HEPL

None

Teaching the social worker the basic of law to help him to discover and correctly identify thorny questions and take the necessary steps to solve them properly

Introduction to the Belgian Juridictions

Belgian public law institutions

Notions of civil rights (Family, civil responsability)

Manuel de droit public, Ariane MARICQ et Jérome SOHIER, Editions Labor.

Manuel de droit civil, Les personnes, 2° édition revue et corrigée par Marie France DUBUFFET, Editions Labor .

Manuel de droit civil, Le patrimoine, 3° édition revue et corrigée par Marie France DUBUFFET,Editions Labor.

• DE VALKENEER Christian, Manuel de l’enquête pénale, 3^ème édition, Bruxelles : LARCIER, 2006.
• GERLACHE, Alain, La Belgique pour débutants, 4^ème édition. Bruges : La Charte, 2007.

None

Basic language

Knowledge of the basic mechanisms

Ability to reproduce a graphic explanation

Identification of the decision – making institutions and understanding of their functioning

Knowledge of the original sources and ability to find raw information

Understanding of the argumentation and identification of the underlying values and principles

Microeconomics, macroeconomics, origins of market economy, the social-democrat model (Keynes) from 1945 to 1975, free trade economy and neoliberalism inspired by Friedman

Dictionnaires

Périodiques

Monde... LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUE, Paris : mensuel.

Manière... MANIÈRE DE VOIR. Paris : Éd. du Monde diplomatique, 1992-bimestriel.

Alternatives... ALTERNATIVES ÉCONOMIQUES. Paris : Philippe Fremeaux, 1980-mensuel.

Overall knowledge of the history of Belgium.

The student is expected to get a thorough knowledge of social history in connection with history in general.

Political and social institutions from the Middle-aged to the modern times.

None

To understand the problems of social justice in comtemporary political philosophy

Marxism, utilitarism, Rawls’s conception of justice main contemporary challenges

Delacampagne, La philosophie politique aujourd'hui, Paris, 2000

None

Comparative study of the features of the various approaches

Definition of the specific features of social psychology and illustration of the main concepts studied

General psychology

Social psychology

Lectures proposées pour l'évaluation orale

Lecomte J., Guérir de son enfance, Odile Jacob, 2004.

Nappier et Whitaker, Le creuset familial, 1986.

None

Risk factors (main characteristics, prevention, case studies)

Aspects of health

Health education

Health; fundamental seeds; health factors and indication:

Prevention; health education; collective health; ailments

HESBEEN W. (1996), Santé publique et soins infirmiers, France, Ed. LAMARRE.

COPPE M. et SCHOONBROODT C. (1992), Guide pratique d’éducation pour la santé, Bruxelles, DE BOECK WESMAEL.

LEBAS J. et CHAUVIN P. (1998), Précarité et santé, France, Flammarion

Croix rouge de Belgique (1995), Les représentations de santé des jeunes, Service éducation pour la santé.

Question santé A.S.B.L. (1997), Agir en promotion de la santé : un peu de méthode, Bruxelles santé – numéro spécial.

L’Observatoire, revue d’action sociale et médico-sociale A.S.B.L.

2 hours for week

Secondary school level

Understanding the inevitable impact of socialisation on the organisation of social life with a special emphasis on the significance of the cultural establishment

The place of sociology within social sciences and its objectives; basics of terminology; history of sociology; social dynamics and evolution of societies; social action

DE COSTER M. Introduction à la sociologie, Bruxelles, De Boeck Université, 5ième éd., 2005.

CAMPEAU R. SIROIS M. RHEAULT E.,Individu et Société-Initiation à la Sociologie ,Ed. MORIN G. Québec 2004.

DELAS J-P et MILLY B. Histoire des pensées sociologiques, Ed. A. COLIN, Coll.U, 03/2009. 

ETIENNE J. Dictionnaire de sociologie. Hatier, 08/2004 (Initial)

FERREOL G.,Sociologie-Cours,Méthodes,Applications. Ed.Bréal ,08/2004.  

RAPAILLE C., Culture- Codes,comment déchiffrer les rites de la vie quotidienne à travers le monde.Ed.LATTES 03/2008.

MONTOUSSE M, RENOUARD G., 100 fiches pour comprendre la sociologie. Edition BREAL, 2001.

CABIN P. et DORTIER J.F., La sociologie – Histoire et idées. Editions Sciences Humaines, Auxerre, 04/2004

HALPERN C., Identité(s) - L’individu, le groupe, la société. Editions Sciences Humaines, Auxerre, 05/2005

JOURNET M., La culture - De l’universel au particulier. Editions Sciences Humaines, Auxerre, 10/2002.

L'Individu contemporain - regards sociologiques, éd. Sciences Humaines, 04/2006.

J-P. DURANT - R. WEIL, Sociologie contemporaine - 3ième éd., éd. Vigot, 03/2006.

B. BARBUSSE - J GLAYMANN, La sociologie en fiches, éd. Ellipses, 11/2005.

R. CASTRO, Faut-il passer la banlieue au kärcher ?, éd. L'Achipel, 03/2007.

None

To be able to understand social work in its economic, political, social, and cultural context.

To master the fundamentals of social work

To consider the underlying values of social work and analyse them

To perceive the request through active listening before for intervention undertaking any actions

Introduction to social work and social workers

Historical survey

Social work in society

Help in social work

Notions of problem, need and request for intervention

Observation and active listening

The process of intervention in social work

BOUQUET B. et GARCETTE C. Assistant social aujourd’hui, Coll. Profession Santé, 1998

ION Y. Le travail social au singulier, Dunod, Paris 1999

BILODEAU G. Traité de travail social, Coll. Politiques et Interventions Sociales ENSP 2005

None

To make students understand in a more analytical, objective, critical, professional manner the social questions and realities as well as related social practices

Selection of a social theme by groups of 2 or 3 students (if possible : students define the theme after questionning themselves; they become step by step aware of their biais and prejudices);

Realization of structured work (according to indications and instructions elaborated in class with the teacher) based on information research (library, Internet, audiovisual documents, …), meetings with specialists (fieldwork conversations) and visits of concerned field social institutions which may be made, in order to actualise professional approach of the theme;

Oral presentation of the work and organization of exchanges of ideas/debates with the class.

DORSELAER, J., Méthodologie pour réaliser un travail de fin d'études, Editions du CRID, Bruxelles, 1985.

LIEVRE, P., Manuel d'initiation à la recherche en service social, Editions ENSP, France, 20006.

+ bibliography to be established by students according to chosen theme

Participatory and interactive methods

Exploitation of written and audiovisual documents, interventions of specialists and/or professionals, according to approached theme and material possibilities

Assessment of written works and oral presentations

Continual assessment of participation during courses

None

• To give a general survey of different departments, organisms and diverse provisions set up by public authorities or due to private sector initiative in order to meet social needs of persons and to help them.
• To approach specific legislations in relation with some fields studied.
• In case of need, to stress the function of the social worker.
• To make a link between theoretical approach of institutions and practice in the field.
• To procure to the student the way of understanding further the information he has received during the course.

View of the organizing powers-and institutions

Family policy

Childhood policy

Teaching

Handicapped persons policy

Mentally-ill person's policy

Social exclusion policy

Housing policy

Immigration and asylum request policy

Elderly

Basic legal copy (Moniteur belge), Bottin social, various publications emanating from concerned ministries and departments.

Specific Web Sites:

www.belsoc.org

www.guidesocial.com

www.fceds.be/telesoc/

www.socialsquare.org

www.belgium.be

www.cfwb.be

www.wallonie.be

Lectures, class participation

Secondary school level

To define the accurate objectives of social research

To make hypotheses prior to social research

To choose the best research techniques and analyse the information

To design and apply these techniques

To identify the relevant relations between variables and draw conclusions from the study

Introduction. Various definitions and warnings (techniques, method, difficulties and limitations) .

Texts. Global process. Object of the study

Breakdown of the structure and analysis of the various steps of the process

Fields of investigation

Tools and techniques

Exercises and personal assignments

QUIVY R.-  VAN CAMPENHOUDT L., Manuel de Recherche en Sciences Sociales, Dunod, Paris 1995.

DUCHAMP M., BOUQUET B. et DROUARD H., La recherche en travail social, Ed. Centurion – Coll. Travail Social, 1989.

JAVEAU C., L’enquête par questionnaire, Ed. ULB, 1992.

FREYSSINET – DOMINJON J., Méthodes de recherche en sciences sociales, Coll. AES, Paris, 1997.

S.GIROUX-G.TREMBLAY, Méthodologie des sc. humaines, Ed. du Renouveau Pédagogique Inc, 2009.

H. MEYNAUD et D. DUCLOS, Les sondages d'opinion, Ed. La Découverte, coll. "repères" - 1996.

BERTHIER N. Les techniques d'enquete en sciences sociales,Coll.Cursus-A.COLIN-07/2006.

Lectures, information searching, group exercises

None

Placement :

Integration and adaptation to the work place

Daily participation in the activities of the service

Taking initiatives

Getting in supervised contact with service users

Collecting the necessary information for a thorough understanding of the service

Supervision :

Analysis and reflection about the trainee’s achievements, the institution aspects and the methodology of practice

In the placement, participation in the daily activities of the service

In the supervision contents bases on the experience gained from the placement

None

To encover, to understand and analyze: social problems in bond with daily reality, the social institutions and the professional practices referring itself to it.To support the personal reflexion and the critical spirit, to encourage and facilitate the speech within a group, to acquire professional behaviors.

different problems chosen among the following fields: family policy, exclusion, sensitizing citizen, handicap, childhood, teaching…

Livres, brochures, articles et revues, législation, supports audi-visuels... en fonction des domaines abordés.

Visits of institutions, contributions of outside internenors, workshops, debates.

None

• The student must be capable to memorize, understand and restore the definitions' cursus
• He must be capable to understand the organization of documentary institutions and classification of their documents
• He must be capable of doing again the exercises' cursus and other of the same difficulties
• He must be capable of using reference books present in the consulting room of the Chiroux's Library (to manipule them, to answer at questions, to move in the Library)
• He must be capable to use technicals of interrogation and handling on Internet  

1. Definitions of the title's cursus 
2. The different steps of a good documentary's research
3. The documentary's institutions
4. The Universal Decimal Classification
5. The reference books (exercises)
6. The periodicals
7. Initiation of refernce's notation
8. Research in librarys' catalogues

= Dictionnaire... Dictionnaire de l'information. Paris: Armand Colin, 2004. 274 p.

= LAMIZET, Bernard et SILME, Ahmed, dir. Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences de l'information et de la communication. Paris: Ellipses, 1997. 590 p.

= BEAUDIQUEZ, Marcelle. Guide de bibliographie générale: méthodologie et pratique. München: KG Saur, 1983. 280 p.

It is essential to master the oral and written French language.

At the end of the course, the students should be able to write up relevant texts with accurate goals so that the students can prove they actually master the different aspects of the written language: grammar, spelling, syntax, vocabulary and style.

Students will be asked to write up different sorts of texts i.e. reports, syntheses of texts, critical commentaries and short letters, etc. Notions of grammar, syntax, vocabulary, punctuation and style will be revised according to the deficiencies noticed in the written works + practical exercises.…

Hanse et Blampain, Dictionnaire des difficultés du français moderne, Bruxelles : De Boeck-Duculot .

Talks and other practical works i.e. writing up different professional

Basic maths, ability to solve equations, knowledge of systems of equations.

The student will be able to:

- apply statistical methods

- understand the importance of working on samples

- use demographic statistics

- draw valid conclusions

choose the most suitable method for solving problems

- types of variables, charts, graphic representations

- averages and parameters of location and dispersion

- basic knowledge of probability.

- random variables.

- laws of probability: Bernouilli, binomial, Poisson, normal.

- sampling, specific estimations and estimations at interval

- theory of tests ( chi-squared statistic)

Wonnacott, Statistique, 4ème édition économica

Minimum theoretical approach to favour problem solving and the interpretation of findings.