Didactics
Would you like to pursue a meaningful career and use your knowledge and skills to help educate students in upper secondary education?
Join us and become a key player in the training of citizens capable of contributing to the development of a democratic, supportive and pluralistic society!
Through this training, you will encourage the development of a broad socio-economic culture among young people, to make them aware of the current issues facing our society. You will encourage learners to appropriate knowledge and acquire skills that will enable them to learn and take an active role in economic, social and cultural life. You will support students throughout their school career and help them prepare for their professional future.
Upon completion of the specialization, students will be able to:
- Master and use disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge to justify pedagogical action;
- Transpose knowledge of business subjects into academic knowledge;
- Design, test, evaluate and regulate teaching methods;
- Develop effective partnerships with the various players in the school environment;
- Master interpersonal skills related to the demands of the teaching and/or training profession;
- Understand and master the ethical issues involved in daily teaching practice and in the evolution of the teaching profession;
- Develop a reflective outlook on the practice of the profession with a view to organizing one's ongoing training.
Professional openings:
- Teacher or educational advisor in upper secondary education (4th to 6th secondary), general, technical, vocational or social promotion education (adults in daytime or staggered timetable).
The main subjects taught are economics, management, accounting, law, management techniques and IT. - Trainer or training manager in a company.
- Consultant or expert in public or private training centers.
This specialization, which is open to both Management and Economics students, is based on a common core of Management Science and Economics, and offers a specific 30-credit program in the 2nd year of the Master's degree, including observation and teaching internships.
Students who do not immediately choose this didactic specialization but who, after completing another specialization, wish to pursue a career in teaching, have the option of repeating only the 30 credits specific to the didactic specialization, without having to repeat a final year dissertation (last opportunity to register in 2024-2025).
Important information
The decree reforming initial teacher training provides for a longer training period for all future teachers. The AESS in its current format will therefore be organized for the last time in 2024-2025.
From September 2025, to be able to teach in upper secondary schools (grades 4, 5 and 6), you will need to take :
- either a section 4 master's degree in teaching (120 credits), following a bachelor's degree in a particular subject (180 credits);
- or a section 5 master's degree in teaching (60 credits), after a bachelor's degree in a subject (180 credits) and a master's degree in a subject (120 credits).
For more information on the reform of the Initial teacher training program, please consult CEFEN here.
For more details about the current 30-credit program , you can visit the link here.
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