BLH3210 Culture and Identity - Nordic Childhoods Course description

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:

• An oral presentation of a delimited quality improvement project in groups of up to six students
• A peer assessment in groups of up to six students

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. Work and teaching methods include lectures, seminars, and group-based and individual assignments. Two teaching sessions are organised, each running over a period of three to four days. Between the sessions, the students will work on a written assignment that will be commented and discussed at the last session. Digital platforms will also be used for work between the sessions on campus. Students are expected to work actively on the written assignment between the sessions.

Project examination in the form of a written work that is developed during the course. The work is carried out in groups of up to six students with a scope of 3,500words. One overall grade is awarded to the group for the examination.

The course is conducted in English and the exam paper is given in English. The exam can be answered in English, Norwegian (Bokmål/Nynorsk), Swedish or Danish.

Resit examination: If the student fails the assignment, he/she will be given one (1) opportunity to submit a reworked version.

Target group

The course is designed for students who want to learn more about children and young people with special needs in programmes of professional study programs and fields such as Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Educational and International Studies, and Technology, Art and Design.

Admission

For students at the faculties of Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Educational and International Studies, and Technology, Art and Design:

Students must have completed at least one year of their undergraduate degree studies in order to be accepted.

For international exchange students:

• Admission as an international exchange student at Faculty of Education and International Studies. Students from other academic areas may also be accepted. Students must have completed at least one year of their undergraduate degree studies at their home institution in order to be accepted.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has knowledge of aesthetics and different aesthetic approaches
• has knowledge of historical changes in the views on children and young people, normality and deviance, inclusion and exclusion

Skills

The student is able to

• work creatively with aesthetics and children and young people with special needs
• reflect on work with children and young people with special needs
• communicate with children and young people through aesthetics

General competence

The student

• has an understanding of aesthetics and its value to children and young people with special needs
• has an understanding of the value of perspectives from different subjects, professions, trades, arts and sciences
• is able to analyze and discuss how to understand and respond to children and young people with special needs

• Literature studies/theories
• Lectures and supervision
• Excursions, workshops and seminars
• Individual and group papers/performances
• Self-study
• Project work
• Digital blog
• Dramatisation
• Stop-motion animation
• Radiotheater
• Storytelling
• Visits and practice in school, kindergartens and other institutions
• Interactive learning methods, including digital media

Three individual and four group requirements must be passed in order to take the exam. Aesthetics and special needs are should to play an important part in the coursework requirements.

Individual:

1. Storytelling
2. Theory presentation
3. Participation in excursions
4. Participation in International Week

In group:

1. Production of a drama
2. Production of radio theatre
3. Production of stop-motion animation
4. Blog production
5. Practical work in connection with International Week

Coursework requirements must be met by the deadlines. Coursework requirements are evaluated as passed/not passed.

Valid absence documented by a medical certificate or similiar is not an excuse for not meeting the coursework requirements. Students who, due to illness or other valid and documented reasons, do not meet the coursework requirements by the deadlines, may be given longer deadlines. A new deadline for meeting the coursework requirements is agreed upon with the relevant teacher in each case.

Students who meet the coursework requirements by the deadline, but are evaluated as Not Passed, shall be given another attempt to meet the coursework requirements one more time. A new deadline for meeting the coursework requirements is agreed upon with the relevant teacher in each case.

The exam consists of two parts:

Part 1: Aesthetic production in group for children and young people with special needs

Part 2: Individual reflection paper on the aesthetic production (approx. 3000 words)

New resit or rescheduled exams

If a student fails the exam or is absent at the time of the exam for a valid reason, the student is entitled to resit the exam the following semester. The resit exam will be organised in the same manner as the ordinary exam, but the group exam will be individual. The regulations on resit and rescheduled exams are set out in the Regulations relating to studies and examinations at OsloMet. Students must register for a resit or rescheduled exam.

Assessment criteria for the grade scale A- F

A: Outstanding: The assignment answer documents outstanding subject knowledge and ability to use it in a cross-disciplinary and educational context outstanding degree of independence and ability to relate subject knowledge to what is asked for in the assignment text outstanding ability in written exposition

B: Very good: The assignment answer documents very good subject knowledge and ability to use it in a cross-disciplinary and educational context very high degree of independence and ability to relate subject knowledge to what is asked for in the assignment text very high ability in written exposition

C: Good: The assignment answer documents good subject knowledge and ability to use it in a cross-disciplinary and educational context high degree of independence and ability to relate subject knowledge to what is asked for in the assignment text high ability in written exposition

D: Fairly good: The assignment answer documents fairly good subject knowledge and ability to use it in a cross-disciplinary and educational context reasonable independence and ability to relate subject knowledge to what is asked for in the assignment text reasonable ability in written exposition

E: Adequate:The assignment answer documents adequate subject knowledge and ability to use it in a cross-disciplinary and educational context adequate independence and ability to relate subject knowledge to what is asked for in the assignment text adequate ability in written exposition

F: Not passed: The assignment answer does not satisfy minimum requirements

Grading scale, A-F

Part 1 will be evaluated pass/fail

Part 2 will be evaluated according to the ECTS-grading scale, with A-E as pass grades and F as a fail grade. The criteria for the different grades will be presented to the students at the beginning of the course.

The completion of the two parts will result in one final overall grade A- F

10 ECTS credits overlaps with MAREH4000 Rehabilitation as Knowledge and Practice, 20 ECTS credits.