BLH3270 Play, movement, nature and outdoor education – Nordic Childhoods Emneplan

The Nordic countries have a long tradition for outdoor education. The academic course in Childhood in a Nordic Perspective, have focus on play - movement, and experimental work related to a variety of environments in educational context. The course will treat the topics both theoretically and practically.Central in the course is self-experiences from acting, moving and living in nature. Field trips and hiking tours are embedded.

The course content is based on the two disciplines Natural science and Physical education. With kindergartens and schools as the target area, the course seeks to give insight in and competency in out-door education, play and movement and how to organize didactic courses and activities for children. Furthermore, the students will have to compare the achieved knowledge to the pedagogical traditions in own country.

Joint events with the other Nordic Childhoods courses are integrated, as overnight trips and outdoor excursions. The courses focus on play, learning by doing, experience and workshops and also visit schools, kindergartens and other institutions.

Følgende arbeidskrav må være innfridd av studenten og resultatet godkjent før eksamen i pedagogikk kan avlegges:

• Minimum 80% oppmøte til obligatorisk undervisning i emnet.
• Presentasjon og drøfting av forhåndsinnlevert, skriftlig prosjektoppgave i grupper (3-5 studenter pr gruppe).

After completion of the course, the student will have acquired the following learning outcomes, defined as knowledge, skills and general competence.

The student has developed knowledge about

Knowledge

• outdoor activities and environmental ethics in different aspects of pedagogical work
• physical literacy
• motor development and learning
• different approaches to outdoor didactics
• sustainable development
• food-literacy

Skills

The student has developed

• basic skills in friluftsliv
• practical skills in (working with different approaches to) outdoor didactics
• skills in working with play and bodily movement in different environments

General competence

The student has developed

• consciousness and reflections on education and child welfare - values and practices in in a Nordic and comparative perspective
• competencies to analyze and communicate gender-related professional issues related to outdoor education
• knowledge about cultural and comparative pedagogical approaches in different educational programs

Different study methods will be used, such as lecture dialogue in the classroom, activities, hands on training, experiential knowledge, portfolios, reflective practice, self-directed work in groups, individual work, text reading, field study, paper writing and presentations. English is the language of instruction in lectures.

The following coursework requirements must be met before the examination may be sat:

• Carry out a one-day hike or overnight stay in the forest and an oral presentation of experiences from the hike.
• Group work (4- 6 people): A written paper based on a subjects treated in the course in agreement with teacher. (1500- 1900 words)
• Make a poster in groups (four to six participants) within a selected topic in agreement with teacher. The poster is then to be presented at a presentation day with the class. Each group have to give a presentation of the poster to the class (approximately 10 minutes).

Coursework requirements shall be met within fixed deadlines. Coursework requirements are evaluated Passed/Not Passed.

Coursework requirements shall be met within fixed deadlines. Valid absence documented by such as a medical certificate is not an excuse from not meeting the coursework requirements. Students who, due to illness or other valid and documented reasons, do not meet the coursework requirements within the fixed deadlines, may be given a postponed deadline. A new deadline for meeting the coursework requirements is in each case agreed upon with the relevant teacher.

Coursework requirements are evaluated Passed/Not Passed. Students who meet the coursework requirements within the fixed deadline, but are evaluated as Not Passed, shall be given the possibility to meet the coursework requirements one more time. A new deadline for meeting the coursework requirements is in each case agreed upon with the relevant teacher.

Final assessment:

Individual oral examination (approximately 30 minutes). Each student has to prepare an individually presentation from one of the contents points (maximum 12 minutes).

New/postponed exam

Postponed/new examinations shall take place within reasonable time after the ordinary examination. Regulations for sitting a postponed/new examination are to be found in -Regulations relating to studies and examinations at OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University. The student shall be responsible for the registration for a postponed/new examination

None

Grading scale will be according to the ECTS grading scale, with A - E as pass grades and F as fail grade.

Arbeidet med de tre målområdene må ses i sammenheng med praksisopplæringen og undervisningen i fagdidaktikk (se egen plan for praksis). Alle aspekter ved målområdene behandles nødvendigvis ikke i undervisningen, men skal dekkes av studenten selv gjennom pensumlitteratur, aktiv deltakelse i undervisningen og øvrig studiearbeid.

Sentrale problemstillinger tematiseres fra ulike perspektiver i løpet av studiet. Arbeidsformene veksler mellom forelesninger, ulike former for gruppe- og prosjektarbeid samt selvstudium. Arbeidsmåtene omfatter øvelse i ulike vurderings- og veiledningsformer underveis.