Integrated work and integrated work support seminar

Teacher(s)

De Kesel Myriam; Dias de Carvalho Junior Gabriel; Matthys Nathalie; Ninove Laure;

Language

French

Content

The activities proposed to students are directly related to the themes addressed in the course entitled “Methodology of Research Uses.” Within this course, students are trained to:

• Differentiate between major research designs in educational sciences and didactics, and evaluate their validity;
  
• Conduct a literature review on a scientific issue related to the teaching profession;
  
• Draw on scientific literature to analyze professional situations and to design teaching practices within their discipline(s).
  

The teaching team will introduce theoretical frameworks to support students in developing an individual project on a research question of their choice (for example: How can learning situations be differentiated? How can teachers support students who are most distant from the school culture? How can a valid assessment tool be designed?).
Based on this guiding question, students are expected to produce a piece of work that includes, at a minimum:

• A rigorous search for and selection of scientific articles related to the chosen question;
  
• The analysis of at least two to three scientific articles, which will be used to address the chosen question. These articles must be categorized according to their research type, and their contributions as well as their limitations for teachers’ professional practice must be discussed. This analysis should be complemented by references from other courses taken within the Section 5 program;
  
• A critical discussion of the types of evidence and forms of knowledge highlighted in these articles.
  

Teaching methods

• The proposed teaching methods will alternate between lectures, individual activities, and group work, with a constant focus on making students active participants in their own learning.
• Students will be expected to engage actively during the seminars. Attendance at these seminars is therefore mandatory.

Evaluation methods

The summative assessment for this course unit will be based on the required assignment, for which detailed instructions and evaluation criteria will be provided to students during the first seminar.
In the case of generative AI use, students are required to systematically and explicitly indicate all parts of their work where AI has been employed, specifying whether it was used for information retrieval, text drafting, or proofreading. In addition, all sources of information must be properly cited in accordance with bibliographic referencing standards. Students remain fully responsible for the content of their work, regardless of the sources used.
This integrated assignment is shared with the course unit LEISS2009; the final grade obtained for the present seminar (LSCI2340) will also apply to LEISS2009.

Online resources

On the UCLouvain Moodle platform, course code LSCI2340. The Moodle space will contain the documents presented and used during the course and will serve as the platform for submitting students’ assignments.

Bibliography

Des ouvrages et publications scientifiques en relation avec les disciplines enseignées et avec la didactique seront présentés lors des cours.

Faculty or entity

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