Teaching Focus [30.0]

IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with article 138 para. 4 of the decree of 7 November 2013 concerning higher education and the academic organisation of studies, teaching practice placements will not be assessed in the September session. Students are required to make every effort to successfully complete the teaching practice in the June session, subject to having to retake the year.


The teaching focus is centred on preparation for teaching the upper years in secondary education.

The programme is designed to develop the following skills:

  • design, planning and assessment of practices;
  • examination of practices and their context;
  • understanding the institution of school, its framework and the major players. 

There are three main types of activity:

  • periods of teaching practice in upper secondary education (60 hours); 
  • seminars;
  • formal lectures.

They are divided into two main categories:

  • teaching practice, classes and multidisciplinary seminars, common to all disciplines. They have the LAGRE course code (13 credits);
  • teaching practice, classes and multidisciplinary seminars, relating to the relevant discipline(s) (17 credits).

The teaching focus of the 120 Masters’ degrees includes training for the teacher training certificate in upper secondary education (Agrégation de l’enseignement secondaire supérieur – AESS), (300 hours – 30 credits), with reference to the Decrees of 8 February 2001 and 17 December 2003 (concerning the foundations of neutrality) relating to the initial training of teachers in secondary education in the French-speaking Community of Belgium.

The 30 credits also form the AESS programme in Germanic languages and letters which can be taken after a 60 or a 120 Master’s degree.

In practical terms, satisfactory completion of the Master’s degree with a teaching focus leads to the award of professional status as a qualified teacher in addition to the Master’s degree with a teaching focus. Assessment of the AESS programme is spread over the 2 blocks of the Master’s course.

Students are therefore strongly recommended to do their utmost to pass in the June period as they will otherwise have to retake their year of study.


 
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Mandatory Content:
Mandatory A) Placements in an educational environment (7 credits)
3 credits in the first year and 4 credits in the second. Theoretical component: 15 hrs of formal lectures. Practical component: teacher training comprising 10 hours' observation in language classes and 40 hours' teaching practice (20 hours per chosen language):
Mandatory LGERM9000 Theory in the didactics of Modern languages   Fanny Meunier
15h  3 credits q1 x  
Mandatory LGERM9001 Teaching internships in two Germanic languages   Fanny Meunier (coord.)
0h+50h  4 credits q1+q2   x
Mandatory B) Disciplinary courses and seminars (10 credits)
Two courses chosen according to the two languages chosen :
Optional LGERM2521 German as a foreign language methodology   Ferran Suner Munoz
22.5h+35h  5 credits q1+q2 x x
Optional LGERM2522 English as a foreign language (EFL) methodology   Fanny Meunier
22.5h+35h  5 credits q1+q2 x x
Optional LGERM2523 Dutch as a foreign language methodology   Pauline Degrave
22.5h+35h  5 credits q1+q2 x x
Mandatory C) Cross-disciplinary courses and seminars (13 credits)
Mandatory To understand the adolescent in school situation, to manage the interpersonal relationship and to animate the class group
L'étudiant choisit une des deux activités suivantes. Le cours et le séminaire doivent être suivis durant le même quadrimestre.
Optional LAGRE2020P Comprendre l'adolescent en situation scolaire, Gérer la relation interpersonnelle et animer le groupe classe.   Véronique Leroy
, Véronique Leroy (compensates Pascale Steyns)
, Nathalie Roland
22.5h+22.5h  4 credits q1 x x
Optional LAGRE2020Q Comprendre l'adolescent en situation scolaire, Gérer la relation interpersonnelle et animer le groupe classe.   Véronique Leroy
, Véronique Leroy (compensates Pascale Steyns)
, Nathalie Roland
22.5h+22.5h  4 credits q2 x x
Mandatory The school institution and its context
L'étudiant choisit une des deux activités suivantes. Le cours et le séminaire doivent être suivis durant le même quadrimestre.
Optional LAGRE2120P Observation et analyse de l'institution scolaire et de son contexte (en ce compris le stage d'observation)   Branka Cattonar
, Vincent Dupriez
22.5h+25h  4 credits q1 x x
Optional LAGRE2120Q Observation et analyse de l'institution scolaire et de son contexte (en ce compris le stage d'observation)   Branka Cattonar
, Vincent Dupriez
22.5h+25h  4 credits q2 x x
 
Mandatory LAGRE2220 General didactics and education to interdisciplinarity  
L'étudiant choisit soit LAGRE2220A (1+2q) soit l'AGRE2220S (2q).
Myriam De Kesel
, Jean-Louis Dufays (coord.)
, Anne Ghysselinckx
, Véronique Lemaire
, Jim Plumat
, Marc Romainville
, Benoît Vercruysse
37.5h  3 credits q2 x x
Mandatory LAGRE2400 See specifications in french   Hervé Pourtois (coord.)
, Pierre-Etienne Vandamme
20h  2 credits q2 x x