Support to the Higher Technical Pedagogical Institutes (HTPI) for the modernization of technical training programs
Democratic Republic of Congo
01/03/2019
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17/12/2019
Support to the Ministry of Higher and University Education in the development of teacher training programs in the field of professional and technical training in the DRC.
UCCD researchers involved
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Alexandra Bolduc
financial coordinator and master’s student in science didactics (UQAM)Alexandra Bolduc
Coordonnatrice financière et étudiante à la maîtrise en didactique des sciences (UQAM)Alexandra Bolduc is a high school science teacher who has worked in the public sector for nearly five years. She also holds a graduate certification in project management. Her knowledge of the educational and management environment led her to the position of financial coordinator for the CUDC, a position she holds while pursuing her master’s degree in science didactics. -
Marion Deslandes-Martineau
PhD student in education (UQAM)Marion Deslandes-Martineau
Étudiante au doctorat en éducation (UQAM)Marion Deslandes Martineau is a PhD student in education at the Université du Québec à Montréal and a student researcher at the UNESCO Chair in Curriculum Development. After a master’s degree in didactics with a thesis on the socio-educational environment in alternative schools and a bachelor’s degree in teaching French at secondary level, her current research focuses on the use and teaching of gender-fair language in schools. -
Stéphane Cyr
Professor (UQAM)Stéphane Cyr
Professeur (UQAM)Stéphane Cyr is a Ph.D. in dactics of mathematics and associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at UQAM, where he has been working for 20 years in the training of primary and secondary school teachers. He is a co-holder of the UNESCO Chair in Curriculum Development since 2018. Researcher on several major grants with this Chair, he has conducted numerous works on curriculum reforms in Africa (Benin, Togo, Guinea, Gabon, Madagascar, Senegal, Mauritania, Niger, Cameroon, DRC (Congo)). He has helped support the education systems of these countries to improve the quality of primary and secondary teacher training, and has also developed several teaching materials adapted to these contexts. Professor Cyr is also interested in the study of video games for learning mathematics in primary schools. He is developing educational video games in collaboration with a Quebec company specializing in this field (Ululab). The game Slice Fractions designed through this collaboration has received numerous awards and distinctions around the world. -
Patrick Charland
Professor (UQAM)Patrick Charland
Professeur (UQAM)Patrick Charland is Professor at the Department of Didactics at UQAM. For more than fifteen years, he has developed expertise in curriculum development, as well as initial and continuing training for elementary, secondary and university teachers in Quebec and internationally. A regular member of the Observatory of Education Reforms (ORÉ-UQAM), then a representative of the Faculty of Education Sciences at the UNESCO Chair in Curriculum Development, he participated in several capacity development projects. In addition, as a science and technology didactician, he has developed expertise in neuroscience education. He is interested in better understanding the learning techniques by collecting various neurophysiological data, live, during the learning process. His work is part of a new perspective in education sciences, generating massive data (big data) and using analytical perspectives associated with machine learning.
Impacts and social benefits
The restructuring of teacher training programs according to LMD standards has the effect of promoting student mobility in this sector by ensuring a certain uniformity of training structures according to set international standards. Also, this project will have allowed for the training of a core group of curriculum managers in the DRC, thus providing this country with essential national expertise and autonomy in the curriculum reform process.
Impacts and scientific benefits
The CUDC researchers developed a methodology for developing programs by competency during this support. This methodology is an important contribution to the field of curriculum engineering.