3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4022876ENW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Alvorens men een inschrijving kan nemen voor 'Vakdidactiek Rechten 2' moet men ingeschreven of geslaagd zijn voor 'Vakdidactiek Rechten 1' en 'Positief en inclusief leefklimaat MW'.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Multidisciplinary Institute for Teacher Education
Department
Multidisciplinary Institute for Teacher Education
Educational team
Tom Kuppens (course titular)
Laure Rogge
Activities and contact hours
8 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
82 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Learning Pathway Professional Practice

The student shows an open, inquisitive and professional attitude. In this course unit, students start with 2 hours of co-teaching in the field of Law. The kind of co-teaching depends on the contextual needs. After these 2h, students develop and deliver lessons in the field of Law under the supervision of a mentor teacher who is present in the classroom. This part of the internship comprises of 7 hours of teaching. 

For students with LIO status: in-service internship of 28 hours (and if applicable pre-service or alternative internship). If the assignment volume is between 200 and 499 teaching hours, the student may not be able to perform sufficient unique teaching hours for this course unit. In that case, additional assignments from the regular track will be given in proportion to the missing hours. In cases where the LIO student has no or insufficient teaching assignment within the field of this course unit, an additional assignment is given from the regular track , i.e. guided practice internship. Here the student designs lessons that are carried out in classroom practice, in the presence of the mentor. 

Learning Pathway Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Within "Law teaching methodology 2”, students deepen their knowledge of subject specific pedagogy of law. They learn how they, as part of a team, can they can jointly stimulate entrepreneurship and legal literacy of their pupils or how they can evaluete their pupils in a competence oriented way taking into account the school’s policy. Topics such as differentiation, growht oriented evaluation, class management, research competences, and educational audit will be discussed and involved within their internships. Links to pedagogical concepts withing the subject area will be made. Teaching methodological research will gain a prominent place in this course through seminars. 

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Leerplan van Steden en Gemeenten, http://www.ovsg.be
Digital course material (Required) : Beschikbaar via Canvas
Digital course material (Required) : Leerplan van het Katholiek Onderwijs, http://www.vvkso.be
Digital course material (Required) : Leerplan van het Gemeenschapsonderwijs, http://www.g-o.be
Handbook (Recommended) : Vakdidactiek voor leraren economie, Een praktijkgerichte benadering, Fastré, L., Tulleneers, V. & Vlayen, K., LannooCampus, 9789401477420, 2021
Additional info
  • For students of campuses Anderlecht, Diest and Leuven 6 contact hours will be organised. 84h are completed as self-study (including internship). 
  • Students are expected to attend all classes within this course unit in order to prepare as much as possible for the internship (professional attitude).  
  • Internships can take place during academic leaves that does not coincides with school holidays, exam preparation time and exam periods. Students are expected to spread the duration of their internship (see internship guidelines). 
  • During this course unit an integrated skill set of competences, needed for the design of a positive and inclusive climate is developed. During the internship the aim is to integrate the learning outcomes of the other course units and the course unit positive and inclusive climate. 
Learning Outcomes

General competences

Programme specific learning outcomes

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20

Learning Pathway Professional Practice

  1. The student shows an open, inquisitive and professional attitude.
  2. The student can design lessons and teach classes under the supervision of an experienced mentor teacher and depending on the contextual needs. 

Learning Pathway Pedagogical Content Knowledge

  1. The student shows an open, inquisitive and professional attitude.  
  2. The student can organise initiatives to work on the key legal competence within the school as a member of the law department. 
  3. The student can apply strategies for in-class differentiation in law lessons. 
  4. The student can design learning activities for entrepreneurial competences. 
  5. The student is able to situate law in the school vision and can translate the school's vision into teaching practice and the subject-oriented learning environment    
  6. The student has insight into curriculum theory and the horizontal and vertical structure of the subject area of law (e.g. by linking with history) and can translate this into departmental cooperation and planning.    
  7. The student can use current scientific evidence and new insights to create a positive and inclusive learning environment within law.    
  8. The student can use techniques of language focused content instruction during individual learning counseling, he can clearly formulate assignments and feedback orally or with visual support and respond in a constructive way on the language use of the learner within law lessons. 
  9. The student can stimulate a positive interaction between students, achieve solidarity and a sense of competence in order to optimize the learning of individual pupils.    
  10. The student can select teaching methods that encourage participation within the economic sciences.    
  11. The student can develop competences among the pupils in view of a feasible learning line w.r.t. inquiry based learning.  
  12. The student can prepare his/her students for higher education in the field of law. 
  13. The student can design valid and reliable growth-oriented assessment instruments (including test matrix and correction key) in accordance with the expected level of mastery of the validated target framework.   
  14. The student is able to organize a process and product oriented assessment of the learning content in view of study evaluation, remediation, differentiation and optimization of his/her own didactic actions. 
  15. The student can provide feedback, feed forward and feed up. 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Practical Exam determines 60% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 40% of the final mark.

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

  • Co-teaching en begeleide stage with a relative weight of 60 which comprises 60% of the final mark.

    Note: De evaluatie van de begeleide stage of LIO-baan gebeurt door de stagebegeleider o.b.v. stage-administratie, lesvoorbereidingen en ontwikkeld materiaal, mondelinge en schriftelijke feedback van de mentor, zelfevaluatie en gesprek, etc.  

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

  • Opdracht with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

    Note: Een opdracht over verwerking van de leerinhouden in de stage/ praktijk.

Additional info regarding evaluation
  • A final grade can only be calculated if a score was obtained for each category of the evaluation. Not participating in one or more categories results in the mention ‘afwezig’ (afw).  
  • A student can only pass the course unit if at least 7/20 is obtained for each category. The final score awarded is then the grade assigned to the lowest scored category. 
  • It is obligatory to communicate in a timely fashion (see agreements in internship guidelines). Belated communication can lead to a score 'afwezig' (afw) for the internship.
  • If the grade for the practical exam is insufficient, a remedial trajectory with binding agreements is proposed in order to continue with the internship for the next course unit.
  • If the total score of the internship is insufficient, the student cannot pass this course unit. Retaking the practical part can only be done in the following useful session. In the case of a referral to the next session, the titular can allow the transfer of the grades of the successfully completed sections.
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 Teaching in Social Sciences: rechten (90 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Social Sciences: standaard traject (60 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Social Sciences: standaard traject (60 ECTS, Anderlecht) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Social Sciences: standaard traject (60 ECTS, Diest) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Social Sciences: standaard traject (60 ECTS, Leuven) (only offered in Dutch)