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CHARGE ENSEIGNEMENT [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • School and School-Related Administration
DEF

Lecturer of senior status in U.K. further education, where a principal lecturer has a status and salary higher than that of a senior lecturer, or in a U.K. university where a senior lecturer is junior in status and salary to a reader or professor and where he/she may, rarely, be a head of department.

OBS

Broadly the U.S. equivalent is assistant professor.

OBS

"Senior lecturer" is sometimes used in Canadian universities, e.g. School of Nursing, University of Ottawa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
OBS

On écrirait mieux «sénior».

OBS

sénior : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

OBS

The University of Melbourne; poste vacant Maître de Conférence (senior lecturer) à la Section de Français, le Monde nº 882, 9-15 septembre 1965.

OBS

Chargé de cours senior, École des sciences infirmières, Université d'Ottawa.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • School and School-Related Administration
DEF

The time spent by a teacher on all teaching-related activities, such as classroom teaching, preparation of lectures, assignments, and examinations, grading, student counseling, professional development and creative activity. Usually expressed in terms of hours spent per week.

DEF

The total obligations connected with a teacher's classwork. It is usually measured by the number of classes taught per day and the total number of students enrolled in those classes.

OBS

See entry entitled "charge de travail (d'un professeur)" in AUPET.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
DEF

Quantité de travail exigée des enseignants et du personnel d'administration ou de direction. Elle est d'ordinaire exprimée en heures et comprend l'enseignement proprement dit, la préparation des cours, la direction des activités des élèves, la correction des examens, etc.

OBS

D'après le Vocabulaire de l'éducation au Québec, l'expression «charge professorale» est un anglicisme.

OBS

La définition du terme «charge d'enseignement» se trouve sous la rubrique «charge professorale».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Administración escolar y paraescolar
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