Supervision and Mentoring for School and Kindergartens, module 2 Programme description

After completing the programme, the candidate is expected to have researcher qualifications in educational sciences for teacher education-related research, and is expected to have achieved the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The candidate

• is in the forefront of knowledge and masters relevant philosophy of science and methodology in educational sciences for teacher education
• has in-depth theoretical and empirical insight into general educational science issues of relevance to teacher education
• has extensive knowledge of and can critically assess the main features of Norwegian and international educational science research of relevance to teacher education

Skills

The candidate

• can act as an independent researcher and contribute to the development of new knowledge at a high international level in the field
• can carry out scientific analyses of complex connections in the field
• can handle complex academic questions and problematise the field's knowledge base
• can give academically sound written and oral presentations at national and international conferences

General competence

The candidate

• can identify needs for new educational science research of relevance to the knowledge base and action competence in teacher educations
• can communicate his/her own and others' research through nationally and internationally recognised publication channels
• can contribute to research-based change and development in the field
• can identify ethical challenges in in his/her own and others' research in the field and carry out his/her research with academic integrity