Framework for the evolution of acquiring knowledge modules to integrate the acquisition of high-level cognitive skills and professional competencies: Principles and case studies

  • Authors:
  • Bruno Warin;Christophe Kolski;Mouldi Sagar

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ Lille Nord de France, 1bis rue Georges Lefèvre, F-59000 Lille, France and Univ Littoral Côte d'Opale, LISIC, 50 rue Ferdinand Buisson, F-62100 Calais, France;Univ Lille Nord de France, 1bis rue Georges Lefèvre, F-59000 Lille, France and UVHC, LAMIH, Le Mont-Houy, F-59313 Valenciennes, France and CNRS, FRE 3304, F-59313 Valenciennes, France;Univ Lille Nord de France, 1bis rue Georges Lefèvre, F-59000 Lille, France and UVHC, LAMIH, Le Mont-Houy, F-59313 Valenciennes, France and CNRS, FRE 3304, F-59313 Valenciennes, France and Lab ...

  • Venue:
  • Computers & Education
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

The changing profile of students, the expectations of business and the capabilities offered by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) makes it necessary to change teaching practices, particularly in higher education. This paper proposes a methodological framework destined to force disciplinary course modules to evolve in order to integrate high-level cognitive skills and professional competencies. In this paper, we examine this framework in terms of the primary currents in educational psychology: behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism and social constructivism. We present and analyze three case studies showing the evolution of three disciplinary course modules. We show that the lessons taught in these three modules are more motivating and more efficient, producing results that are closer to what employers are asking of their employees.