BLH3330 Fairytales and creativity - Nordic Childhoods Course description

No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

Overlapp

Emnet er ekvivalent (overlapper 10 studiepoeng) med BYTS3400 Areal- og transportplanlegging.

Ved praktisering av 3-gangers regelen for oppmelding til eksamen teller forsøk brukt i ekvivalente emner.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student is familiar with:

• legislation, regulations, central and local government planning guidelines, guides and local government standards for drawing up plans and case processing of land-use plans
• planning and public participation processes, case processing of plans and the use of objections
• selected parts of the history of land use planning and planning theories
• environmental and planning ethics
• the relationship between urban structure and transport. The student is capable of explaining sustainable land use and transport solutions.

Skills

The student:

• is capable of preparing a zoning plan with pertaining zoning regulations and plan descriptions in accordance with the Ministry of the Environment's guidelines for zoning plans, and overriding guidelines
• is familiar with the principles for drawing up zoning plans using suitable software (NovaPoint Areal, Focus Arealplanlegging or similar) and pertaining technical plans for roads and water and sewage (plan drawings, longitudinal and cross-section drawings), and is capable of conducting impact assessments for area zoning plans and risk and vulnerability assessments for detailed zoning plans
• is capable of carrying out basic traffic technical calculations and analyses

General competence

The student is capable of:

• organising, planning and carrying out interdisciplinary studies, analyses and reports.
• describing political processes and decision-making processes for municipal land-use plans
• describing the principles for sustainable land use and transport development
• using interviews and literature studies as methods for producing surveys and reports

The course is organised as a full-time programme of study for one semester. The students are expected to work approximately 40 hours per week. The course has the following content:

Theory

· The differences between myths, fairy tales and legends

· Structural theories, psychological theories, eclectic theories

· Myths and religions

· Psychology of importance and meaning in fairy tales, and traditional stories as cultural expressions

· The student's own cultural identity and stories

· Hero tales and contemporary mass media narratives

· Cultural exchanges

· Excursions; museums, schools, kindergartens

Stories as background for various artistic expressions

· Puppet making and performing

· Storytelling

· Stop-motion animation

· Dramatisation

· Stories and music

· Digital mediation of myths, fairy tales and legends

Stories in a didactic perspective

· The uses of fairy tales in education and therapy

· Didactic reflections on the use of myths and fairy tales

· Practical work with traditional narratives

· Excursions; schools, kindergartens

· Literature studies/theory

· Lectures and supervision

· Excursions, workshops, seminars

· Cultural exchanges/discussions

· Individual and group papers/performances

• lectures
• self-study and group work (Planning and Building Act)
• laboratory - preparation of plans and visualisation using suitable software (NovaPoint Areal, Focus Arealplanlegging or similar and NovaPoint Veg and NovaPoint VA)
• analyses of road junctions using SIDRA Intersection may also be required
• compulsory portfolio submission (individual and group assignments)
• compulsory field inspection of residential areas (1 day)
• participation in laboratory teaching for modelling and analyses using GIS (the ATP model) may be required

Four of the following;individual coursework requirements must be approved. The purpose of these coursework requirements is to gain experience of;storytelling, to practise creating enthusiasm for theory, to gain;international experience beyond the ordinary;lectures and workshops, to acquire practical skills in connection with a vocation, and to get first-hand experiences of;the local context of the course.

1 Favourite story presentation (2-5 minutes)

2 Theory presentation (5-10 minutes)

3 Participation;in International Week;(week 43) 3-4 days of lectures and workshops

4 Practical work in connection with arts and craft classes 5 days of; workshops

5 Participation;in excursions 5-10 days

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Four of the following;;group coursework requirements;must be approved. The purpose of these work requirements is to gain;access to experiences from peers, to learn profession specific work methods, to reflect on the relationship between theory and practice, and to assess the course activities ;while reflecting on the relevance of the course activities.

1 Production of a drama (5 days of; workshop)

2 Production of radio theatre (5 days of; workshop)

3 Production of stop-motion animation (5 days of workshop)

4 Blog production (a diary that will require five;minutes every week)

5 Practical work in connection with International Week;(2-4 hours preparations)

The final assessment is based on two exams. The completion of the two exams will result in one final overall grade. The final grade for the course will be calculated as the sum of the grades for the first and second part worth 60% and 40% respectively.

Part 1

The first part consists of an individual paper on a chosen topic (4000-4500 words. If the student makes a practical product, the written part only needs to be 2000 words). The individual paper should

•have an individually chosen topic and be related to the student's own experiences

•be an in-depth study of the individually chosen topic

The paper can

•be a purely theoretical study/analysis

•include practicale studies

•test out educational ideas linked to the subject

•be a performance etc., including theoretical reflections on the choices made

The topic must be approved by the course leader(s).

Part 2

The second part consists of an individual product addressing an authentic target group. The student also writes a meta-text 1000-1500 words).

The product should

• have an individually chosen topic/purpose
• represent a deeper understanding of the individually chosen topic/purpose
• address an authentic target group
• the meta-text should argue for the choices made in the product
• the topic must be approved by the course leader(s)

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 resit will be organised in the same manner as the ordinary exam. Students who fail the exam may submit an improved paper for the resit exam.

The regulations on resit and rescheduled exams are available in the Regulations relating to studies and examinations at OsloMet. Students must register for a resit or rescheduled exam.

1) Individual oral exam (50%)

2) Portfolio assessment subject to the following requirements (50%)

Four;written assignments:

Part 1: Zoning plan

Part 2: Reports from study trips and;inspections.

Part 3: Practical exercises in transport planning

Part 4: Individual in-depth report

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A pass is required in all parts of the portfolio exam in order to be able to sit the exam in the subject.

Both parts of the exam must be awarded pass in order for the student to pass the course.

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Exam part 1) The result of the exam cannot be appealed.

Exam part 2) The result of the exam can be appealed.

1) None.

2) All.

Del 1) Two;internal eximiner.

Del 2) One internal examiner.

External examiners are used regularly.

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