Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Activities are organized entirely on place (6 sessions).
Recommended or required readings
We draw the students' attention to the "introductory" nature of the course. Many questions and a variety of practices will be addressed during the sessions and through the discussions. This course is a kind of "appetizer" on research methods and qualitative analysis, which hopes to whet the appetite ... It is therefore by no means an exhaustive approach.
Thus, it is also up to each student to seek scientific literature that addresses the methodological concepts addressed (with the support of the course supervisors).
Written work / report
Additional information:
In this course, the assessment is based on a collective writing with an individual part of a report of maximum 12 pages (+ annexes) respecting the APA standards, to be entered in two forms by Friday 11 June 2022, in a PDF version on the eCampus area.
Concretely, each working group submits a collective report for the team (6 pages). Through the traces collected during the sessions and the actions carried out, each team must report on the path it has taken in qualitative research. It is therefore a matter of choosing and plotting three traces of learning carried out as a team (approximately 2 pages per collective trace). In addition, there is an individual part linked to the specific role assumed in the team. Thus, to this common story is added an individual trace (2 pages) which tells about personal learning, experienced through the action carried out in the role taken on. The four individual parts (4 times 2 pages, therefore 8 pages) fit into the collective report while clearly identifying themselves among the collective traces.
The evaluation criteria taken into account will be detailed in lesson 6.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Not applicable
Contacts
Contacts :
Professeur - Daniel Faulx Daniel.Faulx@uliege.be
Assistante - Virginie Jamin vjamin@uliege.be
Unité d'Apprentissage et de Formation continue des Adultes
Université de Liège
Boulevard du Rectorat, 5/B32
4000 LIEGE
Belgique