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—Mathematics, prepares you for your future career as a teacher in upper secondary school (from 4th to 6th secondary).

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—Mathematics, consists of the following areas of focus:

Training Through and Based on Practical Experience

Organized around teaching placements in secondary schools, this component offers you the opportunity to explore various professional and social environments and aspects. The placements 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 faculty members, but above all the development of an identity as a practitioner-researcher. 

Subject-Specific Courses 

These courses round out your mastery of mathematics.

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

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  • Training for and through practice
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    Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block
    1 2
    FEDNM101 Observation and support for the teaching profession 7.5h th. + 30h ex.
    FEDNM102 42h th.
    FEDUM203 Digital training 15h th.
    FEDNM201 Practical training in the teaching profession 30h th. + 30h ex.
    FEDMM202 In-depth practical training in the teaching profession 78h th. + 54h ex.

  • Didactic and pedagogical training
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    Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block
    1 2
    FEDMM105 Didactics and epistemology of mathematics 22.5h th. + 13.5h ex.
    FEDHM107 Introduction to the didactics and epistemology of disciplines 26h th. + 4h ex.
    FEDUM103 Relational gestures and the professional identity of teachers 1 and 2 37.5h th. + 15h ex.
    FEDHM104 Educational psychology 45h th.
    FEDMM204 In-depth questions on the didactics and epistemology of mathematics 45h th. + 15h ex.
    FEDHM205 Differentiated learning 15h th.

  • 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.
    FEDUM109 The teenager in a school situation 15h th. + 7.5h ex.
    FEDUM110 School education and society 30h th. + 7.5h ex.
    FEDUM108 Psychology of Evaluation 15h th. + 7.5h ex.
    FEDHM112 Communication types 15h th.
    FEDUM113 Analysis of media communications 15h th.
    FEDHM111 Social psychology 15h th.
    FEDUM206 Psychology of learning and analysis of acquisition processes 30h th. + 15h ex.

  • Disciplinary courses
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    Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block
    1 2
    SMATM110 Computer Programming Project 45h ex.
    SMATM205 Foundations of Mathematics 30h th.
    SSPSM201 Philosophy of Mathematics 15h th.

    • Physics or economics
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      Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block
      1 2
      SPHYB221_Master Enseignement Physics: personal project 15h th. + 15h ex.
      EFASB250_S4 Microeconomics 45h th.
      ECGEB261 Microeconomics 45h th. + 15h ex.

    • Mathematics
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      Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block
      1 2
      SMATM103 Numerical linear algebra: direct and iterative methods 30h th. + 30h ex.
      SMATM101 Systems and control 30h th. + 30h ex.
      SMATM105 30h th. + 30h ex.

  • Training for and through research
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    Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block
    1 2
    FEDUM114 Research methodology 30h th. + 7.5h ex.
    FEDUM208 Master Thesis

  • Mastery of the French language
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    Code Name Staff Th.+Ex. Credits/Block
    1 2
    FEDUM001 Mastery of the French language 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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    FEDNM101 Observation and support for the teaching profession 5 7.5h th. + 30h ex.
    FEDNM102 5 42h th.

  • Didactic and pedagogical training
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    Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter
    1 2
    FEDMM105 Didactics and epistemology of mathematics 3 22.5h th. + 13.5h ex.
    FEDHM107 Introduction to the didactics and epistemology of disciplines 4 26h th. + 4h ex.
    FEDUM103 Relational gestures and the professional identity of teachers 1 and 2 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 2 15h th. + 7.5h ex.
    FEDUM110 School education and society 4 30h th. + 7.5h ex.
    FEDUM108 Psychology of Evaluation 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

    • Physics or economics
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      Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter
      1 2
      SPHYB221_Master Enseignement Physics: personal project 4 15h th. + 15h ex.
      EFASB250_S4 Microeconomics 4 45h th.
      ECGEB261 Microeconomics 4 45h th. + 15h ex.

    • Mathematics
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      Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter
      1 2
      SMATM103 Numerical linear algebra: direct and iterative methods 6 30h th. + 30h ex.
      SMATM101 Systems and control 6 30h th. + 30h ex.
      SMATM105 6 30h th. + 30h ex.

  • Training for and through research
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    Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter
    1 2
    FEDUM114 Research methodology 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
    1 2
    FEDUM203 Digital training 2 15h th.
    FEDNM201 Practical training in the teaching profession 10 15h th. + 15h ex. 15h th. + 15h ex.
    FEDMM202 In-depth practical training in the teaching profession 8 78h th. + 54h ex.

  • Didactic and pedagogical training
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    Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter
    1 2
    FEDMM204 In-depth questions on the didactics and epistemology of mathematics 6 45h th. + 15h ex.
    FEDHM205 Differentiated learning 2 15h th.

  • 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 3 15h th. + 10h ex. 15h th. + 5h ex.

  • Disciplinary courses
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    Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter
    1 2
    SMATM110 Computer Programming Project 3 45h ex.
    SMATM205 Foundations of Mathematics 4 30h th.
    SSPSM201 Philosophy of Mathematics 3 15h th.

  • Training for and through research
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    Code Name Staff Credits Hours/Quarter
    1 2
    FEDUM208 Master Thesis 16

Jury

Vanmeerhaeghe Sophie
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).