UTVB2400 Media and Development Course description

The working methods include lectures, discussions, practical workshops and student presentations. Candidates are expected to participate actively in all teaching activities, including presenting their projects. The course will mainly be taught digitally, except for one in-person meeting that will be arranged at OsloMet.

Throughout the course, PhD candidates will work on co-creating a map of historical and geographical ECEC discourses found in the Nordic ECEC literature and policy documents.

Students must participate in a three-hour peer session in which they present and discuss their individual maps in order to co-create a map of the research.

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

Knowledge

The student

• knows the main analytical approaches and key themes and terms in the study of media and development on a global scale.
• knows different perspectives on how media is connected to social change and development.

Skills

The student

• can reflect critically on various types of perspectives on the relationship between media and development.
• is able to build transferable analytical skills of media and development across the global South.

General competence

The student

• knows how to link media and development to cross-cultural issues.
• is able to apply this knowledge in new academic contexts.

The examination consists of an oral conference presentation (panel contribution, round table contribution, poster or single paper presentation), including a hand-out and a discussion. Duration of the presentation: 15 minutes. The hand-out must be no more than two A4 pages, not counting references. Duration of the discussion: 20 minutes. In sum, the presentation, hand-out and discussion must be based on relevant research literature and relate to the candidate’s PhD work.

New and postponed examination

In case of a failed exam/valid absence, the candidate may have a new exam under the same conditions when a new/postponed exam is arranged.

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

The final assessment of this module consists of a four-hour written exam.

New/postponed exam

In case of failed exam or legal absence, the student can apply for a new or postponed exam. New or postponed exam is offered within a reasonable time span following the regular exam. Submission and assessment of this will be in accordance with the conditions originally applicable. The student is responsible for applying to sit for a new or postponed exam within the deadlines stipulated by OsloMet and the Faculty of Education and International Studies.

The grades are pass or fail.

The following grading scale is used: A to E for pass and F for no pass.

Target group

PhD students with a specific interest in early childhood research.

Admission requirements

The admission requirement is a five-year master’s degree (three years + two years) or equivalent qualifications in teacher education, other pedagogical education, educational science, development studies or other education at an equivalent level in subjects relevant for teacher education.

If there are a large number of applicants, PhD students enrolled in the research school NORBARN and PhD students enrolled in the PhD programme in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education will be prioritized, followed by students in other PhD programmes and academic employees in the Faculty of Teacher Education and International Studies, in that order.

Applicants who are not enrolled in the PhD programme in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education must send a summary of no more than 400 words with relevant information about their own PhD project or other project or sphere of interest containing the topic, methodology, theoretical approach, how far along they are in their PhD work and why this particular course is relevant for their project.