MLED4100 Performative leadership Course description

Dette emnet gir studentene en oversikt over sentrale temaer og teorier knyttet til ledelse. Det legges vekt på at studentene skal kunne anvende kunnskap om ledelse gjennom å være i stand til å forstå sin egen rolle, bedømme egen situasjon og analysere komplekse, ledelsesfaglige problemstillinger. Studentene skal også settes i stand til å reflektere inngående over egen og andres ledelsespraksis og få grunnlag til å utvikle seg i lederrollen.

Undervisningsspråk er norsk.

Ingen forkunnskapskrav.

The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of the historical and contemporary context in which social work has been developed and is practised. The course will critically consider the Western, power-based knowledge and theoretical perspectives that inform and are reinforced in social work, and the influence this has globally. This will be considered through focus on decolonial history, intersectional perspectives and globalisation processes.

The course will also focus on how social work has been developed within specific contexts of practice. We will demonstrate how theory is connected to practice within social work. We use a case-based approach in which we explore social work, as practised in Norway and other countries, to demonstrate the importance of contextualisation as a framework for understanding social work theories and practice. Through an investigation of cases, we will also explore the ways in which practice reaffirms certain theories as ‘normal’ and ‘natural’.

Language of instruction is English.

Undervisningsformen vil veksle mellom undervisningsmøter, studentpresentasjoner, praktiske øvelser og casediskusjoner, og suppleres med bruk av digitale ressurser. Arbeidsformene innebærer utstrakt dialog og hviler på fysisk tilstedeværelse.

For å kunne framstille seg til eksamen må studenten ha følgende godkjente arbeidskrav:

• Arbeidskrav 1: Innlevering tilsvarende 1200 ord
• Arbeidskrav 2: Innlevering tilsvarende 1200 ord
• Arbeidskrav 3: Innlevering tilsvarende 1200 ord

Formålet med arbeidskravene er at studenten skal reflektere omkring faglige fenomener og knytte disse til egne erfaringer og praksis. Hvert arbeidskrav inkluderer også å gi tilbakemelding på en medstudents innlevering. Arbeidskrav 3 vil være knyttet til erfaringer/opplevlser på kurset og forutsetter deltakelse på en eller flere av de praktiske øvelsene.

Arbeidskravene må være gjennomført og godkjent innen fastlagt frist for at studenten skal kunne framstille seg til eksamen. Dersom et eller flere arbeidskrav ikke blir godkjent, gis det anledning til å kunne levere en forbedret versjon én gang innen angitt frist.

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

Knowledge

The student has knowledge of

• the ways in which perspectives in social work are shaped within specific social and normative contexts and how the field of social work also shapes our understandings of the contexts within which we practice

• the history and development of social work and its influence on contemporary understandings of social work globally
• hegemonic knowledge production in social work, contemporary social problems, social inequalities and systems of oppression for social work in an international context

Skills 

The student can

• identify different perspectives and apply knowledge about how these perspectives are shaped within specific contexts

• critically reflect on how specific conceptualisations shape social work understandings, how context-based and power-based perspectives shape social work practice and how social work practices reinforce these perspectives
• understand how context is key to understanding how social work practice and services are developed and delivered, with reference to values, ethics and anti-oppressive practice

General competence

The student can

• identify and communicate knowledge concerning different, global perspectives on key issues taken up in the field of social work
• exchange knowledge about how dominant norms within social work function to set the premises for models applied and for the meaning this has at the social and individual levels

The teaching takes place with in-person attendance on campus. The course is based on lectures, class exercises, homework assignments and assigned literature. Students are expected to read the course literature and to actively participate in the course meetings, with an emphasis on dialogue.

If no students from abroad are registered for the course, teaching and discussions will alternate between Norwegian and English, as appropriate.

The following coursework requirement must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• Coursework 1. Describe a theme and research question within the area of global perspectives on social work. The research question must be justified. List recommended sources that may be relevant for further work on the research question. This work requirement is the starting point for the individual written submission assignment which is the final exam for the course (see the course plan). Length: up to one page.

The goal of the assignment is to increase knowledge about social work from a global perspective and to apply theory/analytical perspectives to address a self-selected research question.

The coursework requirement must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If the coursework requirement is not approved, the student will be given the opportunity to resubmit an improved version one more time within the specified deadline.

Det benyttes intern og ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene.

Et uttrekk på minst 25 % av besvarelsene sensureres av to sensorer. Karakterene på disse samsensurerte besvarelsene skal danne grunnlag for å fastsette nivå på resten av besvarelsene.

Dag Jansson