Science in Primary Schools and Scientific Mediation [FDS] [FDS] [FDS] [FDS] [FDS] [FDS] [FDS] [FDS] [FDS

  • ECTS

    60 credits

  • Duration

    1 year

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Science

Presentation

This is a pre-professionalization course for school teachers: "Sciences in primary education and scientific mediation".

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Objectives

The training aims to achieve the following objectives:

  •  support students' choices for the teaching profession,
  •  train students to a high scientific level in biology, mathematics and physics-chemistry,
  • reinforce mastery of the French language,
  • introduce students to child psychology, learning theories, educational philosophy and the didactics of scientific disciplines
  • introduce students to the school environment, notably through two internships in schools, enabling them to mobilize all the skills they have acquired,
  • develop group work skills to solve problems collectively and communicate orally and in writing.
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Know-how and skills

The various skills required in the teaching profession are covered by the training:

  • Develop and exercise critical thinking skills,
  • Communicate appropriately,
  • Exploiting information,
  • Develop and exercise your creativity,
  • Solving problems,
  • Develop a non-violent relationship with yourself, others and the group,
  • Cooperate and work as part of a team,
  • Developing effective working methods
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Organization

Knowledge control

The assessment procedures vary from one UE to another. They include continuous assessment, final exams and oral examinations. They are approved by the Faculty of Science Board every year in September.

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Special features

Some courses can be taken remotely in the event of an exceptional event or decision.

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Program

The course is organized over two semesters and includes several teaching units:

Semester 5

  •  Elementary arithmetic (5 ECTS credits)
  • General biology (5 ECTS credits)
  • General physics (5 ECTS credits)
  • Literature (5 ECTS credits)
  • Didactics of science and epistemology (5 ECTS credits)
  • Construction of scientific knowledge (5 ECTS credits)

 

Semester 6

  •  Elementary geometry (5 ECTS credits)
  • Algorithms, computer science and digital technology at school (5 ECTS credits)
  • Linguistics (5 ECTS credits)
  • English (2 ECTS credits)
  • Philosophy of education (3 ECTS credits)
  • School environment (4 ECTS credits)
  • Internship (6 ECTS credits)
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Select a program

L3 - Primary School Science and Scientific Mediation (SPDMS)

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  • Literature

    5 credits
  • Science didactics and epistemology

    5 credits
  • Elementary arithmetic

    5 credits
  • General physics

    5 credits
  • General biology

    5 credits
  • Building scientific knowledge

    5 credits
  • Elementary geometry

    5 credits
  • English S6 ST

    2 credits
  • UE28 EPISTEMOLOGY 7: CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

    3 credits24h
  • Algorithms, computers and digital technology at school

    5 credits
  • School environment

    4 credits
  • Linguistics

    5 credits
  • Internship

    6 credits