Master of Science in Teaching in Social Sciences (Sociology)

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Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

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1 Domain Component 34

For courses without indication of the standard learning path, the student can choose whether to take the course in the first or second year, depending on the rest of his/her curriculum.

1.1 General Courses

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociological Imagination for the 21st Century	1	sem 2	nl	Lesley Hustinx	5

Contemporary Challenges of Higher Education	1	sem 1	en	Jeroen Huisman	6

1.2.1 Major Health and Social Demography

15

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology of Health and Illness	1	sem 1	en	Piet Bracke	5

Migration and Integration	1	sem 1	en	Bart Van de Putte	5

Seminar on Health Sociology and Social Demography	1	sem 1	nl	Melissa Ceuterick	5

1.2.2 Major Culture and Education

15

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Sociology of Education	1	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	5

Cultural Sociology	1	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	5

Seminar on Sociology of Education	1	sem 1	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	5

1.2.3 Major Political Sociology

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Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Political Sociology	1	sem 1	nl	Lesley Hustinx	5

Political Sociology: Democracy and Globalisation	1	sem 2	nl	Ronan Van Rossem	5

Seminar Political Sociology: Community Service Learning	1	sem 1	nl	Lesley Hustinx	5

1.3 Elective Courses

5

Subscribe to 5 credit units from at least 1 module from the following list.

The student chooses between:

Students who choose the line "substantive approach", take at least 5 credits from the module 'Sociology' and 10 credits freely choose from the six modules ('including module Sociology')
Students who choose the line 'Policy and Organization", take at least 5 credits from the module 'Policy and Organization' and 10 credits, freely choose from the six modules (including module 'Policy and Organization')

1.3.1

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Advanced Quantitative Techniques	1	sem 1	nl	John Lievens	5

Cultural Sociology	1	sem 2	nl	Henk Roose	5

Sociology of Education	1	sem 2	nl	Mieke Van Houtte	5

Migration and Integration	1	sem 1	en	Bart Van de Putte	5

Sociology of Health and Illness	1	sem 1	en	Piet Bracke	5

Political Sociology	1	sem 1	nl	Lesley Hustinx	5

Political Sociology: Democracy and Globalisation	1	sem 2	nl	Ronan Van Rossem	5

1.3.2

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Social Dynamics of Policy and Organisation	1	sem 2	en	Hans Waege	6

Educational Change and Innovation	1	sem 1	nl	Jeltsen Peeters	5

Strategic social communication	1	sem 1		Hayley Pearce	5

Management in the Social Profit Sector	1	sem 2	nl	Melissa Tuytens	5

Democracy and Participation	1	sem 1	nl	Anna Kern	5

Labour Law and Social Security Law	1	sem 2	nl	Inger De Wilde	6

Nonprofit Management	1	sem 2	nl	Ben Suykens	5

Human Resource Management in Public Organisations	1	sem 1	en	Eveline Schollaert	5

1.3.3

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Community Oriented Primary Health Care		1	sem 2	nl	Sara Willems	5

Epidemiology and Clinical Trials		1	sem 1	en	Brecht Devleesschauwer	5

Urbanization in Global Perspective		1	sem 2	en	Ben Derudder	5

Family Pedagogics		1	sem 2	nl		5

Culture Studies		1	sem 1	en	Kris Rutten	5

Theories of Cultural History		1	sem 2	nl	Alexander Roose	5

Literature and Society		1	sem 1	nl	Bart Keunen	5

Social Politics in Europe since 1750		1	sem 2	nl	Christophe Verbruggen	5

Globalisation and Global Governance		1	sem 1	en	Dries Lesage	5

Political Philosophy		1	sem 2	nl	Patrick Loobuyck	5

Sustainable Development		1	sem 2	en	Bernard Mazijn	5

Politics of Islam		1	sem 2	en	Sami Zemni	5

Rural Sociology		1	sem 2	en	Jeroen Adam	5

Global Minds	UKV	1	sem 2	en	Ines Keygnaert	5

Essentials of Artificial Intelligence: a Beginner’s Guide	UKV	1	sem 1	en	Joni Dambre	3

Family Pedagogy		1			Jochen Devlieghere	5

1.3.4

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Health Economics	1	sem 1	nl	Dominique Vandijck	5

Social Work and Social Policy	1	sem 1	nl	Joris De Corte	6

Labour and Employment	1	sem 1	nl	Stijn Baert	6

Politics of Sustainability	1	sem 2	nl	Erik Paredis	6

The Teacher within School and Society	1	sem 1	nl	Melissa Tuytens	4

Social Spatial Social Work	1	sem 1	nl	Griet Roets	5

For courses without indication of the standard learning path, the student can choose whether to take the course in the first or second year, depending on the rest of his/her curriculum. Students must complete the corresponding teaching methodology course before entering into an internship, or at least take the teaching methodology course simultaneously.

2.1 Programme Pathway Theoretical Education

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Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
The Teacher within School and Society	sem 1	nl	Melissa Tuytens	4

Classroom Management and Reflection	sem 2	nl	Melissa Tuytens	4

Psychology of Adolescence	sem 1	nl	Wim Beyers	4

2.2 Programme Pathway Teaching Methodology

6

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Teaching Methodology Social Sciences			year	nl	Tony Valcke	6

2.3 Programme Pathway Internship

12

Subscribe to 12 credit units from the following list, with

4 credit units from the courses with reference a, if no additional Teaching Methodology Course is taken in Module 2 of the Elective Courses

4 credit units from the courses with reference b, if an additional Teaching Methodology Course is taken in Module 2 of the Elective Courses

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Internship A: Social Sciences		year	nl	Tony Valcke	4

Internship B: Social Sciences		year	nl	Tony Valcke	4

Internship C: Social Sciences	a	year	nl	Tony Valcke	4

Internship C: Behavioural Sciences	b	year	nl	Tammy Schellens	4

2.4 Elective Courses

6

Subscribe to 6 credit units from one or different modules from the following list. Subject to approval by the faculty.

2.4.1 Module 1: List of Elective Courses

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Movement and Sports: Now and Later	UKV	sem 2	nl	Veerle Segers	4

Culture, Media and Education		sem 2	nl	Kris Rutten	4

Methods to Facilitate Socratic Group Discussions in the Educational Context		sem 2	nl	Veerle Provoost	4

Motivational Psychology		sem 1	nl	Sofie Morbée	5

Linguistic Proficiency in Content and Language Integrated Learning: Dutch	b	sem 2	nl	Bart Deygers	3

Linguistic Proficiency in Content and Language Integrated Learning: English	b	sem 2	en	June Eyckmans	3

Linguistic Proficiency in Content and Language Integrated Learning: French	b	sem 2	fr	Pascale Hadermann	3

Linguistic Proficiency in Content and Language Integrated Learning: German	b	sem 2	de	Gunther Martens	3

Theory and Practice of Content and Language Integrated Learning	a	sem 1	nl	Ulrike Vogl	3

Teaching Methodology: General Subjects for Technical and Vocational Education, including Internship		sem 2	nl		6

2.4.2 Module 2: Additional Course Teaching Methodology

Taking an additional Teaching Methodology Course implies taking the corresponding Internship in the Programme Pathway Internship.

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Teaching Methodology: Behavioural Sciences			sem 1	nl	Tammy Schellens	6

2.4.3 Module 3: Additional Internship

Course	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Short Additional Internship	year	nl	Tony Valcke	3

Extended Additional Internship	year	nl	Tony Valcke	6

2.4.4 Module 4: an Elective Course related to Education

Subscribe to a course of no less than 6 credit units, related to education, and lectured at a university belonging to the Flemish Community (see also: Enlight Elective Courses), subject to approval by the faculty.

3 Master's Dissertation 20

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation			year	nl	Henk Roose	20

Learning outcomes

Final Competences of the Study Programme

Area of competence 1: competence in one or more academic disciplines

1. Mastering, expanding, updating, broadening, deepening specialized theoretical and practical discipline-specific knowledge.

2. Mastering, expanding, updating, broadening, deepening specialized theoretical and practical (subject) teaching knowledge.

3. Independently unlocking (inter)national academic research on teaching in general and the discipline in particular and applying the insights in one's own classroom and school context.

Area of competence 2: academic competence

4. Knowing the possibilities and limits of different theoretical paradigms in educational and (subject)-didactic research, questioning them critically and approaching them from a multitude of perspectives.

5. Completing a full research cycle on an educationally relevant topic and reporting on it according to academic criteria.

Area of competence 3: intellectual competence

6. Critical-reflective handling of (dissonant) information, teaching practices, methodologies and learning resources based on academic evidence.

7. Contributing to professional innovation, school policy and school development on the basis of an active and investigative attitude towards the educational reality.

8. Through research-based learning and critical self-evaluation, adjusting one's own functioning as a teacher and thus giving direction and innovation to his or her professional practice and development.

Area of competence 4: competence in cooperation and communication

9. Communicating from a pluralistic basic attitude with pupils, parents or caregivers with various language backgrounds in various linguistic situations with a view to exchanging information, stimulating involvement and participation, and jointly developing constructive solutions to support and stimulate learning.

10. Cooperating constructively with external partners with a view to enriching the education and training opportunities and facilitating the flow between educational levels and into the labour market.

11. Cooperating constructively in a school team and taking initiative for, participating in and leading (inter)disciplinary team meetings between teachers.

12. Communicating about educational themes, the teaching profession and self-developed solutions for teaching practice with colleagues and other stakeholders in the field of education.

Area of competence 5: social competence

13. Connecting knowledge with current social themes and developments where the confrontation with other perspectives enriches one's own teaching practice.

14. Participating in the social debate based on a personal social commitment and with a view to broadening perspectives.

Area of competence 6: specific additional competencies for the teaching profession

15. Creating a positive, safe and powerful evidence-informed learning environment that is in line with the initial situation of the learners and responsive to the diversity in the learning group.

16. Using knowledge, skills and attitudes to create challenging learning environments for learners and developing new ideas for teaching practice and testing them against reality.

17. Creating a positive living environment and supporting the broad personal, intellectual and social development of pupils through targeted activities and formal and informal interactions, while respecting their social, cultural and philosophical background.

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