BLHP1ÅR Practical Training in Preschool, 1st Year Course description

The language of all teaching and supervision is English, and the students should therefore

have a working knowledge of both spoken and written English.

The target groups are:

• Students in the third year of the fulltime/seventh semester of the part time Bachelor

Programme in Early Childhood Education at Oslo Metropolitan University.

• International exchange students at the Faculty of Education and International Studies from

preschool and primary school teacher education institutions. Students from other

academic areas may also be accepted.

Students must be prepared to participate in various outdoor activities.

The course is designed to offer a fulltime studyprogramme in English for students of Early

Childhood and Primary School Teacher Education. The period of study will be for four months.

The course may be taken as an elective in-depth programme by students in their final year

of the Bachelor Programme in Early Childhood Education at Oslo Metropolitan University.

Admission

For students at the Department of Early Childhood Education:

• Students in the third year of the full-time/seventh semester of the part-time Bachelor Programme in Early Childhood Education at Oslo Metropolitan University.
• International exchange students at the Faculty of Education and International Studies from preschool and primary school teacher education institutions. Students from other academic areas may also be accepted.

For international exchange students:

• Admission as an international student at the Faculty of Education and International Studies. Students from other academic areas may also be accepted. Students must have completed at least two years of their undergraduate degree studies at their home institution in order to be accepted.

The topics of study are:

Play, movement, nature and outdoor education.

• Outdoor education in different natural environments

• Play and movement in nature and outdoor environments

• Sustainability in outdoor education

• Practical work on natural science, food literacy and physical education

• Practical work in selected biotopes

• Motor behaviour, physical activity, play and risk-taking

• Role model, gender awareness, and social inclusion in pedagogical work outdoors

• The Nordic concept of "friluftsliv" (outdoor life)

• A more in-depth study of a chosen topic

Childhood in a Nordic welfare system.

• Education, cultural formation and childhood

• Critical reflective work on play, movement and outdoor education

• Physical literacy and motor development

• Different cultural traditions and pedagogical approaches to outdoor activities

• Focus on the relevant target group in the student`s educational system

Field experience, reflective practice and didactics regarding play, movement, nature, food and

outdoor education.

• Different approaches to outdoor didactics and sustainable development

• Development work related to institutional work

• Comparative approaches to cultural and pedagogical traditions

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

40 dager obligatorisk praksisopplæring:

15 dager høst (del 1)

25 dager vår (del 2)

Det er praksislærer som vurderer praksisperiodene. Praksisopplæringen vurderes til bestått/ikke bestått.

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 avbrytes.