Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Research in Didactics, Education, and Training

ViSA Days 2017

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LIRDEF is organizing the nextViSA days atthe Faculty of Education of the University of Montpellier on March 30 and 31, 2017.

 

 

 

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Getting to the Faculty of Education in Montpellier:

From Montpellier St Roch train station: tram line 1 towards Mosson, Philippidès stadium stop

From the airport: take the shuttle bus to the Place de l'Europe stop, then take tram line 1 towards Mosson, getting off at the Stade Philippidès stop.

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How and why combine "filmed observation" with other types of data to build a "field" and understand the complexity of professional practices?

 

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To study professional practices in different fields (education, health, sports) and better understand their complexity, researchers often film the professional situations that interest them (teaching-learning situations, training-support for trainees, sports practices, healthcare, etc.) using a specific framing (close-up and/or wide shot) and a chosen point of view (external and/or subjective) deemed relevant to their subject of study. They very often supplement this video collection with other data: documents, observation notes, and/or various types of interviews with the actors, which may also be recorded on video (simple and/or cross-confrontation, instruction to a double, explanation, ethnographic, comprehensive, semi-directive interviews, etc.).

  • Do data recorded on video during professional situations have the same status as other data?
  • How are choices and connections between methods conceived and implemented within a single discipline? Under what conditions are connections possible?
  • Can we consider multidisciplinary methodological enhancements (e.g., between didactic approaches, activity approaches, and language approaches) and possibly interdisciplinary enhancements that could lead to the implementation of joint projects? What would be the benefits and limitations of such an approach?

To achieve this and other goals typically pursued by ViSA, these days will focus on three complementary dimensions:

  • Formative: interventions aimed at researchers (or apprentice researchers) wishing to use video for their research, as well as the ViSA database (deposit and request);
  • Epistemological and methodological: lectures addressing issues inherent to the types of data collection that complement a video corpus;
  • Experiential: conferences or workshops aimed at presenting (or discussing) work carried out by research teams.