Duration
30h SEM
Number of credits
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of social sciences) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Justine Contor, Gautier Pirotte, Marc Poncelet, Melissa Schneider, Frieda Vandeninden
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
The course aims to develop three themes/approaches: de-colonialization through readings of various key articles; a socio-anthropological approach to the field of development through an in-depth analysis of the latest work by J-P Olivier de Sardan; and a reflection on development paradigms with a particular focus on the transition from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This seminar will be an opportunity to implement different methods to work on reading skills (reading notes, peer review, arpentage, reflective exchanges) and thus enable the student to grasp different objects.
The course will be built around a double work modality: the first concerns the reading of grey AND scientific literature, the second concerns the realization of a survey. Students will be asked to write reading notes that will be discussed (in the form of a seminar) during the sessions.
The introductory session will be devoted to presenting the practicalities of the course and an introduction to documentary research. This session will be an opportunity to answer the following questions: how to distinguish between scientific and non-scientific literature, where to look for scientific literature and with which search techniques?
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The objective of this course is to familiarize students with the reading, comprehension and analysis of scientific articles, and to provide them with the tools allowing them to distinguish gray literature, scientific and non-scientific literature in the field of development. Thanks to these skills, students will be able to adopt a critical posture when reading and will be able to make optimal use of the texts in their future work and research. Over the course of the course, the readings will also give an overview of some areas of research in development.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
French reading skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The courses will be based on the reading of different texts (grey literature and scientific literature). Students will also have the opportunity to experiment with different work and reading techniques (e.g., reading sheet, peer review, arpentage).
The students will follow the following modality for two work themes:
1- reading of grey literature + production of a reading note (1) based on an outline
2- peer review (grey literature) in class + exchanges
3- reading of scientific literature + production of a reading note (2) based on an outline
4- peer review (scientific literature) in progress + exchanges
5- production of a consolidated note (3) articulating notes 1 and 2.
Within the framework of a course we will also proceed to a "arpentage". This is a collective reading technique that is carried out in different stages:
1- separation of the book into as many parts as there are participants
2- individual reading
3- pooling of the results
At the end of this session, the students will have to write a note based on the key elements of the book.
Note: Because of the necessary involvement of the students in the sessions, students must be present at each session; only one unjustified absence is tolerated.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
The preferred method of teaching will be face-to-face, but if it is impossible to travel to or access the university, exchanges may take place by video conference (at the scheduled time for the course).
Recommended or required readings
All the articles proposed will have to be read for each session. They will be posted on eCampus one week before each session in pdf format.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Continuous assessment: Students will be assessed for their participation in the discussions.
Each student will hand in 3 reading sheets (per theme) for a total of 6 sheets. They will also hand in a card reviewing the key elements of the surveying session.
These sheets will be subject to peer review in order to improve their quality.
In case of a second session, the evaluation will consist of a presentation and an individual oral discussion of two texts not previously seen.
If we have to switch to distance learning, the course will be organized by videoconference and the same modalities will apply.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
First session : 06 octobre à 10h, au B4 (Amphi de l'Europe) R52 (0/60) [Liège Sart-Tilman
Contacts
Justine Contor : jcontor@uliege.be
Melissa Schneider : melissa.schneider@uliege.be