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BLH3280 Childhood in a Nordic Perspective, Unit 2 Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Childhood in a Nordic Perspective, Unit 2
Study programme
Bachelor Programme in Early Childhood Education and Care - Web- and Campus-based
Bachelor Programme in Early Childhood Education and Care
Play, movement, nature and outdoor education – Nordic Childhoods
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2018/2019
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

I forbindelse med avsluttende vurdering benyttes en karakterskala fra A til E for bestått (A er høyeste karakter og E er laveste) og F for ikke bestått.

Required preliminary courses

No prerequisites.

Learning outcomes

After completion of the course of study, the student will have acquired the following learning outcomes, defined as knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student has developed knowledge about

  • outdoor activities and environmental ethics in different aspects of pedagogical work
  • physical literacy
  • motor development and learning
  • different approaches to outdoor didactics
  • sustainable development
  • food-literacy

Skills

The student has developed

  • basic skills in friluftsliv
  • practical skills in (working with different approaches to) outdoor didactics
  • skills in working with play and bodily movement in different environments

General competence

The student has developed

  • consciousness and reflections on education and child welfare - values and practices in in a Nordic and comparative perspective
  • competencies to analyze and communicate gender-related professional issues related to outdoor education
  • knowledge about cultural and comparative pedagogical approaches in different educational programs

Content

The topics of study are:

Play, movement, nature and outdoor education.

  • Outdoor education in different natural environments
  • Play and movement in nature and outdoor environments
  • Practical work with natural science, food literacy and physical education
  • Practical work in selected biotopes
  • Motor behavior, physical activity play and risk-taking
  • Role model and gender awareness in pedagogical work outdoors
  • The Nordic concept of "friluftsliv"

Childhood in a Nordic welfare system

  • Education, cultural formation and childhood.
  • Critical reflective work with play, movement and outdoor education
  • Physical literacy and motor development
  • Different cultural traditions and pedagogical approaches to outdoor activities

Field experience, reflective practice and didactic regarding play, movement, nature, food and outdoor education

  • Different approaches to outdoor didactics and sustainable development
  • Development work connected to institutional work
  • Comparative approaches on cultural and pedagogical traditions

Teaching and learning methods

Studiet består av følgende to hovedområder:

  • Dramaturgi (24 studiepoeng).
  • Fagdidaktikk (6 studiepoeng).

Course requirements

The course description was approved 07.04.2011 by the Academic Affairs Committee, Faculty of Education and International Studies, and revised 23.05.2013. Minor changes 24.05.2018.

The Faculty of Education and International Studies at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA) offers interdisciplinary courses in development studies and North-South relations, leading to a Bacherlor's degree in Development Studies of 180 ECTS credits. The course Economy and Sustainability is at the intermediate level and represents a 10 ECTS credits module in the 5th semester of the bachelor programme.

The course will be taught in English (or Norwegian, depending on needs according to the participants' language abilities). The exam papers can be written in English, Norwegian, Swedish or Danish.

Assessment

The course is open to students who have completed at least a one-year introductory course in Development Studies at either HiOA, the University of Agder or equivalent courses at other universities/university colleges in Norway or abroad.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

All

Grading scale

Unit 1 Grading scale will be according to the ECTS grading scale, with A - E as pass grades and F as fail grade.

Unit 2 Grading scale will be according to pass/fail

Examiners

The assessment is evaluated by internal and external examiners. Overall examination procedures will be reviewed and approved by external examiners.