PHUV9480 Nyere barnehageforskning i et nordisk perspektiv Emneplan

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

Knowledge

The student

· has knowledge of aesthetics and different aesthetic approaches

· has knowledge of historical changes in the views on children and young people, normality and deviance, inclusion and exclusion

· has knowledge of receiver orientation in communication and collaboration with children with special needs and media

Skills

The student is able to

· accomplish and perform an aesthetic project for children and young people with special needs

· reflect on work with children and young people with special needs

· communicate with children and young people through aesthetics

General competence

The student

· has an understanding of aesthetics and its value to children and young people with special needs

· has an understanding of the value of autobiography as a means of critically reflecting on one’s own learning

· is able to analyse and discuss how to understand and respond to children and young people with special needs

After completion of the course, the student will have acquired the following learning outcomes, defined as knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• is in the forefront of knowledge about the body of Norwegian and Nordic ECEC research
• has methodological insights into research in early childhood education and can evaluate how different epistemological and methodological positions influence that research
• has state-of the art knowledge of tendencies and critical topics in Nordic and international research in the field

Skills

The student

• can identify problems and challenges in the field and formulate research questions
• can analyse different empirical and theoretical approaches to research in ECEC and the relations between them
• can provide academic texts and presentations demonstrating epistemological and methodological insights

General competence

The student

• can document the ability to identify new research areas in early childhood education
• can position his or her project within the field of ECEC research

Three individual and four group coursework requirements must be passed in order to sit the exam. Aesthetics and/or children and young people with special needs should play an important part in the coursework requirements.

Individual:

1. Storytelling
2. Theory presentation
3. Participation in excursions
4. Participation in International Week

Group:

1. Production of a drama
2. Production of radio theatre
3. Production of stop-motion animation
4. Blog production
5. Practical work in connection with International Week

Coursework requirements must be met by the deadlines. Coursework requirements are evaluated as pass/fail.

Valid absence documented by a medical certificate or similar is not an excuse for not meeting the coursework requirements. Students who, due to illness or other valid and documented reasons, do not meet the coursework requirements by the deadlines, may be given longer deadlines. A new deadline for meeting the coursework requirements is agreed with the relevant teacher in each case.

Students who meet the coursework requirements by the deadline, but are awarded a fail grade, shall be given another attempt to meet the coursework requirements. A new deadline for meeting the coursework requirements is agreed with the relevant teacher in each case.

All exam aids are permitted. However, sources must be stated in accordance with the applicable rules for source references.

Part 1 will be evaluated as pass/fail.

Part 2 and 3 will be evaluated according to the ECTS grading scale, with A-E as pass grades and F as a fail grade. The criteria for the different grades will be presented to the students at the beginning of the course.

Part 2 accounts for 60% of the overall grade and part 3 for 40%.

The completion of the three parts will result in one final overall grade (A- F).

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for referencing sources are followed.

The grades are pass or fail.

Target group

The course is designed for students who want to learn more about children and young people with special needs in programmes of professional study and fields such as Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Educational and International Studies, and Technology, Art and Design.

Admission

For students at the faculties of Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Educational and International Studies, and Technology, Art and Design:

- Students must have completed at least one year of their undergraduate degree studies in order to be accepted.

For international exchange students:

- Students must have completed at least one year of their undergraduate degree studies at their home institution in order to be accepted.