Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Understand the theoretical and methodological fundamentals in psychology, educational sciences and language sciences to analyse a particular situation involving speech therapy
• Identify and explain the concepts, principles, and models of basic theoretical approaches in psychology, educational sciences and language sciences and their applications
• Describe the main methodological approaches (goals, methods, techniques and tools) to understand and explain the functioning of individuals and groups
• Act ethically and professionally
• Name, and be familiar with legal frameworks and ethical principles that govern research and practice in speech-language therapy, and implement them in their studies in a well-thought out manner (exams, coursework, 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, educational sciences and speech therapy
• 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 to give the student the theoretical bases of the elaboration of knowledge in the human sciences, as well as the main tools of the scientific approach, namely observation, measurement and experimentation.
The student is immersed in situations where he or she is an actor, sometimes as a subject, sometimes as a researcher in the context of observation and/or experimentation.
The intention is to give the student, through this integration into concrete research approaches, a better appropriation of the concepts and methods presented in the course.
In the longer term, the course aims to give the student the methodological rudiments of the scientific approach (from the elaboration of the research question to the dissemination of the results, including the establishment of the appropriate methodology, the collection of data and their analysis) that, in fine, he/she will have to implement in his/her TFE or thesis.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

Introduction to the foundations of research in the social sciences and humanities: notion of science, research, scientific approach.
The different types of research (basic/applied, inductive/deductive, action research, etc.) and their purposes (nomothetic, exploratory, etc.).
Scientific information: dissemination, location and collection.
Introduction to the notions of observation, measurement and experimentation in the humanities, with a particular focus on the experimental method.
Construction of a research plan: from the identification of the research question to the implementation of the data collection system.
 

Prior Experience

Not applicable