M5GPE4100 Pedagogy 2, Subject 1 Course description

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Etter fullført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert som kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

• har kunnskap om elevenes danning i et pluralistisk samfunn
• har inngående kunnskap om selvregulering og individuelle læringsstrategier
• har inngående kunnskap om dialogisk undervisning og fellesskapets betydning for elevenes læringsprosesser
• har forskningsbasert kunnskap om mobbing og krenkelser

Ferdigheter

Studenten

• kan anvende forskningsbasert kunnskap til å analysere og iverksette tiltak som skal motvirke mobbing og krenkelser
• kan anvende forskningsbasert kunnskap i arbeid med elevers livsmestring i et folkehelseperspektiv
• kan legge til rette for samhandling i klasser og grupper på trinn 5-10 og i ettertid kritisk analysere aktiviteten
• kan kritisk reflektere over og drøfte skolens og lærerens ansvar og oppgaver i lys av rettighetene til urfolk, nasjonale minoriteter, og andre minoriteter

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

• kan anvende forskningsbasert kunnskap om selvregulering og individuelle læringsstrategier til å styrke elevens læringsprosess
• kan identifisere og kritisk analysere utfordringer og muligheter i en mangfoldig og pluralistisk skole på et nasjonalt og internasjonalt nivå

The study plan was approved by the Dean 24.06.2009. Update approved by the Vice-Dean 02.09.2013. Administrative update 13.01.2023.

Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) offers a one semester full-time course (30 ECTS credits) in development studies in Hoi An on the east coast of Vietnam. The course, Development Studies 1 , starts each semester in August and January respectively. The course is a joint venture between OsloMet and Kulturstudier (Culture Studies), an independent Oslo-based organisation that offers international academic courses in the fields of culture and human development at study centres in Vietnam, India, Ghana, Argentina and Nicaragua.

OsloMet offers interdisciplinary courses in development issues and North-South relations, leading to a Bachelor's degree of 180 ECTS credits in Development Studies. Development Studies 1 is equivalent to the first half year of this Bachelor programme.

Development Studies 1 is taught through an interdisciplinary social science/humanistic approach incorporating elements of history, geography, social anthropology, political science, economics and sociology. The course activities (lectures, seminars, assignments, examination) as well as the literature are all in English. The first part of the course is web-based. After this, the students leave for Hoi An, Vietnam, to attend the regular course based on classroom teaching. During the 10 weeks in Vietnam there are normally lectures, seminars and group work on all weekdays. Weekends are free.

No required prerequisite knowledge.

The overall objective for the course Development Studies 1 is to give students an interdisciplinary understanding of global development with a focus on North-South relations and the Southeast Asian region. This holistic approach should provide a base for problem-based discussions, critical analysis and reflection.

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should master the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The student

• knows key theories and concepts regarding development, sustainable development and globalisation
• knows central themes regarding economy, politics and social relations in poor countries, especially in Southeast Asia and Vietnam
• has basic knowledge of qualitative research methodology within development studies

Skills

The student

• can apply a cross-disciplinary perspective to theoretical and practical questions of development
• can plan and implement basic data collection on issues of development

General competence

The student

• can give a written presentation of a theme based on social science theory and methodology
• can take part in project-oriented group work with data collection

As part of the course, students complete one compulsory assignment, one group examination and one home examination. The Study Guide of the course will give details about deadlines defined by OsloMet.

The following course work requirement must be met before the examination may be sat:

• Introductory assignment . This is a paper of approx. 1800 words (+/- 10%) / approx. 4-5 pages, where students are asked to discuss the concepts of development, poverty and sustainable development. At this stage, all communication between student and teachers is based on e-mail. The paper is to be submitted through e-mail before students go to Vietnam. It will be assessed within the following week and is evaluated as Accepted/Not accepted.

Course work requirements must be met within fixed deadlines. Course work requirements must be met also by students with valid absence from classes documented by medical certificate. Students, who, due to illness or other valid and documented reasons, do not meet the course work requirements within the fixed deadlines, may be given a new deadline. A new deadline for meeting the course work requirements is in each individual case given by the teacher of the course in question.

Students who meet the course work requirements within the fixed deadline, but get the evaluation Not Accepted, are entitled to two new attempts to fulfil the course work requirements. A new deadline for meeting the course work requirements is in each individual case given by the teacher of the course in question.

Examinations Group examination and individual home examination

At the beginning of their stay in Vietnam, the students form groups of 3-5 persons. The purposes of these groups are to work on current topics from the lectures and literature, and to complete the group examination. There will be a seminar on how to write papers, in which the seminar teacher will suggest topics of relevance. The seminar teacher is instrumental in forming the groups and supervising them during the writing process.

• The group examination is linked to the topics of the course as a whole. This is a paper on a topic of each group's own choosing, of approx. 10 800 words (+/- 10%) / approx. 25-30 pages, which the students write in groups during their stay in Vietnam. Here, they shall combine perspectives from the literature and lectures, preferably link up with empirical cases from the region of South East Asia, while drawing on literature that the group finds relevant. The paper shall be submitted within the given deadline. The group examination is given a mark (A-F) counting 40% of the final result. The group examination is marked by one internal and one external examiner.
• Individual home examination , i.e. an essay of approx. 4400 words (+/- 10%)/approx. 10-12 pages, where students shall prove their analytical skills and understanding in the discussion of a given topic. The individual home examination is given a mark (A-F) counting 60% of the final result. The individual home examination is marked by one internal and one external examiner.

The students' academic performance is assessed on the basis of the group examination and the individual home examination (see above).

The student will be awarded a composite grade where the group examination counts 40% and the individual home examination counts 60% of the final mark.

Students who fail their group examination, or who pass but wish to improve their grade, may submit a revised version of their group paper or write an individual paper, 4.400 words +/- 10%, on a topic related to the curriculum. The deadline for such papers coincides with the deadline for general evaluation the following term. Likewise, those who either fail their individual home examination or wish to improve their grade may submit a new paper in connection with the ordinary examinations the following term. This also applies for students with valid absence.

Regulations for new or postponed examinations are available in Regulations relating to studies and examinations at OsloMet. Students must register for a new or postponed examination.