PHUV9320 Research on Vocational Didactics Course description

A graded scale from A to E for passed and F for not passed will be used.

Emnet er et 5 studiepoengs valgfritt emne i ph.d.-studiet i utdanningsvitenskap for lærerutdanning, men er også åpent for andre ph.d.-kandidater og for vitenskapelig tilsatte. Emnet er rettet mot studenter som ønsker en fordypning i yrkesdidaktiske problemstillinger knyttet til utdanningsvitenskap for lærerutdanning i et internasjonalt perspektiv.

The exam will be jointly marked by an internal and an external examiner. The external examiner will read a selection of the exam papers and collaborate with the internal examiner in a way that benefits all the students.

The course is open to students who have completed at least a one-year introductory course in Development Studies at either OsloMet, the University of Agder or equivalent courses at other universities/university colleges in Norway or abroad.

Forberedelse til emnet

Studentene forventes å lese gjennom pensumlitteraturen før de begynner på emnet for å kunne delta aktivt i diskusjoner.

Education, knowledge and competence are crucial elements in all theories and strategies for development. The course will focus specifically on the role of education in processes of social change and sustainability, as they have played out in history. Religion is an important foundation in many people's lives and often influences educational systems. Religion also works as an educational praxis on its own terms, as part of people's culture and ethos. The course will focus specifically on how religion is a crucial element in educational traditions, both historically and in contemporary societies. The course will take into consideration how education enables individual empowerment and stimulates national consolidation and poverty reduction. Further, it will be studied how diversity, modernization and globalization processes change education systems and give education new roles and importance in society.

Religion may be one important part of people's identity, and a growing attention is given to its uses and misuses in the context of politics and political conflicts. The course will highlight the ways in which religion interplays with various dimensions of social organization and diversities, such as class, caste, gender, and ethnicity. The relationship between religion and development is also a topic of growing interests in newer research. Importance will be given to how globalization also reshapes the meaning of religion in the development processes.

Principal themes are:

a. Tradition, diversity, modernity and the role of education

The analysis will take up connections between concepts of knowledge, culture and education systems. It will further discuss the influence of educational traditions on quality and relevance on education systems in contemporary times.

b. Education, national identity and the challenge of globalization

The analysis will focus on the relationship between education and state power under the challenge of globalization, in the light of knowledge and competence as crucial factors in the competition for power in modern society.

c. Rights perspectives and 'Education for All'

Analysis of education in international cooperation and how Rights perspectives can be ensured.

d. Tradition, modernity and the role of religion

The analysis will focus on the content of different religious traditions in regions in the South. It will address how religion works as part of the educational systems, and their reciprocal influence in shaping the societies.

e. Religion, development and globalization

The analysis will focus on the connections between the presence of religion amongst many people in societies in the South, how faith-based organizations take part in development processes.

Vurderingsuttrykk er bestått/ikke bestått. Vurderingen av fagartikkel gjøres på grunnlag av læringsutbyttebeskrivelser for emnet.

Fagartikkelen vurderes av to interne sensorer (emneansvarlig og en vitenskapelig ansatt tilknyttet ph.d.-programmet).