Special Needs Early Childhood Education Programme description

Work requirements are all forms of tasks, testing, and compulsory attendance that must be completed for the students to sit for exams. Work requirements are graded Pass/Fail. Work requirements are described for each course. They are individual work, unless otherwise indicated.

The objective of work requirements is to promote progress in studies and academic development, to encourage the student to acquire new knowledge, and document learning outcomes.

The work requirements of the program are compulsory attendance, oral presentations, and written assignments.

Work requirements are assessed and approved by the course instructor. When students cannot present completed work requirements, the course instructor and the program director decide how the requirement may be compensated for.

Compulsory attendance and oral presentations

Attendance is compulsory in topics where the student cannot acquire knowledge and skills solely through readings. This makes attendance compulsory for some lectures, laboratory/practical excercises; scheduled group work, seminars and presentations of various types of work. Students are responsible for their own attendance.

If a student is absent beyond the attendance requirements in the course descriptions, the course instructor determines whether alternative assignments can compensate, such as individual written work. If the absence cannot be compensated for, the student must attend the course the next time it is given. The option of compensating by substitute activity depends on the extent of the absence, and on which activities the student has missed.

Written assignments

Several courses have compulsory written assignments as work requirements, such as reaction papers and article summaries, description of learning outcomes for practicum placements, and project outline for the bachelor’s thesis.

Written work requirements that are not approved can be reworked for improvement and submitted again. Resubmission can be done twice. If the third submission (second resubmission) is not approved, the student must retake the course.

Exams are regulated by lov om universiteter og høgskoler (the Law of Universities and University Colleges), forskrift om studier og eksamen ved OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet (regulations for exams at OsloMet) and supplementary guidelines for exams.

The program emphasizes frequent knowledge assessment. Students are given feedback on whether their performance is in line with their own ambitions, and can thus adjust their efforts to achieve their goals. This also allows the program instructors to provide specific guidance to the students, conduct evaluations, and improve teaching routines. Each course ends with a final exam for that topic.

Forms of exams vary, and grades are on a scale of A – F for the courses, with the exception of PSYKPRA10 and PSYKPRA2 which are graded Pass/Fail.

Portolio exams are used for one course. The portfolio contain tests taken during the courses. Tests are taken under exam conditions (with vigilance) and are considered part of an examination. Test results are communicated to students as soon as they are available.

Assessment types and criteria are described for each course. In addition, the table below contains an overview of the different exams, assessment types and expression. New or delayed exams are conducted in the same way as ordinary exams, unless otherwise stated in the course description.

All courses taken will appear on the diploma, together with the title of the thesis. External program supervisors are used according to the guidelines for appointing and employing examiners at OsloMet.

Assessment of practicum placements

Practicum placements are attendance required. They are graded Pass/Fail\

If there is doubt that the student will get a Pass grade, at the middle of the practicum period, and no later than 3 weeks before the end of this period, the student must receive a written description of what is insufficiently mastered, and of which demands they must meet in order to get a Pass. If the student at the end of the practicum period shows conduct that clearly does not allow for a Pass, the student may get a Fail, even without having received a written message of doubt.

Concluding assessment of practical training

For each practicum period, a final assessment based on learning outcomes for the period is made, comprising evaluation throughout the period. The result of the assessment and the description of the basis for evaluation is signed by student and practicum supervisor.

For each practicum period to be graded Pass, the student must have a minimum of 90 % planned attendance. Absences up to 20 % can be made up by agreement with OsloMet and the placement. If absence exceeds 20 %, the practicum must be re-taken. This will cause delay in program completion.

If the student is absent in excess of the permissible number of days because of illness, a doctor’s certificate covering the days of absence is required. This is deemed justifiable absence, and does not count towards the number of attempts the student has at getting a Pass grade.

If the student is absent for more than 20 % of the period without a valid reason, the course is recorded as fail, and the student has used up 1 (one) attempt. If the students get the grade Fail in a practicum period 2 (two) times, the student must as a rule leave the program, cf. forskrift om studier og eksamen ved OsloMet – storbyuniversitetet (Regulations for exams at OsloMet).

The student is responsible for attending the practicum placement for the required time.

Opptakskravet er bachelorgrad innen barnehagelærerutdanning eller tilsvarende pedagogisk utdanning på bachelornivå, jfr. Barnehagelovens bestemmelser §§ 24 og 25. Studentene skal i løpet av studiet gjennomføre oppgaver og arbeidskrav som tar utgangspunkt i refleksjon, kunnskapsdeling i profesjonsfellesskap og utprøving på eget arbeidssted. Det er derfor et krav at studenten arbeider i barnehage, eller har kontakt med en barnehage der det er mulig å gjennomføre arbeidskrav som er del av videreutdanningen, under hele studiet. Dette dokumenteres med en bekreftelse fra arbeidsgiver, eller barnehagen der arbeidskrav skal gjennomføres.

Med tilsvarende pedagogisk utdanning på bachelornivå menes følgende utdanninger i kombinasjon med tilleggsutdanning i barnehagepedagogikk (60 studiepoeng):

• grunnskolelærer for trinn 1–7 eller tidligere allmennlærerutdanning
• faglærer (fireårig faglærerutdanning i praktiske og estetiske fag eller treårig faglærerutdanning som gir kompetanse for tilsetting fra 1. klassetrinn)
• spesialpedagog, barnevernspedagog eller kateket
• Steinerhøyskolens bachelorutdanning i førskolepedagogikk eller Steinerhøyskolens lærerutdanning med bachelorgrad i steinerpedagogikk

Veiledet praksisopplæring knyttet til arbeid med barn må inngå som en integrert del av utdanningen.

For lærere er det krav om undervisningskompetanse fra 1. trinn i grunnskolen, eller tilsvarende kompetanse fra utdanning fra utlandet.

Dersom det er flere kvalifiserte søkere enn ledige studieplasser, rangeres søkere etter karakterpoeng fra bachelorutdanning. Søkere som har fått innvilget tilretteleggingsmidler fra Utdanningsdirektoratet (Udir), får 5 tilleggspoeng.

Søkere med morsmål fra land utenfor Norden må dokumentere norsk og engelsk tilsvarende kravet til generell studiekompetanse (samordnaopptak.no).

Fra søkere med utenlandsk barnehagelærerutdanning eller lærerutdanning kreves godkjenning av NOKUT (fra og med 2020) eller Utdanningsdirektoratet/Udir (til og med 2019). For mer informasjon, se NOKUTS nettsider (nokut.no).

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Spesialpedagogikk i barnehagen

Special Needs Early Childhood Education

Videreutdanning for barnehagelærere

30 studiepoeng

Godkjent av utdanningsutvalget 17.12.2019.

Gjeldende fra høstsemesteret 2021.

Revisjon godkjent av utdanningsutvalget 12.12.2022, gjeldende fra høstsemesteret 2023.

Fakultet for lærerutdanning og internasjonale studier

Institutt for barnehagelærerutdanning

Emnekode: BSPE6000