The LIRDEF is a research team under the supervision of the University of Montpellier and the University Paul Valéry Montpellier 3.
The laboratory brings together some fifty teacher-researchers and researchers, forty PhD students, fifteen PRAG or PRCE PhD students, fifteen associate researchers and a secretary/manager.
The laboratory's research is focused on the fields of education and training. It focuses in particular on :
- teaching-learning processes (in various teaching disciplines) ;
- the activity of actors in a professional context (teachers, trainers and other actors from various professions);
- socialization, professionalization and identity-building processes;
- education for (in particular, sustainable development and responsibility);
- history of teaching (in partnership with CEDRHE);
- engineering of educational situations (video training, simulation).
The laboratory is structured around 3 axes:
LIRDEF is currently involved in several nationally and internationally funded research projects.
It is a support laboratory for masters and doctoral programs.
