Objectives of general skills

• Understand the theoretical and methodological fundamentals in psychology and educational sciences to analyse a situation involving these disciplines
• Identify and describe the biological and socio-cultural foundations of human behaviour
• 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
• Understand the fundamentals of intervention
• Describe and illustrate the different types of intervention in psychology and educational sciences (or education systems)
• Collaborate, work in a team
• Interact effectively with other students to carry out collaborative projects.
• Demonstrate active listening and empathy in the context of an interpersonal situation
• 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
• Demonstrate self-awareness and assess themself, as well as analyse and adapt their attitudes to avoid certain biases both in research and in professional practices
• Understand the fundamentals related to the scientific approach in psychology or educational sciences
• Identify and describe the different steps to carry out research

UE's Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to describe the evolution of language (lexical aspects, grammar, phonetics, ..), and characterize the roles of the different variables which can play a part in the language performance. They  will acquire knowledge and experience with  different approaches  (tests, Parent Report Measure, ..) to language assessment with young children.

UE Content

Neurobiological and genetic basis of language;  environment’s role . Approaches : generativist vs Social interactionist theory. Phonological, morphosyntactic, lexical, pragmatic and metalinguistic aspects of the language development 

Prior experience

Not applicable

Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Presentation and works
• Written examination

Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Presentation and works
• Written examination

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

• N/A