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The course is connected to the following study programs

Teaching language

Norwegian.

Prerequisites

Ecquivalent to the programme as in NUCAS

Recommended previous knowledge

A background in teacher education or other higher education from the student's country of origin is recommended.
Good command of spoken and written Norwegian.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

The student has knowledge about:

  • The mandate and functions of teaching as a profession
  • Didactical work
  • Questions related to the ethics of the profession
  • Class management
  • Norwegian as a second language and Norwegian and the native language from a comparative perspective
  • Theories of language learning, vocabulary and word formation in Norwegian
  • Culture and understanding culture in a multi-linguistic and multicultural society
  • The teacher’s meeting with the diversity of religions and views on life in schools

Skills

The student is able to

  • Plan, implement and assess teaching and learning
  • Lead the pupils’ learning processes
  • Justify didactical choices
  • Reflect upon the implications of having Norwegian as a second language and the relation between the mother tongue and the Norwegian language
  • Reflect upon the implications of being a multicultural school and society, and having multicultural competence
  • General competence

The student

  • Has knowledge about the teacher’s functions and mandate in school and society with the existing frame factors and national curriculum as the starting point
  • Is able to reflect upon the dialogue with pupils and their parents about the pupils’ learning and development
  • Has knowledge about and is able to discuss ethical questions, didactical consequences, challenges and possibilities in a school characterized by linguistic, cultural and religious diversity

Contents

The mandate and functions of teaching as a profession is focused. Didactical and ethical skills, as well as management, will be central. Emphasis will be placed on the professional knowledge and skills of the bilingual teacher in a multicultural school. This includes competence in inclusion and diversity, the understanding of various cultures, and how one can interact in society irrespectively of different linguistic and cultural background. The course deals with the pupils’ development of basic skills. Focus is placed on the implications of having Norwegian as a second language, and theories on language formation. There will be an emphasis on the students’ development of professional digital skills

Teaching and learning methods

The teaching will be based on gatherings, three in the autumn semester and four in the spring semester. Between gatherings at UiA the students will work with subject matter individually and in groups. Central work methods are lectures, seminars, oral presentations, self-study, group discussions, teaching practice and documentation of completed practice activities.

Assignments and approval of three work tasks, one of which must be related to the practice period. Oral presentation after the practice has been completed. Practice report.

The workload is estimated at about 800 hours.

Examination requirements

Completed and passed 20 days of supervised and assessed practice.

Three compulsory assessments and a practice report must be assessed as a pass.

Attendance requirement: 75% at mandatory meetings

Examinations

Portfolio of 3 assignments (1 group, 2 individual). Counts 60% towards the final grade.

Oral examination. Counts 40% towards the final grade.

Graded assessment.

Student evaluation

The study programme manager, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.

Reduction of Credits

This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:

Course Reduction of Credits
PED409 – School Knowledge for Non-Norwegian Teachers. 30
PED222 – School and Pre-school Knowledge for Non-Norwegian Teachers. 30
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