BLAPE3100 Practical Training, 4th Year Course description

Philosophy of Social Science is the study of philosophical knowledge and activity. The course discusses the philosophy of social science's basis and raises questions that are relevant for professional social work and the work on the master's thesis. Relevant topics are the role of values in research, realism/social constructivism, evidence-based practice and politics, essential features of social reality, criteria for interpretation, causal reasoning.             

The course includes the analysis and discussion of relevant social research. The course is closely related to other courses on the master's programme and the development of the master's thesis.

Language of instruction is Norwegian.

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

Knowledge

The student has:

• in-depth insight into key philosophy of science topics that are relevant for the social sciences
• advanced knowledge of theories and terms that make it possible to systematically reflect on social scientific activities and social work practice
• in-depth understanding of the theoretical basis for quantitative and qualitative methods

Skills

The student is capable of:

• analysing and discussing social research using key philosophy of science terms and theory
• analysing and assessing philosophy of science positions in social science literature
• considering and discussing the philosophy of science basis for their own research projects

Competence

The student has:

• can discuss the relationship between research and theories of research
• a well developed ability to question the basis of research results

Praksisstudiets innhold skal gjennomføres i nært og forpliktende samarbeid mellom praksisbarnehager, praksislærere i barnehagen, studenter og faglærere på universitetet.

Praksisstudiet er en obligatorisk del av studiet og det er krav om 100 % tilstedeværelse.

Antall dager i praksisperioden:

KULL 2019 og tidligere kull: 10 dager praksis på eget arbeidssted i tilknytning til valgt fordypningsstudium.

KULL 2020: høst 5 dager praksis på eget arbeidssted og vår 5 dager praksis på eget arbeidssted

Ny praksisperiode

Studenter som blir vurdert til" Ikke bestått" i en veiledet praksisperiode kan fullføre det påbegynte studieåret, men får deretter ett års opphold i ordinært studieløp. Ny praksisperiode gjennomføres neste gang ordinær praksis organiseres, normalt neste studieår. Hvis praksis blir vurdert til bestått ved andre gangs forsøk, kan studenten gjenoppta studiet.

Hvis praksisperioden blir vurdert til" Ikke bestått" ved andre gangs forsøk, må studiet normalt avbrytes.

Grade scale A-F.

The exam is graded by an internal and an external examiner.

A random selection consisting of at least 25 % of the exam papers will be graded by both an internal and external examiner. This will inform the grading of the remaining exam papers.