PHUV9410 Professional Practice and Language Barriers Course description

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

Knowledge

The candidate has in-depth knowledge of:

• language as a tool in encounters between professional practitioners and their clients, with and without interpreters
• communication challenges in situations with language barriers
• relevant theories on dialogical and monological understandings of language, and on oral and written communication in encounters with language barriers
• the relationship between language and power in situations with language barriers

Skills

The candidate:

• can critically analyze their own material in terms of language, communication and interpreting
• can identify and analyze how language barriers and interpreting affect communication and professional behavior

General competence

The candidate:

• can use theories on language and communication to elucidate their own research material 
• can select and apply appropriate methods for analyzing language barriers and communication challenges

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

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.

Målgruppe

Emnet er primært for studenter som er tatt opp i ph.d.-programmet i utdanningsvitenskap for lærerutdanning, men vil være åpent for andre som ønsker å fordype seg i feltet utdanningsvitenskap, lærerutdanning og skole.

Opptakskrav til enkeltemner for eksterne søkere

Søkere må normalt ha fullført femårig masterutdanning (treårig + toårig) eller tilsvarende innen lærerutdanning, annen pedagogisk utdanning, utdanningsvitenskap, utviklingsstudier eller annen utdanning på tilsvarende nivå i fagområder som er relevant for lærerutdanning.

Om det blir mange søkere vil studenter ved ph.d.-programmet i utdanningsvitenskap for lærerutdanning bli prioritert. Deretter studenter ved andre ph.d.-program, så andre vitenskapelig ansatte ved Fakultet for lærerutdanning og internasjonale studier

Søkere som ikke er tatt opp til ph.d.-programmet i utdanningsvitenskap for lærerutdanning må sende inn et sammendrag på om lag én A4-side med informasjon om eget ph.d.-prosjekt eller annet prosjekt/interesseområde med tema, metode, teoretisk innfallsvinkel, hvor de eventuelt er i ph.d.-løpet og hvorfor dette emnet anses relevant for eget prosjekt.

The grades are "pass" or "fail". The requirement for "pass" is that paper builds on the learning outcomes and on parts of the syllabus.

The paper will be assessed by the course coordinator and a member of the academic staff involved in the PhD-program. 

Target group

In societies characterized by linguistic diversity, language barriers are a commonplace experience for practitioners within most professions. Even in research projects on professional practice that are not directly oriented towards linguistic plurality in itself, the candidate may be compelled to address challenges related to communication across languages barriers, with or without the involvement of an interpreter. In order to handle complex language situations in an adequate way, it is often necessary for the researcher to account for linguistic diversity and the use of interpreters (or lack thereof), and in a broader perspective than we experience today.

The target groups are PhD candidates / students and scientific staff who want to learn about professional practice and language barriers and thereby expand their research tool kit. The course aims at PhD candidates admitted to the PhD Program in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education and other relevant programs. It is also open to staff members at OsloMet and other universities / colleges. The course is also open for candidates from other universities in Norway and abroad.

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.

Applicants that are not enrolled on the PhD-programme at the Faculty of Education and International Studies at OsloMet must send a summary in English of maximum one A4 sheet with relevant information about their own project / area of interest, containing topic, methodology, theoretical approach, and why this course might be relevant for their project.