YFIM1100 Professional and vocational subjects in a training perspective Course description

The final assessment consists of two parts:

• Oral exam based on the course syllabus and experiences from fieldwork (50% of the final grade)
• Semester paper of 6,500 words +/- 10%, on a topic addressed in the course and based on an extended period of fieldwork (50% of the final grade).

The grades in the two parts are equally weighted and used in the calculation of the overall grade for this course. The final certificate of 30 ECTS will be awarded on completion of the above-mentioned requirements and exams.

Resit exam

If a student fails the exam or is absent at the time of the exam for a valid reason, the student is entitled to resit the exam the following semester. The oral exam resit will be organised within the same semester, if possible. The resit for the written exam will be organised in the same manner as the ordinary exam. For the oral exam there will be a digital exam. The students are themselves responsible for registering for the resit by the given deadline. This and other guidelines can be consulted at the document "regulations relating to studies and examinations at OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University".

All examination support materials are permitted. However, sources must be stated in accordance with applicable rules for source references.

Grading will be in accordance with the ECTS grading scale, with A-E as pass grades and F as a fail grade. The criteria for the different grades will be presented to the students at the beginning of the course.

Final assessment will be reviewed and approved by internal and external examiners.

The language of all teaching and supervision is English, and the students should therefore have a working knowledge of both spoken and written English.

The target group is

• Students in the third year of the (full-time) Bachelor Programme in Early Childhood Education at OsloMet.
• International exchange students at the Faculty of Education and International Studies from preschool and primary school teacher education institutions. Students from other academic areas may also be accepted.

Students must be prepared to participate in various outdoor activities.

The course is designed to offer a full-time study programme in English for students of Early Childhood and Primary School Teacher Education. The period of study will be four months. The language of all teaching and supervision is English, and the students should therefore have a working knowledge of both spoken and written English. The course may be taken as an elective in-depth study programme by students in their final year of the Bachelor Programme in Early Childhood Education and students in their third or fourth year of the General Teacher Education Programme, at OsloMet.

Admission

For international students:

- students must have completed at least one year of their undergraduate degree studies at their home institution.

The course is concerned with the topics of culture and identity with special reference to childhood and education, and will address some basic topics:

· Childhood and identity

o Multilingualism and communication

o Special needs

o Gender

o Sociology of childhood

o Play

· Cultural and religious diversity

o Concept of culture

o Religion and worldviews

o Critical multiculturalism

· Human rights / Children as citizens

o Children’s rights

o Human rights

o Democracy and young children

· Discrimination / racism

o Politics of assimilation

o Racism and racialisation

o Power / knowledge

o Post-colonial perspectives

· The Sami - indigenous people of Norway

o Indigenous rights

o Sami kindergartens

o Sami music and diversity in education

Det benyttes to interne sensorer. Tilsynssensor vurderer eksamensordning og studiekvalitet, og skriver en tilsynsrapport. Tilsyn for emnet skjer hvert tredje år.