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 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
• Understand the fundamentals of intervention
• Describe and illustrate the different types of intervention in psychology and educational sciences (or education systems)
• Describe the steps of the implementation process of interventions and identify the stakeholders involved
• Explain the various issues underlying any intervention, and justify them according to their application context
• Grow personally and professionally
• Direct their choice of modules within their degree programme in order to develop a career plan in line with the realities in the field and their profile (aspirations, strengths, weaknesses, etc.)
• 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 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
• Give a critique and argue a point of view as part of a scientific approach

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- characterize the issues related to the psychology of learning and neuroeducation;
- rely on the most up-to-date knowledge in the psychology of school learning in order to best guide students in their learning;
- describe and take a critical and documented look at the main cognitive and neurocognitive mechanisms involved in school learning;
- compare, implement and evaluate certain cognitive mechanisms in specific school tasks and take a reflective look at these practices;
- know the effects of learning and teaching on the brain;
- understand the pedagogical implications of this knowledge on the brain;
- judge the relevance of certain writings or certain practices implemented in the field;
- identify and distinguish neuromyths in order to highlight the erroneous elements they contain.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

Psychology of school learning, developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroeducation, neurocognitive mechanisms, executive functions, school learning, reading (deciphering and comprehension), spelling, textual production, graphic production, calculation, arithmetic and algebraic symbolization, reasoning, problem solving , flexibility, planning, inhibition, working memory, transfer, motivation, differentiation of learning

Prior Experience

Not applicable