Advanced Master in the Training of Teachers

Since September 2023, as part of the RFIE, the University of Namur, in partnership with the Haute École de Namur-Liège-Luxembourg (Hénallux), has been offering a specialized master’s degree in teacher education. This new degree replaces the CAPAES in the education tracks for those teaching didactics, pedagogy, and training through and for practice. 

This master’s program is specifically designed for future (or current) faculty members at universities of applied sciences who teach courses related to didactics, pedagogy, and training through practice in master’s programs in education (Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, who must obtain this degree within six years of their first appointment to a position for which this master’s degree is required. Beyond this period, the staff member may no longer be appointed to the same position or to a position subject to the same requirements.

It may also be of interest, as part of their professional development, to all teacher trainers in continuing education, whether they carry out their duties within inter-network continuing education organizations or networks, or as independent contractors.

The Master’s degree in Teacher Education replaces the Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude for Higher Education (CAPAES) for teachers in educational categories who will teach subjects related to didactics, pedagogy, and training through and by practice.

The CAPAES is intended for any teacher currently employed at a university, an adult education institution offering a higher-level program, in a Higher School of the Arts, or any member of the academic or scientific staff responsible for teaching at a university (even if they do not previously hold a teaching qualification) who will not be teaching these subjects.

Experience in initial teacher education or continuing teacher education is strongly recommended.

The specialized master’s degree in teacher education focuses on the following competencies: 

• mastery of the pedagogy of the relevant discipline(s) or of pedagogy as applied to these disciplines;
• knowledge and understanding of the educational settings in which one will work and those in which one’s future students will work;
• the ability to support individuals in vocational training settings;
• mastery of the specificities of adult education, particularly for young adults;
• the ability to participate in the design of teacher training programs and to implement these programs;
• the ability to observe, analyze, and evaluate aspects of professional teaching practice in order to advise and assist in adjusting these practices, drawing in particular on findings from scientific research in education, the pedagogy of subject-specific content, psychology, sociology of education, and gender studies, particularly regarding cultural diversity, socioeconomic inequalities, and gender;
• the ability to conduct, individually and with peers, a critical and rigorous analysis of one’s own practices and their impact on students and their success, drawing in particular on various disciplines in the humanities, in order to refine one’s teaching with a view to effectiveness and equity. All of these objectives are part of an epistemological distancing and a systemic vision. 

• Dual expertise in teacher education
  • UNamur’s research and training activities;
  • Hénallux’s experience in initial teacher education.
• Original content and pedagogical approaches
  • in university pedagogy;
  • in adult education, particularly for teachers;
  • in the practice of supporting and analyzing professional practices;
  • in subject-specific pedagogy and the pedagogy of digital tools and media literacy in educational settings. 

• Training based on your professional experience 

  Your experience is an asset to the program. It will be leveraged to give meaning to your learning and create connections between theoretical and practical training. 

• A program tailored to your personal situation
  • Designed for adult learners;
  • if you are working, you have the option to spread the courses over several academic years. 

Classes are held in Namur from mid-September to mid-May, in the evenings on Tuesdays and Thursdays, as well as on select Wednesdays and Saturdays during the day. 

Part of the program is available via synchronous online learning. 

Free parking available. 

Since this specialized master’s program is designed for working professionals, classes are scheduled at off-peak times, and it is possible to spread the program over two academic years. 

Faculty of Education and Training

Program Director

Gaëlle Chapelle
gaelle.chapelle@unamur.be