EPN-V2

MENDI2100 Patology Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Patologi
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2020/2021
Course history
Programme description

  • Introduction

    Learning Outcomes:

    Knowledge

    • Identify key principles of social sustainability in VET contexts
    • Recognise diverse learner needs and cultural backgrounds in vocational settings

    Skills

    • Apply inclusive teaching strategies in VET classrooms, utilising both analogue and digital methods
    • Collaborate effectively with European peers on social sustainability-related challenges

    General Competence

    • Reflect critically on personal teaching practices regarding inclusion and diversity

  • Required preliminary courses

    Teaching and learning methods

    • Blended intensive program (BIP) hosted at OsloMet
    • Digital synchronous teaching session (digital component)
    • Face-to-face lectures and seminars (physical component)
    • Group work (both digital online preparation, physical collaboration and reflection activities)
    • Individual and group tasks
    • Cross-cultural collaboration with European participants
    • Relevant vocational and cultural site visits, including partnered vocational schools

  • Learning outcomes

    Work requirements/mandatory activities

    100% Class attendance, both physical and digital, is mandatory. The programme emphasises student participation, dialogue, and cooperative learning, which depends upon attendance and active participation in class.

    In the event of unavoidable absence, students may complete a compensatory measure under the guidance of teaching staff.

  • Teaching and learning methods

    Assessment/examination

    Group Project: groups (of maximum 5 students) will present a poster presentation based on the course content and learning outcomes. The presentations will take place on the final day of the physical component.

    Word count for poster presentation: 500+/- 10%

    Timeframe for presentations: 15 minutes +/- 2 minutes

  • Course requirements

    Permitted aids during examination

    All materials are allowed

  • Assessment

    Grading scale

    Pass/fail

    If the presentation is assessed as a fail, a revised version may be submitted for evaluation one time. For any subsequent attempts, a new presentation must be submitted.

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    Examiner system

    Two examiners (one from OsloMet and one BIP partner) will be assigned

  • Grading scale

    Target group:

    The target group consists of students at the partner institutions in the BIP program, at both the bachelor's and master's levels, as well as students in the vocational teacher education (VET) program at OsloMet.

    Students currently enrolled in continuing education courses in the Department of Vocational Teacher Education at Oslo Metropolitan University may also apply.

    Admission requirements

    • OsloMet Students must have completed their first year*
    • Incoming students must be nominated by one of the 2026 BIP partner institutions

    *NB: OsloMet Students registered in continuing education courses must have completed their first semester.

  • Examiners

    Content:

    Sustainable and Inclusive TVET

    • Understanding educational systems and interconnections
    • Inclusion and equity as human rights issues

    Transformative Pedagogical Approaches

    • Introduction to digital pedagogical competency for educators
    • Critical thinking development in students
    • Inclusive teaching methods and technologies

    European Collaboration for Educational Change

    • Collaborative innovation in teacher education