Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master of education, Section 4: Chemistry | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Marie Housen, Mickaël Idrac, Doriane Jaegers, Pierre Lerusse, Vincent Natalis, Grégory Voz, Christophe Winkin
Coordinator
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
Teaching is not limited to imparting knowledge: it also involves questioning one's practices, drawing on research findings and, in some cases, contributing to research in order to develop more contextualised responses to certain educational challenges. In an ever-changing school environment, this ability to draw on research is an essential part of a teacher's professional identity. As Bressoux (2017) points out, this link must be established from the outset of initial training (and continued throughout the career) in order to give teachers the means to critically examine studies and research findings and assess their relevance to their own practices.
It is in this context that the decree of 7 February 2019 on initial teacher training was issued. This decree reinforced the place of educational research in the curriculum. It specifies that training must enable students to 'develop a reflective attitude' and to 'draw on research to analyse and develop their practices' (Art. 5) . It also provides for a specific focus on 'research in education and teaching' (Art. 19).
Within this framework, this course serves as an introduction to the culture of research in education and subject-specific teaching. It has four objectives:
- To identify the essential elements of the scientific research process.
- To introduce students to documentary research.
- To read scientific articles in the field of education and teaching critically.
- To identify and articulate the components of scientific research (research question, data collection, corpus construction, analytical framework, methods, data analysis).
In concrete terms, the course offers a progressive and experiential approach that leads to:
- Introduce the student to the key concepts of a research approach (research issues, questions and hypotheses);
- Familiarize the student with the writings, methodological approaches and objects of research in education and disciplinary or general didactics;
- Accompany the student in documentary research, critical reading and understanding of scientific texts;
- Present the various methods of data collection or choice of corpora, their scientific and practical advantages and disadvantages;
- Introduce students to the fundamentals of data analysis, both quantitative and qualitative;
- To introduce students to the research methods and questions specific to their disciplinary didactics;
- Equip students with scientific writing.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- Read, analyse and relate the scientific literature in education and/or disciplinary didactics with one's professional practice;
- Formulate a relevant research question from the scientific literature, articulate it with an appropriate theoretical framework and methodology, and relate these elements to data to be analyzed.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
There are no administrative requirements to take this course. However, it is recommended that you have acquired:
- skills in reading and comprehension of scientific texts in French, and openness to reading in English;
- writing and written argumentation skills;
- intellectual curiosity and a disposition to reflect on one's professional practice.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- Lectures.
- Readings of scientific articles.
- Training.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Face-to-face, with the integration of digital tools (eCampus platform) for the provision of resources, the submission of work and the support of individual productions.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- MyULiège
Further information:
- Course notes available on eCampus.
- Scientific articles in education and didactics.
- Reference works in educational research methodology.
Written work / report
Further information:
* Individual work : dissertation project including:
- a contextualized problem and a precisely formulated research question,
- an initial theoretical framework articulated to the question,
- a justified methodological proposal,
- a scientific bibliography.
* Participation in all seminars: a necessary condition for the award of the grade ("green light") (details will be provided on this subject during the course).
Work placement(s)
Not applicable.
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Course co-organized by pedagogues, sociologists and didacticians
Contacts
Coordinator
Vincent Natalis : vincent.natalis@uliege.be
Teachers
Pierre Lerusse : Pierre.Lerusse@uliege.be
Grégory Voz : G.Voz@uliege.be
Christophe Winkin : Christophe.Winkin@uliege.be
Doriane Jaegers : djaegers@uliege.be
Marie Housen : marie.housen@uliege.be
Mickaël Idrac : midrac@uliege.be