Postgraduate Certificate in Education Programme description

The programme’s target group are people who wish to qualify for research in the field of educational sciences for teacher education, for teaching positions at universities and university colleges, or for other types of positions that require a high level of scientific expertise.

(1) To be admitted to the PhD Programme in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education, the applicant must normally have completed a five-year master’s degree programme (three years + two years) or equivalent teacher education, have other teaching qualifications, or a degree in science of education, development studies or other relevant education at a corresponding level in fields of relevance to teacher education.

(2) Applicants to the programme are normally required to have achieved a grade of B or better on their master’s thesis.

(3) Applicants who achieved a grade lower than B on their master’s thesis but who meet the general admission requirement, must have achieved a grade of C on their master’s thesis and an average grade of B or better for the rest of the master’s degree. For five-year integrated master’s degree programmes, the requirement for an average grade of B or better applies to the last two years of the master’s degree programme (cycle 2). In addition, the applicant must meet at least two of the following criteria:

• the applicant must be able to document scientific publication
• the applicant must have a particularly good project outline
• the applicant’s application must be particularly relevant to the advertisement text
• the applicant must have research-related work experience

(4) The grade requirement does not apply to applications for admission to individual courses.

(5) Applicants who hold a master’s degree with a scope of less than 120 ECTS credits can be admitted to the programme on the basis of an individual assessment. The master’s degree in question must formally qualify the applicant for admission to PhD programmes in the country in which the master’s degree was taken. Applicants must have written a master’s thesis as part of their master’s degree and been awarded a grade of B or better. The requirement for a grade of B or better for the master’ thesis cannot be waived for this category of applicants. Considerable weight will be given to the project outline’s quality, relevance and originality.

Requirements relating to the contents of applications for admission are set out in Chapter 2 of the Regulations relating to the Degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at OsloMet (hereinafter called the Regulations). The application for admission must document the applicant’s basis for admission and contain descriptions of the research project, a plan for implementation, funding, dissemination and stays at other institutions. The applicant must also describe his/her needs in term of supervision and infrastructure, and specify which language he/she prefers to write the thesis in, and any problems relating to intellectual property rights.

The faculty’s doctoral committee makes a decision on admission based on an overall assessment of the application.

On admission, the doctoral committee will appoint one or more supervisors. The main supervisor should preferably be affiliated to OsloMet. Admission is formalised in an agreement between the PhD student, the supervisor and the university, and, if relevant, other academic environments and institutions. The agreement regulates the parties’ mutual rights and obligations during the agreement period, cf. Chapter 2 of the Regulations, and complies with the template prepared by Universities Norway (UHR). The students will be affiliated to a research community in the relevant field.

Students who complete the programme are awarded the degree PhD of Educational Sciences for Teacher Education. In Norwegian: Ph.d. i utdanningsvitenskap for lærerutdanning.

The programme consists of a training component and a research component. The training component has a scope of 30 ECTS credits, and the research component is worth 150 ECTS credits. Through the training component, the students acquire theoretical and empirical insight into and methodological expertise in studies of general educational science issues of relevance to teacher education. Through the research component, the students develop their ability to identify needs for new educational science research of relevance to the knowledge base and action competence in teacher educations, as well as the ability to problematise and disseminate such knowledge.

The programme emphasises combining academic depth and breadth. In the training component, the students are expected to achieve academic breadth through the common compulsory course (10 ECTS credits) Theories of Knowledge in Teacher Education Research, as well as elective courses in philosophy of science, methodology and ethics (minimum 10 ECTS credits) and elective specialisation courses (10 ECTS credits).

In the research component, the students are expected to achieve academic depth through work on a scientific thesis with a view to acquiring researcher qualifications in educational sciences for teacher education characterised by an ability to identify, design, conduct and disseminate relevant research.

Multicultural and international perspective

Multicultural and international perspectives are discussed in all specialisation courses included in the programme.

Gender perspective

Gender and equality perspectives are discussed in all specialisation courses included in the programme.

Ethics

Ethical issues are a particular focus in the philosophy of science, research methodology and ethics courses.

Stays abroad will be facilitated. Researchers from foreign institutions will be invited to give lectures and seminars. Students are encouraged to seek membership in relevant international research networks.

The compulsory and elective courses comprise required coursework. The required coursework is assessed as approved/not approved. The required coursework must be submitted/completed by the stipulated deadline(s). Absence for valid reasons documented by e.g. a medical certificate does not exempt students from meeting the coursework requirements. Students who fail to submit required coursework by the deadline due to illness or for other documented valid reasons can be given an extended deadline. A new deadline for meeting the coursework requirements must be agreed with the lecturer in question in each individual case.

Students who submit the required coursework by the deadline, but whose work is assessed as ‘not approved’, will be given one opportunity to resubmit the work. In such cases, the student must agree with the lecturer on resubmission of the coursework in question. Students who do not submit required coursework by the deadline without a documented valid reason will not be granted another attempt.

The coursework requirements are described in more detail in the individual course descriptions.

Students must write an essay as part of the compulsory course.

The elective courses offered use various exam forms which are described in more detail in the individual course descriptions.

The essay will be assessed and approved by the person responsible for the course and a member of the academic staff affiliated to the PhD programme. The learning outcome descriptions are used as assessment criteria.

If the essay is not approved, the student can submit a revised essay once by a specified deadline. The PhD Regulations Section 4-3 states that the provisions regarding cheating in the Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University apply to exams or tests taken during the PhD programme's training component.

The degree PhD of Educational Sciences for Teacher Education is awarded on the basis of:

• approved completion of the training component, alternatively other approved academic training or qualification
• an approved trial lecture on a specified topic
• an approved research thesis and approved public defence of the thesis.

Assessment is regulated by Chapter 6 of the Regulations. The supplementary provisions for assessment for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD) at OsloMet contain more detailed guidelines on the assessment procedure for submitted theses. The diploma will state the title of the thesis and information about the academic training programme the PhD candidate has completed.

Right of appeal

Rejections of applications for assessment of the thesis and decisions not to approve a thesis, trial lecture or public defence can be appealed to the Board of Appeal pursuant to the Public Administration Act Section 28 ff. The Appeals Board at OsloMet is the appeals body.

PhD Programme in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education (180 ECTS)

Programplan for ph.d.-studiet i utdanningsvitenskap for lærerutdanning (180 studiepoeng)

Programme code: PHUV

Programme code, individual courses: PHUVEK

Approved by the Academic Affairs Committee of Oslo University College on 21 February 2011

Accredited by NOKUT – Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT) on 14 February 2012

Most recent amendments approved by the Academic Affairs Committee at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University on 3 May 2018

Minor amendment approved by the faculty’s Academic Affairs Committee on 25 January 2021

The programme description applies from the autumn semester 2021

Faculty of Education and International Studies

Det blir lagt til rette for å inkludere internasjonale perspektiver i studiet ved bl.a. å gi studentene innsikt i internasjonal yrkesopplæring og bruk av engelskspråklig litteratur. Det er mulighet for å jobbe digitalt med studenter på andre utenlandske høgskoler- og universiteter. I tillegg kan det være mulighet for organisert studietur til andre land. Studentene kan også ta deler av praksisopplæringen i utlandet i samsvar med OsloMet – storbyuniversitetets vilkår for godkjenning av studiet.

I løpet av studiet skal studentene dokumentere ulike arbeidskrav både individuelt og i grupper. Arbeidskravene består av flere deler, og alle delene må være gjennomført for å få arbeidskravet vurdert.

Hensikten med arbeidskravene er å utvikle studentenes evne til å reflektere over egen undervisning og utvikling samt sentrale problemstillinger som er relevante for læreryrket.

I alle arbeidskrav skal det henvises til relevant litteratur og forskningsartikler samt bruk av APA referansestil.

Studenter som av spesielle årsaker ikke leverer innen fristen, kan få forlenget frist etter avtale med emneansvarlig. Studentene må da selv ta kontakt med emneansvarlig som setter ny frist for innlevering.

Et ikke-godkjent arbeidskrav kan omarbeides og leveres til ny godkjenning ytterligere en gang. Arbeidskravene må være vurdert til godkjent senest to uker før eksamen for at studentene kan avlegge eksamen.

Krav om obligatorisk tilstedeværelse

Ettersom studiet er prosessorientert og erfaringsbasert, er tilstedeværelse særdeles viktig for at studentene skal klare å opparbeide seg tilfredsstillende læringsutbytte. Av den grunn settes det krav om obligatorisk tilstedeværelse på undervisningsdagene tilsvarende 80 % i hvert emne

Studenter med mer enn 20 % fravær fra organiserte opplæringsaktiviteter i et emne får ikke avlegge eksamen. Gyldig fravær, dokumentert med for eksempel sykmelding, gir ikke fritak for kravet om deltakelse. Gyldig fravær kan kompenseres etter nærmere avtale med, og vurdering av emneansvarlig. I slike tilfeller må studentene selv ta kontakt med emneansvarlig.

Eksamenskandidatens rettigheter og plikter framgår av forskrift for studier og eksamen ved OsloMet – storbyuniversitetet. Forskriften beskriver blant annet vilkår for ny/utsatt eksamen, klageadgang og hva som regnes som fusk ved eksamen. Kandidaten har plikt til å gjøre seg kjent med bestemmelsene i forskriften. Det er knyttet tilsynssensor til utdanningen som evaluerer vurderingsordningene i emnet og studiet som helhet.

1. semester - Læring og grunnleggende lærerkompetanse - 30 stp

• Vurderingsform: Individuell skriftlig hjemmeeksamen over 10 dager
• Vurderingsuttrykk: A-F

2. semester - Videreutvikling av lærerkompetanse - 30 stp:

• Vurderingsform: Eksamen er todelt
  • Del 1: Tverrfaglig utviklingsprosjekt i gruppe (2-4 studenter)
  • Del 2: Individuell muntlig eksamen
• Vurderingsutrykk:
  • Del 1: A-F - alle i gruppen får samme karakter
  • Del 2: A-F

Vurderingsformer og sensorordninger er nærmere beskrevet i hver enkelt emneplan.

Skikkethetsvurdering

Med hjemmel i lov 1. april 2005 nr. 15 om universiteter og høyskoler § 4-10 punkt (6), er det fastsatt forskrift om skikkethet i høyere utdanning. Skikkethetsvurdering innebærer at det foretas en helhetsvurdering av studentens faglige og personlige forutsetninger for å kunne fungere som lærer. Praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning omfattes av denne ordningen. Fortløpende skikkethetsvurdering foregår også i praksisopplæringen.

Revisjon av programplan godkjent av prodekan LUI 18.12.2020

Redaksjonell endring på emne 6100 14.04.2023