6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4012354FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Department
Educatiewetenschappen
Educational team
Koen Lombaerts (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
22 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
92 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The course is organised according to the principles of Community Engaged Research and Learning. A project in cooperation with an external partner organisation provides the starting point for learning and leads to the application of the acquired knowledge. 

Through a case-based approach a complex practical problem is analysed from an inter/transdisciplinary perspective for which solutions are designed considering all aspects of the problem and the preconditions of the given practical context. The work contains sufficient theoretical underpinnings and concrete explanation so that it can be implemented by an external partner organisation.
 

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Canvas modules
Additional info

PowerPoint slides, texts, articles, reports and videos are made available to students via the learning platform Canvas.

More information on the course content, the required study materials, the study time calculation, and the teaching and learning approach (‘flipped classroom’) will follow during the first lesson.

Generative AI can be used in this course, further details will be provided during course activities and the Canvas Course Platform. Any use of generative AI should be properly referenced. 

Online learning modules are offered via the Canvas course platform to support the lectures.  

Guest lectures may be included in the course. 

Students are encouraged to actively participate in group discussions during class. 
 

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

This course contributes to the following programme-specific learning outcomes of the Master’s degree in Educational Sciences, in particular: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 9 - 10- 11 -12 - 13 - 14 -17 (see overview document: Learning Outcomes Master Educational Sciences). 

 

Students will also achieve course-specific learning outcomes. By the end of this course, they will be able to: 

 

  • Conduct a systematic analysis of a real-life problem via a literature review. 
  • Apply research methods to connect with stakeholders and build a deeper understanding of a problem. 
  • Analyze a complex real-world problem from an inter/transdisciplinary perspective;  
  • Draw on the content learned during the entire MSc. Educational Sciences program to design deliverables for this problem considering all its aspects and its contextual conditions. 
  • Write a project proposal and make a pitch of designed deliverables.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Practical Exam determines 80% of the final mark.
Other determines 20% of the final mark.

Within the Practical Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Paper + presentation with a relative weight of 80 which comprises 80% of the final mark.

    Note: Paper and presentation to an audience of experts from the field (in group with compulsory peer assessment)

Within the Other category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Permanent evaluation with a relative weight of 20 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

    Note: Permanent evaluation during the semester via multiple choice test about the online learning modules and working sessions (individual)

Additional info regarding evaluation

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:

  • Practical Exam (80%): Academic paper and presentation to an audience of experts from the field (in project-group with compulsory peer assessment).
  • Permanent Evaluation (20%) during the semester via multiple choice test about the online learning modules and working sessions (individual).

Students must get 10/20 on every one of the course parts to succeed for the course. If you get a failing grade for one of the two parts, you will receive the lowest partial grade as the final grade. The partial grade for which you succeeded in the first session can be transferred to the second session and you will not have to take up this course part again.

In the second exam period, the paper of the project proposal is replaced by an individual assignment according to the same requirements of the first exam period (details on procedure available on the Canvas Course platform).

The student's overall grade for the group work is not necessarily the same for all group members. The individual grade depends on a correction by peer evaluation where individual contribution is evaluated and also depends on the interactions with the partner organisation and teaching team.

The multiple-choice exam will be scored by positive scoring with Higher Pass Marking.

If you are absent for at least one part, you will be awarded an "Absent" as an overall grade for the Programme Part. If you do not submit one of the assignments, you will be "Absent" for the assignments section.

The partial results of the separate course parts are not transferable to the next academic year.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Educational Sciences: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)