2026-2027

Master of Education, Section 4: Biology

Schedule

flexible schedule
ECTS Credits 120

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Masters en enseignement section 4 et section 5

Overview

Empowering young people to learn and collaborate, guiding them, and helping them become agents of change… Being a teacher is exciting!

Offered as a joint degree program by UNamur and Hénallux, the 120-credit Master’s in Education, Section 4—Biology, prepares you for a career as a high school teacher (grades 4 through 6).

Information Session

An information session will be held online on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.

Faculty members will present the Master’s programs in Education, Sections 4 and 5, and answer all your questions.

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Séance d'information - section 4 et section 5

The Program

The 120-credit Master’s program in Education, Section 4—Biology, consists of the following areas of focus:

Training Through and Based on Practical Experience

Organized around internships in secondary schools, this component offers you the opportunity to explore various professional and social environments and aspects. The internships also allow you to gradually develop and apply your teaching skills. During the placements, you will explore subject matter and refine your critical thinking regarding the challenges and issues related to teaching practice. You will be supported in this process by various seminars that prepare you for the placements and encourage you to analyze your professional practice.

Didactic and Pedagogical Training

The didactics courses focus on how to teach your subject to your future students and on how subject-specific knowledge is constructed and evolves over time. They stimulate your creativity and provide you with tools and methods for designing your future lesson plans.

The pedagogy courses draw on various disciplines to help you design, implement, and evaluate teaching sequences tailored to students’ needs.

Training in the Humanities and Social Sciences

The emotional, organizational, cultural, and political dimensions round out your training, enabling you to address the various facets of the teaching profession.

The course “Ethical and Professional Standards in Teaching and the Foundations of Neutrality” trains you to adopt an attitude that respects the diversity of opinions and values.

Training in and through Research

This track focuses on discovering and mastering research methods in didactics and educational sciences. The culmination of this track is not only the defense of a final thesis on a topic chosen in consultation with instructors, but above all the development of an identity as a practitioner-researcher.

Subject-Specific Courses

These courses round out your mastery of biology.

Epreuve liminaire écrite de maîtrise approfondie de la langue française (EMLF)

This is a compulsory diagnostic test of French language proficiency organized at the beginning of the year for all students enrolled for the first time in section 4 or 5. If you fail this test, a 5-credit remedial teaching unit will be added to your program (PAE).
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Horaire des cours

L’horaire du master 120 en enseignement section 4 est principalement concentré sur les lundis, les mercredis et les samedis, en ce qui concerne les cours non disciplinaires (hors stages). Les cours disciplinaires sont quant à eux répartis sur toute la semaine.

Contacts

Faculté des sciences de l’éducation et de la formation

Secrétariat
Place Saint Aubain, 14
5000 Namur
Tél. +32 81 72 50 69
secretariat.fasef@unamur.be

Coordinateur pédagogique des masters en enseignement section 4 et section 5
Nathanaël Laurent
Place Saint Aubain, 14
5000 Namur
nathanael.laurent@unamur.be

Cycle
Block 1
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Training for and through practice

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	Code	Name	Staff	Th.+Ex.	Credits/Block
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	FEDXM101	Observation and support for the teaching profession		7.5h th. + 30h ex.	5
	FEDXM102			42h th.	5
	FEDUM203	Digital training	Dumortier Laurence	15h th.		2
	FEDXM201	Practical training in the teaching profession		30h th. + 30h ex.		10
Soft skills Image	FEDBM202	In-depth practical training in the teaching profession	Roland Elsa	69h th. + 45h ex.		8

Didactic and pedagogical training

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	Code	Name	Staff	Th.+Ex.	Credits/Block
					1	2
Sustainable development Image Soft skills Image	FEDBM105	Didactics and epistemology of biology	Vervoort Arnaud	22.5h th. + 13.5h ex.	3
	FEDHM107	Introduction to the didactics and epistemology of disciplines	Dehon Jérémy	26h th. + 4h ex.	4
	FEDUM103	Relational gestures and the professional identity of teachers 1 and 2	Fischer Line Biémar Sandrine	37.5h th. + 15h ex.	5
	FEDHM104	Educational psychology		45h th.	6
	FEDBM204	In-depth questions on didactics and epistemology of biology	Vervoort Arnaud	45h th. + 15h ex.		6
	FEDHM205	Differentiated learning		15h th.		2

Didactics and epistemology of a complementary discipline

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Code	Name	Staff	Th.+Ex.	Credits/Block
				1	2
FEDCM105	Didactics and epistemology of chemistry	Dehon Jérémy	22.5h th. + 13.5h ex.		3
FEDPM105	Didactics and epistemology of physics	Dias De Carvalho Junior Gabriel	22.5h th. + 13.5h ex.		3

Training in the humanities and social sciences

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Code	Name	Staff	Th.+Ex.	Credits/Block
				1	2
FEDHM108	Ethical and deontological aspects of the teaching profession - Neutrality		22.5h th.	3
FEDUM109	The teenager in a school situation	Fischer Line Biémar Sandrine Vanhoolandt Cédric	15h th. + 7.5h ex.	2
FEDUM110	School education and society	Roland Elsa Biémar Sandrine	30h th. + 7.5h ex.	4
FEDUM108	Psychology of Evaluation	Vanmeerhaeghe Sophie	15h th. + 7.5h ex.	2
FEDHM112	Communication types		15h th.	3
FEDUM113	Analysis of media communications		15h th.	2
FEDHM111	Social psychology		15h th.	2
FEDUM206	Psychology of learning and analysis of acquisition processes	Biémar Sandrine Vanmeerhaeghe Sophie Biémar Sandrine	30h th. + 15h ex.		3

Disciplinary courses

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	Code	Name	Staff	Th.+Ex.	Credits/Block
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	SBIOM136	Bacterial Cell Biology	Matroule Jean-Yves	18h th.	3
	SBIOM102	Evolution	Dennis Alice	15h th.	2
	SBIOM122	Cancer : from molecular to clinical aspects	Michiels Carine	18h th.	2
Sustainable development Image Soft skills Image English Friendly Courses Image	SPHYB221_Master Enseignement	Physics: personal project	Dias De Carvalho Junior Gabriel	15h th. + 15h ex.	3
	SBIOM120	Stem Cells and Differentiation	Renard Patricia	18h th.		3
	SBIOM138	Inflammation	Renard Patricia	18h th.		3
Sustainable development Image	SCHIM229	Chemistry and the environment	Michaux Catherine Michaux Catherine	18h th.		4

Choice of cross-disciplinary courses

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	Code	Name	Staff	Th.+Ex.	Credits/Block
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Sustainable development Image	SSPSM101	Science, ethics and development	Tilman Valérie Leyens Stéphane	18h th. + 6h ex.		3
	UNAM0048	Artificial intelligence: challenges and opportunities		24h th.		3
Sustainable development Image	UNAM0043	Global change and the Anthropocene	Yans Johan Dendoncker Nicolas Yans Johan Linard Catherine Houssiau Laurent Henry Sabine	24h th.		3

Training for and through research

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Code	Name	Staff	Th.+Ex.	Credits/Block
				1	2
FEDUM114	Research methodology	Delepiere Maud	30h th. + 7.5h ex.	4
FEDUM208	Master Thesis				16

Mastery of the French language

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	Code	Name	Staff	Th.+Ex.	Credits/Block
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	FEDUM001	Mastery of the French language		30h th.	5

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Training for and through practice

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Code	Name	Credits	Hours/Quarter
			1	2
FEDXM101	Observation and support for the teaching profession	5	7.5h th. + 30h ex.
FEDXM102		5		42h th.

Didactic and pedagogical training

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	Code	Name	Staff	Credits	Hours/Quarter
					1	2
Sustainable development Image Soft skills Image	FEDBM105	Didactics and epistemology of biology	Vervoort Arnaud	3	22.5h th. + 13.5h ex.
	FEDHM107	Introduction to the didactics and epistemology of disciplines	Dehon Jérémy	4	26h th. + 4h ex.
	FEDUM103	Relational gestures and the professional identity of teachers 1 and 2	Fischer Line Biémar Sandrine	5		37.5h th. + 15h ex.
	FEDHM104	Educational psychology		6	45h th.

Training in the humanities and social sciences

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Code	Name	Staff	Credits	Hours/Quarter
				1	2
FEDHM108	Ethical and deontological aspects of the teaching profession - Neutrality		3		22.5h th.
FEDUM109	The teenager in a school situation	Fischer Line Biémar Sandrine Vanhoolandt Cédric	2	15h th. + 7.5h ex.
FEDUM110	School education and society	Roland Elsa Biémar Sandrine	4		30h th. + 7.5h ex.
FEDUM108	Psychology of Evaluation	Vanmeerhaeghe Sophie	2	15h th. + 7.5h ex.
FEDHM112	Communication types		3		15h th.
FEDUM113	Analysis of media communications		2	15h th.
FEDHM111	Social psychology		2		15h th.

Disciplinary courses

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	Code	Name	Staff	Credits	Hours/Quarter
					1	2
	SBIOM136	Bacterial Cell Biology	Matroule Jean-Yves	3	18h th.
	SBIOM102	Evolution	Dennis Alice	2	15h th.
	SBIOM122	Cancer : from molecular to clinical aspects	Michiels Carine	2	18h th.
Sustainable development Image Soft skills Image English Friendly Courses Image	SPHYB221_Master Enseignement	Physics: personal project	Dias De Carvalho Junior Gabriel	3		15h th. + 15h ex.

Training for and through research

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	Code	Name	Staff	Credits	Hours/Quarter
					1	2
	FEDUM114	Research methodology	Delepiere Maud	4		30h th. + 7.5h ex.

Mastery of the French language

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	Code	Name	Staff	Credits	Hours/Quarter
					1	2
	FEDUM001	Mastery of the French language		5		30h th.

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Training for and through practice

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	Code	Name	Staff	Credits	Hours/Quarter
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	FEDUM203	Digital training	Dumortier Laurence	2		15h th.
	FEDXM201	Practical training in the teaching profession		10	15h th. + 15h ex.	15h th. + 15h ex.
Soft skills Image	FEDBM202	In-depth practical training in the teaching profession	Roland Elsa	8		69h th. + 45h ex.

Didactic and pedagogical training

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Code	Name	Staff	Credits	Hours/Quarter
				1	2
FEDBM204	In-depth questions on didactics and epistemology of biology	Vervoort Arnaud	6		45h th. + 15h ex.
FEDHM205	Differentiated learning		2	15h th.

Didactics and epistemology of a complementary discipline

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Code	Name	Staff	Credits	Hours/Quarter
				1	2
FEDCM105	Didactics and epistemology of chemistry	Dehon Jérémy	3	22.5h th. + 13.5h ex.
FEDPM105	Didactics and epistemology of physics	Dias De Carvalho Junior Gabriel	3	22.5h th. + 13.5h ex.

Training in the humanities and social sciences

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	Code	Name	Staff	Credits	Hours/Quarter
					1	2
	FEDUM206	Psychology of learning and analysis of acquisition processes	Biémar Sandrine Vanmeerhaeghe Sophie Biémar Sandrine	3	15h th. + 10h ex.	15h th. + 5h ex.

Disciplinary courses

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	Code	Name	Staff	Credits	Hours/Quarter
					1	2
	SBIOM120	Stem Cells and Differentiation	Renard Patricia	3	18h th.
	SBIOM138	Inflammation	Renard Patricia	3	18h th.
Sustainable development Image	SCHIM229	Chemistry and the environment	Michaux Catherine Michaux Catherine	4		18h th.

Choice of cross-disciplinary courses

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	Code	Name	Staff	Credits	Hours/Quarter
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Sustainable development Image	SSPSM101	Science, ethics and development	Tilman Valérie Leyens Stéphane	3	18h th. + 6h ex.
	UNAM0048	Artificial intelligence: challenges and opportunities		3		24h th.
Sustainable development Image	UNAM0043	Global change and the Anthropocene	Yans Johan Dendoncker Nicolas Yans Johan Linard Catherine Houssiau Laurent Henry Sabine	3	24h th.

Training for and through research

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	Code	Name	Staff	Credits	Hours/Quarter
					1	2
	FEDUM208	Master Thesis		16

Jury

Roland Elsa

Chair of the Examination Panel

LAURENT Nathanaël

Secretary of the Examination Panel

Ce programme vous prépare à la pratique professionnelle de l’enseignement de votre discipline aux élèves de l’enseignement secondaire supérieur (de la 4e à la 6e secondaire).