Entry requirements

60 credits

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student is expected to be able to: 

• Describe and analyse relevant research and theoretical frameworks concerning success factors in school organization and teacher leadership
• Identify, discuss, and critically reflect on values, norms, and pedagogical work related to group dynamics, bullying, and conflict management in school environments
• Demonstrate in-depth understanding and reflect on how teacher-student interaction influences pupils' learning and social development
• Interpret and apply theoretical perspectives on leadership in practical situations, with a focus on the student's own leadership within the school context
• Use professional oral and written communication in an appropriate and contextually adapted manner

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.