MJ5200 Klimajournalistikk, teori og praksis Emneplan

Climate change and the environment are closing in on society in both space and time, becoming a relevant dimension of ever more areas of life. Significant transformations need to take place over the next decade and here journalism will have a key role to play. This course will help students pursue both the theoretical and practical development of climate journalism, including the understanding of its own role in society, in a time of declared and perceived crisis.

Language of instruction is English.

Language: English (and Norwegian, dependent on the language of participants).

Approved by the Academic Affairs Committee 27.04.2020.

This PhD-course is open for candidates at the PhD Programme in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education, PhD candidates from other relevant programmes, and academic employees.

The course presents arts-based research (ABR) and processes related to ABR that are relevant in traditional qualitative research as well. Accepting knowledge as also being tacit, and the arts as important fields of understanding, today’s educational research often include aesthetical and arts-based processes. ABR is an umbrella term covering different research methodologies that draw their inspiration, concepts, processes or representational forms from the arts. To satisfy the expected transparency in research, processes involving arts-based media also need to be discussed and made explicit, whether one considers oneself to be an artist or not.

In this basic course, methodologies such as aesthetically based research, a/r/tography, practice-led research and artistic research will be presented and discussed, as will onto-epistemological issues related to ABR in general and the different methodologies. Furthermore, the students will participate in a limited number of mandatory workshops investigating core elements of ABR, (e.g. embodiment, empathy and material, formal and relational sensitivity). There will also be optional workshops exploring writing processes in ABR, related to narrative, poetical, fictional and essayistic genres. A seminar presenting and discussing the participants’ projects constitutes the course exam.

After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has a wide vocabulary in economic/administrative English
• knows the main oral and written genres of business communication
• knows the main points of grammar necessary for correct and idiomatic usage of the English language
• has knowledge of various cross-curricular business topics
• has knowledge about the British and American economies and business worlds
• is familiar with some works of fiction and other genres in English

Skills

The student

• can write professional English for academic and business purposes
• can speak English in a formal and correct manner
• can deal with professional situations in the business world
• can accommodate speakers from various linguistic and cultural backgrounds
• can understand spoken and written English used in a business context
• can use professional vocabulary in oral and written contexts
• can discuss, analyse and reflect on various issues and texts in English
• has developed their practical problem-solving skills

General competence

The student

• has developed their communicative competence in English, which includes linguistic, intercultural and strategic competencies
• can function well in most professional situations internationally
• can apply their skills and knowledge of business English
• can understand English language curricula and lectures in other subjects better

In order to be permitted to take the exam, the following compulsory coursework must have been completed and approved:

1. Practical-aesthetic project with written documentation

• The student must produce/develop an outfit that falls within the relevant trend.
• Written documentation on the practical-aesthetic work, of around 2,000 Words. 2. Philosophy of science and research design (group work)
• Group work relating to the teaching
• An oral and visual group presentation

• Compulsory attendance at teaching activities: The student cannot be absent for more than 20% of the course.

  Assessment

  The exam is a practical-aesthetic project, to be carried out individually or in groups (2-3 students), with pertaining written assignment (approx. 2,000 words). The project and the paper are assessed as one. The paper must comply with the guidelines for written assignments and relevant syllabus must be used.

  The exam result can be appealed.

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

An individual and supervised written 5-hour exam;and a combined group (2-3 people)/individual oral exam will be held at the end of the semester. The student receives two separate and individual grades, one for the written and one for the oral exam, and the exams can be taken again separately. The written exam counts 53% of the final grade and the oral exam counts 47%.

Both exams must be passed in order to pass the course.

Two internal examiners. The exam may be selected for grading by external examiners.

Passed the course KDM1200 Subject Areas - Specialisation.

KDM2000 - Ide, prosess, produkt (Trend) 15 stp.

KDM2100 - Intensjon og produksjon, sport/active wear, 15 stp.

Exam in English from upper secondary school or equivalent knowledge of English. A large part of the syllabus is related to subjects within business and economics. The level of the course is B2 according to the Common European Framework for Languages (CEFR).