Duration
15h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
2016-2017 Theme: The challenges of African Universities Today.
This module is meant to teach student to build a research project and the methodology that goes with it. This years' fieldwork will be "African universities and their current challenges". The seminar will include several working sessions, which students will have to prepare for in advance. It will also take into account recent activities of the lecturer and his team within African universities, including talks from visiting professors and researchers.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This seminar is meant to teach students to state research questions, hypotheses, to choose their methods accordingly, define the issue that they want to look at and the exact fieldwork that they want to do. This will eventually get them acquainted with this year's theme (the challenges of African universities today) and teach them the necessary socio-historical knowledge that relates to it. The first sessions will be about finding research issues and areas of interests that are relevant to the general theme of African universities, then about defining more specific entries (including international cooperation between universities) which students will be able to look at through their participation in class and in their final essay. Other sessions will allow them to work on scientific articles (reflecting on different research methods on development in Africa, for example). Some sessions, finally, will include presentations from PHD students, visiting professors or researchers.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Having followed at least one methodology course for social sciences, including qualitative research methods.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
This module will be taught like a research seminar. It will include collective debates and brainstorming on the basis of what students will have prepared at home (research, readings, etc.)
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Seminars, talks from visiting professors, researchers or professionals from the field (2d term).
One introductory session during the first term of the year.
Recommended or required readings
Selective readings (to be explained):
Lebau, Y. (1997) Etudiants et campus au Nigéria, Paris, Karthala.
Gérard, E. (1997) La tentation du savoir en Afrique. Politiques, mythes et stratégies d'éducation au Mali, Paris, Karthala.
Bianchini, P. (2004) Ecole et politique en Afrique noire. Sociologie des crises et des réformes du système d'enseignement au Sénégal et au Burkina Faso (1960-2000), Paris, Karthala.
Participation in class, writing a personal essay - presented as a research project and including selected references.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Four seminar sessions will be scheduled at least two weeks away from each other to allow student to prepare for each step/activity.
Before the first session, students will have to do some preliminary research on African universities and present what they found during the first session. An introductory session will be organized to that end (Term 1).
Contacts
Marc PONCELET, Professeur
Tel : 04/366.30.74
E-mail : Marc.Poncelet@ulg.ac.be
Assistante
Sophie Andreetta
Tel : 04/366.32.02
E-mail : sandreetta@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat FSS
Nathalie Pulgar
Tel : 04/366.36.18
E-mail : npulgar@ulg.ac.be