Study Skills Seminar
[ESPO1125]
[15h + 15h] 5 credits
Teacher(s): Jacques Lefèvre, Benoît Rihoux, Armand Spineux, Vincent Vandenberghe, Philippe Verhaegen
Language: French
Level: First
Aims
Main themes
- Application of these principles and methods to a subject of general interest chosen by degree course (eg.: globalisation, immigration, work and unemployment, European construction)
- Presentation of the stages involved in a piece of research
- Definition of the subject, the objectives, the methods, relevant information sources
- Data compilation and handling
- Analysis
Part 3 : 15 hours (illustration through practical work)
These general topics are divided into a number of specific sub-topics (1 topic per sub-group of 30 students) and lead to practical project work supervised by assistants (+ groups of 30 students)
- Choice of an individual sub-topic
- Delimitation of the object of study
- Primary Analysis and explanation
- Development of a critical approach and the capacity to formalize reasoning
- Communication of results
Completion of a piece of personal work related to students' degree course, using an approach specific to the subject area chosen.
Content and teaching methods
- Lectures (presentation of a scientific approach, definition of the concepts, criticism of the sources, etc.)
- Sessions involving active student participation (presentation of a research project, illustration using concrete examples, suggestions as to which methodologies and theories to use and how to use them)
- The seminar ends with each student completing a piece of personal research.
- It will draw on the most appropriate teaching methods (CD-ROM, video, etc.) and will be conducted in close cooperation with the Pedagogy and Multimedia Institute
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)