Course 2023-2024

Fundamentals of research in teacher education [PSFEM309]

  • 5 credits
  • 37.5h
  • 1st quarter
Language of instruction: French / Français

Learning outcomes

C2 knowledge and understanding of the training environments in which you will be practising and those in which your future students will be practising;  
 
C6 the ability to observe, analyse and evaluate elements of professional teaching practice with a view to advising and helping to readjust these practices, drawing in particular on the results of scientific research in education, in the didactics of the subjects to be taught, in psychology, in the sociology of education and in gender studies, concerning in particular cultural diversity, socio-economic inequalities and gender;  
 
C7 the ability to carry out, individually and with peers, a critical and rigorous analysis of one's own practices and their impact on students and student success, in particular by drawing on various disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, in order to regulate one's teaching with a view to effectiveness and equity. All of these objectives are part of an epistemological distancing and a systemic vision.

Objectives

Be familiar with the different epistemological options in education and training research and their operationalisation in research paradigms 
 
be familiar with and update their knowledge of the state of research in teacher education 
 
Be familiar with the places where research in teacher education is commissioned, produced and published
 
Construct a problem and develop a methodological apparatus to address a research question in teacher education

Content

Research landscape in teacher education
 
            Epistemology of research; major currents of research (subjects, issues, methodologies) raised in the field of teaching and training;  
 
Relationships between research and teaching/teacher training
 
            Strategies and tools for mediating knowledge between researchers, trainers and teachers 
 
Research methods
 
           Development of a research problem; development of a theoretical framework and a methodological design for data collection and analysis

Teaching methods

Presentation of theoretical content and anchoring in the context of teacher training research.
Supervised time for reinvesting content in individual work to develop a research design.

Evaluations

Individual written work presenting a research design on an issue related to teaching or training, devised by the student.

Language of instruction

French / Français

Location for course

NAMUR

Organizer

Faculté en sciences de l'éducation et de la formation

Degree of Reference

Master's Degree