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SKUT4381 Specialisation in RLE and RLE Education 1 Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Fagfordypning i RLE og RLE-didaktikk 1
Study programme
Master Programme in Educational Sciences for Basic Education, Pedagogy or Educational Leadership
Master Programme in Educational Sciences for Basic Education, Pedagogy or Educational Leadership
Weight
15.0 ECTS
Year of study
2023/2024
Course history

Introduction

An individual home examination over 48 hours in the form of a written report based on a given template. Scope: 2,000 words (+/- 10%).

Required preliminary courses

None

Learning outcomes

Etter fullført emne skal studenten ha oppnådd følgende læringsutbytte definert som kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskaper

Studenten

  • har en god, kunnskapsbasert oversikt om religiøst og kulturelt mangfold i samfunnet
  • har fordypet kunnskap om rollen til religion i moderne samfunn, og forståelse av dynamikken i interreligiøse relasjoner og mellom religion og kultur
  • har tilegnet seg bred innsikt i kulturelle prosessers betydning for religiøs endring (sekulariserings- og post-sekulariseringsteorier)
  • har tilegnet seg bred innsikt i hvordan globaliseringsprosesser påvirker religiøse kulturer og omvendt
  • har kunnskap om viktige aspekter ved religion i det moderne
  • har inngående kunnskap om hvordan opplæringen kan tilpasses alle elevers forutsetninger og behov

Ferdigheter

Studenten

  • kan utforske, analysere og drøfte fagspørsmål knyttet til emnet på en faglig, og forskningsmessig forsvarlig måte
  • kan forholde seg kritisk til ulike informasjonskilder, både erfaringskunnskap og forskning og anvende slike kilder på en faglig og selvstendig måte
  • kan analysere og forholde seg vurderende til eksisterende teorier, metoder og fortolkninger innenfor fagområdet og arbeide selvstendig med praktisk og teoretisk problemløsning
  • kan gi faglig kompetente skriftlige og muntlige redegjørelser innenfor emnet

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

  • kan bidra kunnskapsmessig til fagutvikling innenfor emnet på grunnopplæringsnivå
  • kan formidle forskningsbasert kunnskap innenfor emnet både skriftlig og muntlig på en faglig forsvarlig måte
  • kan bruke sin kunnskap med faglig integritet og etisk bevissthet

Content

The target group for the programme is vocational teachers affiliated to Noroff - School of Technology and Digital Media.

General admission requirements

Qualified applicants must document that they have achieved the Higher Education Entrance Qualification or equivalent prior learning and work experience.

The following requirements must be met in order to qualify to apply for admission on the basis of prior learning and work experience:

1. The applicant must be at least 25 years of age in the year of admission and cannot have achieved the Higher Education Entrance Qualification. Applicants must document one of the following:

  • craft certificate or equivalent and at least two years’ relevant work experience, or
    • at least five years’ relevant work experience. Up to two of these five years can be replaced by relevant unpaid work, education, organisation work experience or similar.

2. Applicants must have adequate proficiency in English to be capable of completing the programme. This must be documented with, as a minimum, the subject English (140 hours per year) from a vocational upper secondary school programme or equivalent, passed with the grade 2 or better. Applicants whose first language is not a Nordic language must document that they meet the requirement for English language proficiency at a level corresponding to the Higher Education Entrance Qualification.

Relevant part-time work of varying scope and length can be converted into full-time in accordance with the applicable rules.

Special admission requirements

The applicant must be affiliated to Noroff - School of Technology and Digital Media through an employment relationship and work on educational development, learning work or counselling work for adults. This should be documented by an employer reference.

Teaching and learning methods

Varied forms of learning are used based on the principles of tertiary vocational didactics, e.g. practice-oriented learning, experience-oriented learning and problem-oriented learning. Sharing of experience is given emphasis in the programme. The students’ own tertiary vocational teaching practice will be key in their development and learning work.

Course requirements

Students will document four coursework requirements; these are linked to the learning outcomes. Two individual and two group-based requirements (can be adapted on justification to and special agreement with the lecturer). The coursework requirements concern both the student’s own tertiary vocational teaching practice and the learning community in the programme. The coursework requirements must be approved before the student can take the exam. Required coursework that is not approved can be reworked and submitted for re-assessment twice before the ordinary exam.

Coursework requirement 1: Planning and implementation of learning work (in groups of two or three students).

The purpose is to practise the inductive vocational teaching method relevant to planning and implementing learning work.

  • Preparation of a folder comprising a supervision document, with a scope of 1,200 to 1, 320 words. A plan for learning work, with a scope of 1,000 to 1,110 words. Also a professional reflection on the completed work with a scope of 1,000 to 1,110 words.

Coursework requirement 2: Plan for teaching practice (individual)

The purpose is to practise systematic planning and conscious use of vocational pedagogy principles

  • Submission of a well-founded plan for vocational teaching practice (20 days) using the ‘practice planner form’. The plan is prepared in consultation with the teaching practice tutor in the student’s own workplace. The plan must be assessed and approved by the person responsible for the course.

Coursework requirement 3: Assessment (in groups of two or three students).

The purpose is for the group to assess the tertiary vocational students learning work.

  • Prepare a video presentation comprising the following: Assessment of at least three tertiary vocational students' work, including the information on what form the assessments have taken and a critical reflection on their own assessment work. Learning work is carried out in the student's own workplace. Scope: seven to ten minutes.

Coursework requirement 4: Digital reflection (individual)

The purpose is for the students to reflect on their learning outcomes from the programme.

  • Prepare a video presentation comprising a professional reflection on the used pedagogical and didactical principles for learning outcomes as a tertiary vocational teacher. The reflection must be academically grounded on the course syllabus. Scope: seven to ten minutes.

Vocational teaching practice

Practical pedagogy for Tertiary Vocational Education comprises 20 compulsory days of teaching practice. For further information, see the programme description.

Presence in teaching activities

It is expected that students are present in all teaching activities throughout the study-period. In all a minimum attendance of 80 % is required.Students who, due to illness or another documented valid reason, do not meet to the requirement for participation, shall agree on alternative activity(s) in each individual case with the teacher.For further information, see the programme description.

In order to take the exam the four requierd coursework must be approved, 20 days of practikal traning completed and present in mandatory teaching activities.

Assessment

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Permitted exam materials and equipment

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

Grading scale

Grade scale A-F.

Examiners

One internal and one external examiner are used.