ECTS
60 credits
Duration
2 years
Training Structure
College of Education
Overview
Since the passage of the law of February 11, 2005—the “Law on Equal Rights and Opportunities, Participation, and
Citizenship for People with Disabilities”—the education of students with disabilities
has been a government priority. However, regardless of their individual differences or their
needs, schools now have a mission to be fully inclusive. It must ensure high-quality education
by identifying and offering tailored solutions for every student from preschool through high school.
In line with this approach, this program has two objectives:
To train professionals on the challenges of inclusive education by enriching their knowledge
and practices and by helping them better understand and support students with
specific needs.
To develop a scientific culture linked to research in support of inclusion.
This master’s program is open to:
Teachers who wish to prepare for the CAPPEI certification (certification of professional aptitude
for inclusive education practices and specialized vocational training, established
by the decree of February 10, 2017).
For teachers in general education classrooms and professionals working with children with
special needs (educators, etc.) who wish to develop their professional practices and
deepen their knowledge of students with special educational needs.
Expertise and Skills
General Skills
Understand the regulatory and institutional framework governing the education and support services for students with special educational needs;
Have an understanding of the epistemological, sociological, and cultural factors related to the evolution of the French education system and European systems in the area of schooling and education for students with special educational needs;
Critically engage with fundamental concepts: special needs, normality and pathology, inclusion, integration, social integration, situations of disability and/or difficulty, autonomy, personal goals, activities, participation, institutions, and the educational and school community;
Building one’s professional identity in a way that complements that of the partners with whom one collaborates: building and working within a network, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue, and working with families as partners;
Developing a pedagogical and educational ethic that aligns with professional responsibility.
Specific Skills
To identify, beyond the causes of personal difficulties and the variety of ways they manifest, the expression of special educational needs.
Take into account the potential impact of personal characteristics on learning—that is, the barriers resulting from the interactions between these characteristics and the educational and/or instructional context—and analyze the specific pedagogical barriers faced by these groups that do not fit within traditional school frameworks.
Develop an appropriate educational and pedagogical program that takes into account the support needed from various environments (school, family, etc.): understand existing educational and pedagogical methods, assess their limitations, and develop new methods and tools.
Develop tailored support plans and understand the available programs (ITEP, IME, UE, ULIS, etc.).
Implement personalized, adapted, and differentiated educational and instructional practices: in particular, analyze students’ subjective relationships to language, discourse, instructions, the group, the law, and rules.
Program
Starting in the M2, two specializations are available:
EPI CO: designed for teachers in general education classrooms.
EPI ES: designed for special education teachers and educators.
M1: Common EPI CO/ES courses on Wednesdays, either in person or via distance learning.
M2: – EPI CO: Classes in Montpellier on Wednesdays and 8 Tuesday afternoons (jointly with the other track—
—for the research course units).
– EPI ES: 12 weeks of training held at the Montpellier and Nîmes campuses.
Select a program
Master's Degree (Year 1) in Education and Inclusive Practices
Master's Degree (Year 2) in Education and Inclusive Practices in Regular Classrooms
Master's Degree (Year 2) in Education and Inclusive Practices: Special Education Teacher
Admission
Admission Requirements
M1: This program is open to anyone with a bachelor’s degree who has professional teaching experience
in elementary or secondary schools.
M2: Applicants must have an M1 degree related to the focus of this master’s program (subject to the decision of the academic committee)
or a certification of prior professional learning (teachers, special education teachers).