General provisions

The course is an optional course and can be taken on undergraduate level.

Entry requirements

To be accepted to the course there is a requirement of at least one year of studies in Educational Sciences or Political Sciences, 60 credits, or two years of studies in a Teacher Training Programme.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course the student willhave the knowledge to:

• improve their ability to promote international understanding in the teaching profession
• acquire a deeper understanding of the general factors that govern the conditions of learning
• increasing their knowledge of the importance of teacher education
• educational objectives in the shaping of education and the way schooling is formed

Content

• the role of school in society
• general factors that govern the way education and schooling is organised
• field studies

Instruction

The instruction consists of lectures, seminars, group exercises, study visits and tutoring.

Assessment

Written paper to be evaluated first regarding the thoroughness and carefulness of the description given and secondly regarding the amount of analysis made. Grades are awarded according the scale passed with distinction, passed or failed.

If there are special reasons, the examiner may make exceptions from the specified examination method and allow a student to be examined in another way. Special reasons can e.g. be information about pedagogical support from the university's coordinators for students with disabilities.