Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• 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
• Provide clear, accurate, and reasoned information
• Write bibliographic references and results of statistical analysis in a standardised way (according to APA standards)
• Provide information (both orally and in writing) regarding the fields of psychology and educational sciences in an intelligible manner, with a good command of the language communication techniques.
• 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

Learning Outcomes of UE

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

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

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 : independant, paired, contrasted, sampling strategies
Independent variables, dependent, parasites, with provoked  and invoked variations
validity internal, external, ecological biases
experimental designs :  classical, factorial, clinical

Prior Experience

Principes de la recherche et de la mesure en sciences humaines (bloc 1)