Objectives of general skills

• Understand the theoretical and methodological fundamentals in psychology and educational sciences to analyse a situation involving these disciplines
• Describe the principles of methodological approaches (objectives, methods, techniques and tools) to understand and explain the functioning of individuals, groups and organisations
• Collaborate, work in a team
• Interact effectively with other students to carry out collaborative projects.
• Identify and appropriately implement the different ways of working in a group
• 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

UE's Learning outcomes

Scientific notions linked to to the experiment in human sciences.
Analysis criticizes of scientific articles with experimental design.
Analysis criticizes experiments: propose improvements and build experimental designs.

UE Content

Theoretical lessons and applications of the following notions :
Specificity of experimentation and differences with other forms of research
Diffusion, localization and collection of scientific information / problematization of the research
Phases of experimentation
Quality criteria of experimental hypotheses (including ethics)
setting up groups
sampling strategies
Independent variables, dependent, parasites,
provoked  and invoked variations
validity internal, external, ecological
biases
experimental designs, Classical, factorial, clinical

Prior experience

Principes de la recherche en sciences humaines (bloc 1)

Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Presentation and works
• Written examination

Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - type

• N/A

Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Presentation and works
• Written examination

Resit Assessment for IT - Term 1 (B1BA1) - type

• N/A