SPPT1010 Basic Communication in Norwegian Sign Language Course description

Child welfare education is governed by the Regulations relating to national guidelines for child welfare education of 2019. Regarding practical training, the Regulations state:

§ 17 Practical training

Practical training is a key part of the programme, and is intended to contribute to the integration of learning outcomes in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence. The practical training shall be designed to ensure that the learning outcomes are achieved. Practical training should cover 24 weeks, of which a minimum of 20 weeks should be spent in authentic professional situations. Practical training should be carried out in direct work with vulnerable children, adolescents and/or their families.

The main emphasis of the practical training should be carried out within municipal and central government child welfare services. During the practical training, students will gain experience in establishing contact with children and families, as well as investigating, assessing and solutions in child welfare cases. Furthermore, the student will participate in collaborative meetings and gain knowledge of interdisciplinary cooperation at individual and system level.

In order to fulfil the regulations' requirements related to practical training, it is considered that students must have the main part of their practical training within municipal/state child welfare services in Norway. It is therefore not possible to exchange students on this programme.

Coursework requirements are compulsory assignments with the purpose of training students' written and oral skills in obtaining knowledge and analysing, organising and presenting it in an understandable manner. They can be individual or group assignments.

Required coursework must be submitted by given deadlines and the student will receive different forms of feedback. Failure to submit required coursework will result in loss of the right to take the exam. An overview of submissions and deadlines will be published in Canvas.

Written work must follow the approved APA citation style (American Psychological Association). All assignments must be written in Calibri 12-point font with 1.5 line spacing.

Compulsory teaching activities

Parts of the teaching are compulsory. The attendance requirement for compulsory teaching activities is 80%. If a student's absence exceeds 20%, a comprehensive coursework requirement is set to compensate. If a student's absence exceeds 40%, they lose the right to take the exam. Any compulsory teaching activities in a course will be stated in the respective course descriptions.

Each student is responsible for ensuring that their attendance is documented. The length of the teaching days will vary, and it is each student's own responsibility to stay informed about the teaching schedule.

Assessment and grading

Assessment and grading take place in accordance with the provisions set out in Act No 15 of 1 April 2005 relating to Universities and University Colleges and the Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet. Students are obliged to familiarise themselves with the applicable rules.

Students who meet the attendance requirement and whose compulsory coursework is approved are entitled to sit the exam, cf. the Regulations Relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet.

Students register for exams by confirming their individual education plan for the current semester. Students must register for resit/rescheduled exams via Studentweb.

Forms of assessment

The forms of assessment are supervised individual written exams, individual home exams, group exams, individual oral exams and individual written assignments prepared over an extended period.

Assessment

A grade scale with five grades from A to E for pass and F for fail is used, or the grades ‘Pass/Fail’. Practical training is assessed as 'Approved/Not approved' pursuant to the rules laid out in the Practical Training Regulations.

Exam language

Exams are normally written in Norwegian Bokmål or Nynorsk. In courses taught in English, the exam will also take place in English.

Examiners

All exam papers are assessed by internal and external examiners. How the examiners are used is described in detail under the individual course descriptions.

Permitted aids for the exam

Publicly approved law collections with notations according to more detailed guidelines are permitted during the exam.

Other permitted aids are stipulated under the individual course descriptions.

Explanation of grade and appeals

Students have the right to an explanation of grades and to appeal against grades awarded and/or formal errors in connection with exams in accordance with Sections 5-2, 5-3 and 3-9 of the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges and Sections 7-3 and 7-4 of the Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet.

Diploma

After completing the programme, students will be awarded a diploma showing all their final grades in the courses that form the basis for the degree.

Rules for study progress

All coursework requirements/compulsory activities must be completed/passed in order for the student to take the exam in a course. All exams in an academic year must be passed in order for the student to continue to the next academic year. The student must have earned at least 20 credits in the first semester in order to take the practical training in the second semester.

Suitability assessment

The Bachelor Programme in Child Care and Welfare falls under the scope of the Regulations relating to Suitability Assessment in Higher Education, adopted by the Ministry of Education and Research on 30 June 2006:

A suitability assessment is a comprehensive assessment of the student’s academic and personal qualifications for work as a health care or social worker. More information about the suitability assessment can be found on the intranet for OsloMet students.

Interprofessional project – INTERACTStudents participate in the INTERACT projectin which part of the teaching programme is taken in interprofessional student groups. The teaching (INTER1100, INTER1200 and INTER1300) in the first, second and third study year, respectively, becomes more complex for each year, and is integrated as a coursework requirement in the existing courses in the programme description. For further information about INTERACT, see https://www.oslomet.no/forskning/forskningsprosjekter/interact

Arbeidskrav

Følgende arbeidskrav må være godkjent før eksamen kan avlegges:

Studentene skal levere til faglærer og få godkjent tre arbeidskrav, to av disse i gruppe. Av praktiske hensyn bør gruppen bestå av to studenter. Formålet med arbeidskravet er å gi studenten tilstrekkelig refleksjonsgrunnlag og veiledning i emnets faglige innhold. Studentene vil gi hverandre tilbakemelding på et av arbeidskravene, på de to andre gis tilbakemelding av faglærer.

Faglig aktivitet med krav om deltakelse

Det er krav om tilstedeværelse i undervisningen i emnet. Kravet om tilstedeværelse har sammenheng med emnets praktiske karakter. For å få avlegge eksamen kreves minimum 80 prosent tilstedeværelse. Sykdom og dokumentert fravær fritar ikke for kravet om deltakelse. Ved helt spesielle omstendigheter kan det etter avtale med faglærer gis kompensatoriske oppgaver ved overskridelse av fraværet.

Avsluttende vurdering gjennomføres i høstsemesteret.

Avsluttende vurdering

Eksamen er en individuell to timers eksamen, hvor 1,5 timer er forberedelsestid. Eksamen foregår i språklab. Oppgaven kommer i form av en video, hvor studenten presenteres for en tekst på tegnspråk presentert muntlig av en tegnspråkmodell. Studenten skal svare på et antall spørsmål knyttet til denne teksten. Så får studenten en valgfri oppgave og skal forberede en egen tekst på tegnspråk på ca. 3 minutter. Etter forberedelsestiden skal studenten inn til muntlig eksaminasjon og besvare oppgavene på tegnspråk.

Eksamensspråk

Eksamen gjennomføres på norsk tegnspråk.

Ny/utsatt eksamen

Ny/utsatt eksamen foregår som ordinær eksamen.

Ingen hjelpemidler tillatt.

Det gis gradert bokstavkarakterskala fra A til F, der A er beste karakter og F er ikke bestått.

Avsluttende vurdering sensureres av ekstern og intern sensor.