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BLHP1ÅR Practical Training in Preschool, 1st Year Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Praksis i barnehage, 1.studieår
Study programme
Bachelor Programme in Early Childhood Education and Care
Weight
0.0 ECTS
Year of study
2023/2024
Curriculum
FALL 2023
Schedule
Course history

Introduction

For mer informasjon om veiledet praksisstudier- se programplanen, praksisstudier og nettsiden https://student.oslomet.no/praksis-barnehagelerer

Learning outcomes

Praksisstudiet er knyttet til innholdet i kunnskapsområdene og relateres til studentenes erfaringsbakgrunn og kompetanse. 

Content

All, as long as the rules for source referencing are followed

Teaching and learning methods

Measuring and managing performance are important for the public sector. Policy makers, managers and professionals in the public sector require knowledge and skills in the design, implementation, use and assessment of performance management systems. Such knowledge and skills are important for the managers' responsibility for selecting, adapting, using, and maintaining performance management systems, either by making these mandatory by regulation or voluntary by self-regulation. Managers also need knowledge on how to integrate performance management in the overall management control systems and complement these systems with other management tools and processes, such as strategic planning, budgeting, risk management, and performance audit and evaluation. This course draws on research and cases from both the international and national contexts.

Course requirements

The course requires basic knowledge of micro economic theory, financial and management accounting, and public sector accounting. Students who lack these will receive a mandatory additional seminar and ca. 200 pages supplementary readings. (These lectures will be given in Norwegian only.)

Assessment

Knowledge:

The student has

  • Advanced knowledge in management control in the public sector
  • Advanced knowledge in performance management in the public sector and is able to utilise this knowledge in new areas of public management
  • Advanced knowledge on measuring, analysing and reporting public service performance and its impact on organisational behaviour

Skills:

The student can

  • Analyse and critically assess information from different sources and utilise this information for structuring and formulating relevant issues in performance management in the public sector
  • Utilise existing theories, methods and interpretations of performance management in the public sector and work independently to solve theoretical and practical issues that are relevant for public policy and management
  • Conduct an independent, limited research and development project with supervision in accordance to ethical research norms and academic standards

General competence

The student

  • Can contribute to public sector innovation and reforms

Grading scale

The course will consist of two-day seminars with lectures, presentations, discussions, and group assignments. The course demands that students are active during the seminars, work assignments, and the writing of the course paper.

Examiners

Course paper. The students are to write a 10-15 pages course paper (+/- 10%), individually or in groups of maximum 3 students, which will be used for the formal assessment. The students will be able to submit a draft paper for comments within a given date.