Duration
30h Th, 20h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in education (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
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
In Belgium, Higher Education Pedagogy (HEP) is still a young field of research. It is, however, nourished by numerous publications, specialized international conferences and a very important reflective activity. In an approach that leaves room for the individual educational interests of the students, this course makes it possible to:
- Discover the realities of HEP through current issues that cross it and more particularly by addressing HE contexts that are being reorganized according to a competency-based approach (CBA);
- Deepen the conceptual benchmarks of the CBA (the competency framework, levels of development and learning and evaluation situations (LES)) by obtaining information via documents and testimonials;
- Describe and present an existing LES by analyzing its characteristics, its context and what situates it in the key concepts of CBA;
- Discuss the field of HEP by sharing its analyzes associated with a LES, as well as the limits and levers that it could represent in a CBA.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
As, through this course, the students discover the new domain of higher education pedagogy, it will more specifically focus on the development of competence 1 of the reference grid used in the Master in Educational Sciences at FPLSE, slightly modified (by the lecturer) as follows :
"To present education and training situations :
- referring to conceptual frameworks from the interdisciplinary field of the educational sciences (models, existing litterature) ;
- taking into account the contexts and different actors of those situations (age, life and training contexts, functionning of the systems, meaning for each of the actors).
- adopting an ethical and responsible posture."
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course activities will be realized in groups, even though some steps of the students' work will remain individuals.
In order for them to deepen the topic they have chosen, students will read and document their ideas (articles, conference proceedings, books, professional testimonials, online sites), collaborate with a higher education teacher, and participate in internal seminars.
To share their work and make sense of their documentation process, the students will participate in a webinar with invited HE professionals.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
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Recommended or required readings
A specific book will be used, from Berthiaume et Rege Colet (2013): « La pédagogie de l'enseignement supérieur : repères théoriques et applications pratiques - Tome 1 : Enseigner au supérieur », in order to understand the context of Higher Education pedagogy.
Depending upon the chosen subjects, further readings may be necessary (to be determined during the first course sessions).
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Participation in training activities (seminars, readings, collaboration with a higher education teacher, group work, submission of intermediate work, and participation in the final online webinar) is mandatory to access the assessment.
An individual report and a collective report will close the course and allow the evaluation of the competence targeted by the course.
A specific session will prepare the students for the constitution of such a report, as well as a document specifying the requirements.
With a view to continuous evaluation, some of the intermediate productions will also be graded, taken into account in the final mark.
Work placement(s)
None
Organizational remarks
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Contacts
Professor: Marianne Poumay (M.Poumay@uliege.be)
Teaching assistant: Lisa Marée (Lisa.Maree@uliege.be) and Nathalie Salengros