PBIB9000 Theories in Library and Information Science Course description

The subject of the course is mandatory for all candidates. The candidates are encouraged to complete the course, or one equivalent to it, early their studies.

No prerequisites.

Knowledge

The candidate has in-depth knowledge of

• the development and institutionalization of library and information science as a field of research
• an understanding of the concept of information and the relationship between information and knowledge
• the intellectual foundation for and theoretical perspective of the subject's core areas
• the academic/professional debate of what library and information science's platform consists of

Skills

The candidate is able to

• place his/her dissertation project in a library and information science theory and research tradition
• communicate with researchers in the field and other students across sub- academic areas that the candidates chose to specialize in
• reflectively discuss the relationship between library and information science as an area of research and practice

The subject consists of seminars, lectures and independent studies. The pedagogical approach involves active participation in seminars/lectures, and presentation of own work and providing comments to others' presentations by the candidates on basis of the course literature and lecture content.

Attendance at 80 % of lectures and literature seminars as well as research seminars is mandatory.

The candidate shall write an essay of approximately 7,500 words and present it in an examination seminar. The essay shall be handed in no later than 2 months after the subject is concluded.

If an essay is considered not passed, the candidate may submit a revised essay once within a specified time.

The overall aim of this course is to explore and challenge understandings of the significance, ambiguities and rhetoric of art, play and learning in an early childhood setting as well as the implications of these understandings for practice, research and professional development in the field. ;

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

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Knowledge;

By the end of the course the student has advanced knowledge of;

• theories of art, play and learning that inform current thinking in early childhood education and care;
• different historical, anthropological and cultural approaches to understandings of child culture/children's culture;in an international perspective;
• child culture and;children's play culture;with a focus on the interrelatedness between play and learning; and the inherent value of play;
• aesthetic expressions in children's everyday life, in the early childhood curriculum, in the arts for children and in media for children;

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Skills;

By the end of the course the student;is able to;

• engage critically and independently with academic studies on art, play and learning;
• engage with participatory interaction as a pedagogical process from both child and adult perspectives;
• analyse and deal critically with current theories, methods and interpretations;concerning;art, play and learning, children's perspectives,;the roles of professionals;and cultural diversity;
• reflect critically on the integration of art, play and learning and the implications for practice and research;

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General competence;

By the end of the course the students have;

• developed their sensitivity regarding children's aesthetic practices as well as their own creative skills, values and practices and how these reflect their participatory interaction with children;
• developed their own methodological research practice and scientific approach;
• developed their creativity, improvisational abilities and playfulness in both scholarly approach and modes of artistic and academic communication;

Literature studies are combined with lectures, seminars, and student work in groups. ;