ELI2300 Dynamiske systemer Emneplan

.The student must have been admitted to the study programme.

The academic content of this course is centred on the concept of knowledge production, with particular reference to the Global South. It consists of some ‘philosophy of science’ covering core paradigms about knowledge production and how we can know about the world. This is extended to consideration of Global South / North dynamics in the production and dissemination of knowledge, including in formal education, and their relationship to models of and approaches to (sustainable) development. Decolonial challenges to European universalism are addressed, including questions of the use and place of languages in education and knowledge production, differential economic and political power, and associated histories of development.

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:

• has knowledge of the the concept of knowledge production, and accompanying paradigms about what can be known and how we can know about the world.
• has knowledge of the Global North and South dynamics of knowledge production, including decolonial challenges to European universalism.
• has knowledge of the relationship between knowledge, knowledge production, education, and power, at multiple levels of scale.
• has knowledge of the roles of education systems, and other social and institutional processes, in the production of knowledge in and about the Global South.

Skills

The student:

• is capable of discussing and explaining relevant topics in the course, and applying them to the analysis and understanding of diverse examples of knowledge production.
• is capable of discussing and assessing different perspectives on knowledge production and education in the Global South.

General competence

The student:

• is capable of explaining and problematising the concept of knowledge claims about the world, and the role and functions of knowledge production, and education, in terms of international development and sustainabilities.
• is capable of critically assessing different discourses on education and their relationship to development.

Lectures, hospitalisation (practice), group work, digital textbooks and digital supervised seminars. The course is organised as flipped classroom. Digital textbooks will be made available to students in advance.

Project-based practical training: The students work with various topics related to health-promoting and preventive work based on practical experience 3 weeks, including INTER1200).

INTER1200 'Communication with children and adolescents' forms part of a common seminar day, digital learning resources and assignments related to interprofessional group work and self-study.

The following must have been completed and approved in order for a student to take the exam:

• Project-based practical training, 3 weeks, compulsory attendance of 90 %
• Work in groups with the design of the project assignment throughout the course period
• INTER1200, Individual log. Scope: 500 words (+/- 10 %). In order to write the log, the student must first attend a seminar over two days.

Group project exam

• Groups until 10 students
• Scope of 3,500 words (+/- 10%).

The assignment can be given in English or Scandinavian language. The individual group must deliver in the same language.

Resit exam: A student who fails the ordinary exam, may nevertheless submit a reworked version as a resit.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

No examination support material is permitted.

A grade scale with A being the highest grade and E the poorest pass grade is used. The grade F means that the student has failed the exam.

All submitted papers will be assessed by one internal and one external examiner.