PPFO6100 Vocational Teacher Competences in Tertiary Vocational Education Course description

The purpose of the course is for the students to further develop their competence in their role as teachers in tertiary vocational education. In addition, the students shall develop their ability for critical reflective thinking and be confident and clear in their role as a teacher. The students shall be able to apply knowledge of vocational educational theory, vocational didactics and relevant results from research and development work to practical and theoretical issues, and be able to make well-founded choices.

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After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has knowledge of vocational education theory, vocational didactics and work methods relevant to the field
• has knowledge of adult learning
• is familiar with national and international research and development work of relevance to tertiary vocational education within the area of vocational pedagogy and the vocational field, and can update their expertise in the field
• is familiar with challenges related to place-based, web-based, and flexible educational pathways in tertiary vocational schools

Skills

The student

• can use the legislation and governing documents that are relevant to learning work in tertiary vocational education in Norway
• can use their knowledge of the vocation, vocational pedagogy and vocational didactics
• can plan, give grounds for and carry out varied learning work
• can tutor, assess and document students’ learning and development, and provide feedback that promotes reflection in learning work
• can familiarise themselves with specialist literature and take a critical approach to theories and sources of information

General competence

The student

• has insight into relevant tertiary vocational and professional ethical issues
• can build good relations with students and create a constructive and inclusive learning environment characterised by diversity and equality
• can disseminate and discuss issues relating to the vocation, vocational didactics and vocational pedagogy
• can use insight and engagement to motivate students in their learning processes
• can facilitate new ideas and innovation and the involvement of local businesses and the local community in the learning work

Bestått første studieår eller tilsvarende.

Students will document four coursework requirements; these are linked to the learning outcomes. Two individual and two group-based requirements (can be adapted on justification to and special agreement with the lecturer). The coursework requirements concern both the student’s own tertiary vocational teaching practice and the learning community in the programme. The coursework requirements must be approved before the student can take the exam. Required coursework that is not approved can be reworked and submitted for re-assessment twice before the ordinary exam.

Coursework requirement 1: Planning and implementation of learning work (in groups of two or three students).

The purpose is to practise the inductive vocational teaching method relevant to planning and implementing learning work.

• Preparation of a folder comprising a supervision document, with a scope of 1,200 to 1, 320 words. A plan for learning work, with a scope of 1,000 to 1,110 words. Also a professional reflection on the completed work with a scope of 1,000 to 1,110 words.

Coursework requirement 2: Plan for teaching practice (individual)

The purpose is to practise systematic planning and conscious use of vocational pedagogy principles

• Submission of a well-founded plan for vocational teaching practice (20 days) using the ‘practice planner form’. The plan is prepared in consultation with the teaching practice tutor in the student’s own workplace. The plan must be assessed and approved by the person responsible for the course.

Coursework requirement 3: Assessment (in groups of two or three students).

The purpose is for the group to assess the tertiary vocational students learning work.

• Prepare a video presentation comprising the following: Assessment of at least three tertiary vocational students' work, including the information on what form the assessments have taken and a critical reflection on their own assessment work. Learning work is carried out in the student's own workplace. Scope: seven to ten minutes.

Coursework requirement 4: Digital reflection (individual)

The purpose is for the students to reflect on their learning outcomes from the programme.

• Prepare a video presentation comprising a professional reflection on the used pedagogical and didactical principles for learning outcomes as a tertiary vocational teacher. The reflection must be academically grounded on the course syllabus. Scope: seven to ten minutes.

Vocational teaching practice

Practical pedagogy for Tertiary Vocational Education comprises 20 compulsory days of teaching practice. For further information, see the programme description.

Presence in teaching activities

It is expected that students are present in all teaching activities throughout the study-period. In all a minimum attendance of 80 % is required.Students who, due to illness or another documented valid reason, do not meet to the requirement for participation, shall agree on alternative activity(s) in each individual case with the teacher.For further information, see the programme description.

In order to take the exam the four requierd coursework must be approved, 20 days of practikal traning completed and present in mandatory teaching activities.

Etter gjennomført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert i kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap:

Studenten

• har kunnskap om kliniske vurderingsprosesser i sykepleie for å ivareta pasientens grunnleggende behov og ressurser i psykisk helsearbeid, herunder terapeutisk samhandlingsaktivitet og miljøterapi
• har kunnskap om ulike teoretiske perspektiver på psykiske lidelser og psykisk helsearbeid: relasjonens betydning, yrkesetikk, estetikk og verdighet og integritet i samhandling med pasient og pårørende
• har kunnskap om mestringsstrategier og bedringsprosesser (pasientperspektiv, brukermedvirkning og empowerment)
• har kunnskap om psykiske og psykososiale problemer hos flyktninger og innvandrere: traume, tap, sorg og identitet
• har kunnskap om sammenheng mellom rus og psykiske lidelser
• har kunnskap om psykisk helse i et historisk perspektiv
• har kunnskap om hvordan psykiske lidelser som psykoser, personlighetsforstyrrelser, angst og stemningslidelse påvirker pasientenes grunnleggende behov, samt spesielle forhold ved alderspsykiatri
• har kunnskap om farmakologi og legemiddelhåndtering relatert til aktuelle sykdommer
• har kunnskap om tvangsbestemmelser ut fra helselovgivningen for kommune- og spesialisthelsetjenesten

Ferdigheter:

Studenten

• kan observere, vurdere og utføre sykepleie til pasienter med psykiske lidelser og reflektere over egen faglig utøvelse overfor mennesker med psykiske lidelser
• behersker relevant legemiddelhåndtering
• kan delta aktivt i tverrfaglig samarbeid
• kan anvende teori om personlighetspsykologiske faktorer, kognitive funksjoner, ego-funksjoner, identitet, selvbilde og stemningsleie
• kan anvende teori om terapeutisk kommunikasjon og samhandlingsprinsipper, og teori om tilrettelegging av terapeutisk klima
• kan anvende relevante resultater fra forskning og utviklingsarbeid i møte med og i behandling av mennesker med psykiske lidelser

Generell kompetanse:

Studenten

• kan planlegge og gjennomføre sykepleieintervensjoner knyttet til pasienter innen psykisk helsearbeid og rusbehandling
• kan utveksle synspunkter som bidrar til fagutvikling i praksis

Praksisstudier, forelesninger, gruppearbeid, seminarer, skriftlige oppgaver, logg, veiledning og selvstudier.

Studentene gjennomfører først ca. to uker med praksisforberedende kurs, før åtte uker praksisstudier med direkte pasientkontakt

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One internal and one external examiner are used.