Teaching focus [30.0]

germ2m  2018-2019  Louvain-la-Neuve

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. Under the terms of article 76 paragraph 3 of the Decree of 31 March 2004 defining higher education, promoting its integration into the European space for higher education and refinancing universities, public lessons will no longer be organized in the September examination period. 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 A) Placements in an educational environment (7 credits)

3 credits in the first year and 4 credits in the second. Theoretical part : 15h lectures. Practical part : Pre-Service teacher training : 10 hours observation in a foreign language class; teaching : 40 hours (20 hours per chosen language) :  

Mandatory LGERM2222A Theory and reflexive practice in the didactics of Modern languages   Fanny Meunier
15h  3 credits 1 + 2q x  
Mandatory LGERM2222B Theory and reflexive practice in the didactics of Modern languages   Fanny Meunier
0h+50h  4 credits 1 + 2q   x
 
Mandatory B) Disciplinary courses and seminars (10 credits)

Two courses chosen according to the two languages chosen :  

Optionnal LGERM2521 German as a foreign language methodology   Ferran Suner Munoz
22.5h+35h  5 credits 1 + 2q x x
Optionnal LGERM2522 English as a foreign language (EFL) methodology   Fanny Meunier
22.5h+35h  5 credits 1 + 2q x x
Optionnal LGERM2523 Dutch as a foreign language methodology   Sara Jonkers
22.5h+35h  5 credits 1 + 2q x x
 
Mandatory C) Cross-disciplinary courses and seminars (13 credits)
Mandatory LAGRE2020 To understand the adolescent in school situation, to manage the interpersonal relationship and to animate the class group   James Day
, Véronique Leroy (compensates James Day)
, Nathalie Roland (compensates James Day)
, Pascale Steyns
22.5h+22.5h  4 credits 1 ou 2q x x
Mandatory LAGRE2120 The school institution and its context   Branka Cattonar
, Vincent Dupriez
22.5h+25h  4 credits 1 ou 2q x x
Mandatory LAGRE2220 General didactics and education to interdisciplinarity   Myriam De Kesel
, Jean-Louis Dufays (coord.)
, Anne Ghysselinckx
, Jim Plumat
, Marc Romainville
, Cedric Roure
, Bernadette Wiame
37.5h  3 credits 2q x x
Mandatory LAGRE2400 See specifications in french   Michel Dupuis
, Anne Ghysselinckx
20h  2 credits 2q x x