PHUV9350 Cultural-Historical Activity Theory – CHAT Course description

Approved by the Doctoral Committee 24 May 2018. Minor changes approved 27.04.2020.

This PhD-course is open for candidates at the PhD Program in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education, other PhD candidates and academic employees.

Language: English (and Norwegian, dependent on the language of participants).

This course is one of two PhD-courses on Action Research. Course 2 builds on Course 1. This first course addresses different forms of Action Research, as an approach to the intertwining of research and change in social and educational science. Approaches to Action Research will be related to philosophical questions of what science means in social research, questions of researching practice and user-engagement in research.

On completion of the course, the candidate will have achieved the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The candidate:

• has knowledge of historical and contemporary perspectives on Action Research, related to philosophy of science.
• has knowledge of key questions related to research and ethics in the field.

Skills

The candidate:

• can analyze relationships between theories of knowledge and Action Research
• can formulate epistemological, methodological, and ethical problems in educational science research related to Action Research
• can give academically competent oral presentations at relevant national and international conferences

General competence

The candidate:

• can identify and discuss relationships and conflicts between more general scientific theories and knowledge theories in Action Research, related to his/her field of research.
• can give well-structured presentations of basic qualities and issues in Action Research

Eksamen i emnet består av to deler (deleksamen):

1. Muntlig-praktisk gruppeeksamen (3-5 studenter)

Studentene utvikler og gjennomfører i fellesskap et didaktisk og interaktivt drama-/teaterforløp rettet mot en valgt målgruppe, etterfulgt av en muntlig samtale i gruppe.

Gruppeeksamen vurderes samlet og teller 60 prosent av den samlede karakteren. Eksamensresultat kan ikke påklages.

2. Skriftlig individuell oppgave med fagdidaktisk refleksjon

Innlevering av et skriftlig refleksjonsnotat hvor studenten tar utgangspunkt i en fagdidaktisk problemstilling. Omfang: 2000-2500 ord.

Skriftlig eksamen teller 40% teller av den samlede karakteren og kan påklages.

Begge eksamensdeler må være vurdert til E eller bedre for at emnet skal være bestått.

Alle hjelpemidler er tillatt så lenge regler for kildehenvisning følges.

Gradert skala A-F.

To interne sensorer ved begge eksamenene. Ekstern sensor brukes jevnlig.

Emnet bygger på emnet MLEST3110

Target Group

The target group is PhD candidates / students who plan to conduct Action Research projects and want to learn more about epistemology, methodology and ethics related to their own work.

Admission requirements

The admission requirement is a five-year master’s degree (three years + two years) or equivalent qualifications in teacher education, other pedagogical education, educational science, development studies, or other education on equivalent level in subjects relevant for teacher education.

In case of a large number of applicants, PhD-students enrolled in the PhD programme in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education will be prioritized, then students in other PhD-programmes, then academic employees at the Faculty of Teacher Education and International Studies.

Those applicants who are not enrolled in the PhD Programme in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education will have to send a summary of max. one A4 sheet with relevant information about their own ph.d. project or other project/sphere of interest containing the topic, methodology, theoretical approach, how far they are in their ph.d. work and why this particular subject is relevant for their project.