Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Provide clear, accurate, and reasoned information
• Summarise the contributions of different sources to justify an opinion or decision
• 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 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

The course aims to introduce the students to the specificity of philosophical questioning and provide them with an art knowledge base in general philosophy that will help them develop their critical faculties, to refine their methods of reasoning and to adopt a reflexive stance on the construction of knowledge within Human Sciences.
This course thus has a transversal interest. It trains in the scientific approach, by developing critical and conceptual skills such as:
1) problematization or the art of identifying what in a situation or a case is problematic and what is at stake
2) conceptualization or the ability to historically specify and contextualize the concepts to translate them into real tools for reflection, which will ultimately make it possible to build a solid personal judgment on a given question
3) argumentation or the ability to analyze and reproduce both valid and impactful arguments, to highlight worldviews or values underlying a reasoning, as well as the presuppositions of a thesis or an opinion.
 

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

The course presents an introduction to the philosophical and ethical process, through a problematic approach to the specificity of philosophy as a reflective activity, a journey through the history and concepts of philosophy, as well as an opening to contemporary ethical issues. The course aims to approach the way in which philosophy can allow to reflect on contemporary contemporary problems, both general and related to the the students' discipline.The course progresses through chapters devoted to themes that address these philosophical concepts, showing how they can be used to reflect on contemporary issues: the individual as subject, the ecological question and the concept of nature, democracy, economics and politics, and ethics.

Prior Experience

Non applicable.

Type(s) and mode(s) of Q2 UE assessment

• Written examination - Face-to-face

Q2 UE Assessment Comments

Written examination consisting of a multiple-choice questionnaire and one or more open-ended questions designed to assess the explanation of a concept or reasoning, the construction of a comparison between two authors, or the commentary of a brief excerpt from a text.

Type(s) and mode(s) of Q3 UE assessment

• Written examination - Face-to-face

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Idem Q2