Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Understand the theoretical and methodological fundamentals in psychology and educational sciences to analyse a situation involving these disciplines
• Identify and explain the concepts, principles and models of fundamental theoretical trends in psychology and educational sciences and their applications
• Identify and describe the biological and socio-cultural foundations of human behaviour
• Identify and describe the specific characteristics of psychology and educational sciences and their relationship to other contributory disciplines
• Explain and give examples of human functioning, including in its atypical and pathological dimensions
• Describe the principles of methodological approaches (objectives, methods, techniques and tools) to understand and explain the functioning of individuals, groups and organisations
• Provide clear, accurate, and reasoned information
• Write bibliographic references and results of statistical analysis in a standardised way (according to APA standards)
• Provide information (both orally and in writing) regarding the fields of psychology and educational sciences in an intelligible manner, with a good command of the language communication techniques.
• Act ethically and professionally
• Name, and be familiar with, legal frameworks and ethical principles that govern research and practice in psychology and educational sciences, and implement them in studies in a reflexive manner (exams, work, etc.)
• Grow personally and professionally
• Develop their scientific curiosity and open-mindedness
• Understand the various means available for documentation, to promote self-learning and lifelong learning
• Understand the fundamentals related to the scientific approach in psychology or educational sciences
• Identify and describe the specific characteristics of scientific processes
• Identify and describe the different steps to carry out research
• Identify and explain the main methods (including limitations) specific to the scientific process
• Conduct relevant research from scientific literature, from both Francophone and Anglophone references, and select appropriate elements with respect to a particular research topic.
• Give a critique and argue a point of view as part of a scientific approach

Learning Outcomes of UE

The course aims at giving to the student the opportunity to be integrated into the process of experiments. He/she is him/herself an actor of experiments as subject, as experimenter or still as observer. The intention is to give to the student, by this integration in real experimental devices, a better appropriation of the concepts and the methods presented in the course. In the longer term, the course aims at giving to the student the methodological rudiments of the scientific method which, in fine, will be to be implement in his final report of the end of studies.

Content of UE

The origins of the notion of experiment in human sciences
The scientific information: distribution, location and collection
The phases of the experiment
The determination of the hypotheses 
The selection of the subjects: elementary notions of sampling
Variables
The validity of an experiment and biases
The classic and factorial experimental devices

Prior Experience

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q2

• Written examination
• Practical test

Q2 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Written examination
• Practical Test

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable