Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory in Didactics, Education, and Training

Alain Jean

University Professor

Alain Jean

My research focuses primarily on the analysis of work and activity. In this regard, my main approach draws on the conceptual framework of professional didactics (Pastré) and the “clinic of activity” (Clot). I also work with the model of professional adjustment strategies (Bucheton), which analyzes the overarching concerns of teachers and trainers in real-world situations. The contexts in which my research takes place are initial and continuing vocational education and, more generally, adult education. I am also interested in training methods involving simulation in education, skills assessment, and the development of professional knowledge.

Research Topics

Analysis of work and occupational activities, vocational pedagogy, occupational analysis, simulation in training, adult education, professional adaptation strategies, competency assessment, vocational high schools, professional knowledge.

Courses

  • Training for elementary and secondary school teachers
  • Training of Trainers
  • Training for registered nurses (RNs), anesthesiologists, and operating room nurses (School of Anesthesiology and Operating Room Nursing, Montpellier University Hospital)
  • Training for Healthcare Executives (IFCS, Montpellier University Hospital)

Topics: introduction to research; learning theories; professional pedagogy; analysis of situations and practices; data collection and analysis methodologies; simple, cross, and double-cross self-confrontation interviews; confrontations; and training with a look-alike

Levels: Bachelor's, Master's 1, Master's 2

Responsibilities

Responsibilities are distributed among:

  • from the engineering sciences track in high school and the industrial sciences and technology track in vocational high school to the MEEF master’s program, offered by the Faculty of Education, a partner of ESPE-LR
  • the Bachelor’s degree program in “Industrial Sciences and Technology for Education and Training (STIEF)” offered by the School of Education.
  • ofTU Trainer Training Program (FFEFF) of the MEEF Master's degree

Member of the editorial board of the journal *Education et socialisation, les cahiers du CERFEE*

Served as chair of various selection committees for associate professors at the Faculty of Engineering.