NATC6120 Natural Sciences 1 for Primary School, Subject 2 Course description

Language of instruction: Norwegian/English

Under supervision, the students will conduct an independent research or development project, or a literaturestudy. Students can choose to write the master’s thesis individually or in pairs. On application, large, interdisciplinary innovation projects can be written in groups of up to four students. Students can also apply to write the master’s thesis with students from other specialisations if they so wish, provided that the scope of the master’s thesis is the same. If more than one student work on the master’s thesis together, each student’s contributions must be documented. The thesis can be written as a monograph or as a scientific article on a specialised topic.

Development of the project description in preparation for the master’s thesis is part of the course MAVIT4070 Research Design and Project Description, 10 ECTS credits.

MAVIT4070/MAxxx4070 must be passed before the student can start to work on the master's thesis.

All compulsory courses in the programme must be passed before the student can submit their master's thesis for assessment.

Grade scale A-F.

Naturfaget i skolen er både et teoretisk og et praktisk fag, der det oppfordres til bruk av ulike arbeidsmåter og læringsarenaer både inne og ute. Gjennom studiet skal studentene erfare ulike arbeidsmåter som litteraturstudier, arbeid med oppgaver, prosjektarbeid, bruk av varierte læringsarenaer, uteundervisning og praktiske forsøk. De skal dessuten skaffe seg erfaring med undervisningsmetoder som utforskende arbeid, dialog i klasserommet, konkretiseringsverktøy og ulike digitale verktøy. Gjennom studiet skal studentene benytte sin praksiserfaring som lærer til drøfting og refleksjon i møte med teori og forskning i faget.

Det forutsettes at studenten møter forberedt til undervisningen og benytter naturfagrommets samlinger og utstyr til å øve seg på praktisk arbeid. Deltakelse i undervisningen er viktig for faglig utbytte i studiet.

Retten til å avlegge eksamen forutsetter godkjente arbeidskrav og deltakelse i bestemte faglige aktiviteter.

Følgende arbeidskrav må være godkjent før eksamen i emnet kan avlegges:

• Individuell praktisk prøve i praktisk naturfaglig arbeid (inntil 20 minutter)
• Gjennomføre et utforskende arbeid i naturfag i egen klasse, individuelt eller i par, videopresentasjon 5-10 minutter
• Dele minst ett av studiets arbeidskrav med kolleger på egen skole. Refleksjonsnotat 500 ord +/- 10%.
• Gjennomføre teknologiundervisning med egne elever, sammensatt tekst med beskrivelse 1000 ord +/- 10%.

Aktiviteter med krav om obligatorisk deltagelse

Fordi det er svært vanskelig å tilegne seg kunnskaper om uteskole i naturen på egen hånd er det knyttet 80% deltakelse i uteundervisning. Dersom studenten har gyldig fravær fra uteundervisningen, vil det bli tilrettelagt for ny gjennomføring.

For utfyllende informasjon om arbeidskrav, deltakelse i bestemte faglige aktiviteter og krav til tilstedeværelse i undervisning, se programplan.

Work and teaching methods used in the course are self-study, three to six master’s seminars with presentations, and an offer of 20 hours’ supervision per thesis, regardless of whether it is written individually or in a group.

The seminars are an arena for sharing experience from all stages of the project work. Students will take part in academic discussion and practise structuring and wording academic argumentation and communicating constructive criticism. Presenting their work, giving feedback to fellow students, and receiving feedback from fellow students and teachers, are important parts of the seminars.

The supervision agreement is signed by the students and supervisors at the start of the supervision.

When a group of students work together, an overview of each student’s individual contribution must be enclosed with the assignment.

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

• Two oral presentations (up to 20 minutes each) at the master seminar, and completion of the opponent role with critique/feedback on the presentation from fellow students.

The master’s thesis written by one or two students. Large, interdisciplinary innovation projects can be written in groups of up to four students on application. Individual oral examination where the grade can be adjusted.

The content and scope of different forms of master's theses:

• Monograph: Recommended scope of a monographic assignment is up to 25,000 words

• Scientific article: The thesis must include a manuscript in the form of at least one article that is in accordance with the author guidelines for a relevant scientific journal, and a supplementary memo/introductory chapter to the article-based thesis ('kappe') that elaborates on the theoretical and methodological considerations underlying the article. The layout, structure and scope of the article must comply with the guidelines of the journal in question, and the introductory chapter to the article-based thesis can be a maximum of 10,000 words.

The thesis can be written in English or a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish).

The written thesis must be awarded a grade of A-E (preliminary grade) in order for a student to take the oral examination. The final grade is set after the oral examination. The whole grade scale can be used when setting the final grade.

An individual oral examination lasting up to 40 minutes based on the master’s thesis. The candidate gives a 10 - 15 minutes presentation of their master’s thesis at the start of the oral examination.

Students can appeal against the grade set for the written part of the examination in accordance with the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with. There is an opportunity to reuse self-produced text from MAVIT4070 in the master's thesis without self-citation.