Entry requirements

60 credits

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should have provided understanding and knowledge about

• leadership in the classroom
• students' learning in foreign and second languages
• the development of the classroom and educational systems
• working with inclusion and students with special needs in the classroom
• the connection between theories and practice in the multicultural classroom

Content

• Central aspects of the teacher's work such as rhetoric, communication, planning and arranging, evaluating and checking, prerequisites for motivation, plans for grouping and individualisation
• Research and theories with implications for teachers' leadership, group dynamics, the formation of norms, different types of conflicts and offence
• Studies of oral and written communication with the purpose of firmly establishing common values with students and their parents
• Success in teachers' leadership

Instruction

The instruction consists of lectures, seminars and field studies.

Assessment

Written and oral examination.