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School of Social Sciences Reg. No. SVI 2009/127-514
C O U R S E S Y L L A B U S
General field of Education 2 – Teaching, learning and social background Lärarrollen utifrån de ungas bakgrund
Course Code GA5221
Date of decision 2009-10-14
Decision-making Body The Board of the School of Social Sciences Valid from 2009-10-01
Language of instruction Swedish
Subject Social sciences, pedagogics, history, religion and media tech- nology
Credits / ECTS credits
15
Level Basic level
Specific level G1
Type of course The course is part of the General field of Education in the teacher training programme
Prerequisites For admission to the course it is required that the student is accepted to a teacher training programme including specializa-tion studies. Credits for internships in preceding courses must be registered as successfully completed.
Expected learning outcomes
General aims:
In this course the students shall be given possibility to develop their teacher profession through forming of knowledge, training of ability and exchange of experience in issues con- cerning the actors of pre-school/school/day-center for school- aged, in the form of children/pupils, teachers, but also parents and media as well as the interaction between them.
Understanding of the significance of the group in meetings between children/pupils, teachers and pupils and between the school and parents etc shall develop through the course.
Knowledge of the relation between the individual, the group and society as well as the varied life conditions of chil- dren, youth and adults in society shall be developed and re- lated to the conditions for educative meetings for everybody.
Knowledge of learning and socialization shall be placed in a historical perspective and special interest shall be devoted to diversity aspects as gender, class, ethnicity and religious con- fession.
During the internships (VFU) the student shall participate in, document and evaluate educative situations, examine local control documents and from his/her collected observations problematize the pedagogic work.
Internship constitutes an important and necessary part of the course and shall be looked upon as an integrated part link- ing general theoretical knowledge to the concrete everyday activity of pre-school/school/day-center for school-aged.
The whole course shall be characterized by discussion, dia- logue and an interdisciplinary approach. The possibilities of the information and communication techniques for the learn- ing process shall be tested and elucidated.
Learning outcomes:
After accomplished course the students shall be able to:
- Account for the actors of pre-school/school/day-center for school-aged in relation to the contexts within which they are active
- Describe the different life conditions of children/pupils and families.
- Problematize the values, norms and the changing roles played by the actors of pre-school/school/day-center for school-aged.
- Problematize learning and socialisation in a life-long perspective by using concepts as identity, linguistic and psychological development, gender/class/ethnicity and culture/religion.
- Account for discrimination issues, test various methods of conflict handling, as well as be able to apply methods for identifying and preventing different forms of violating treatment.
- Describe the media habits of children and pupils as well as be able to discuss these in relation to a pedagogic practice.
- Carry out and analyse interviews and other dialogues with children/youth.
- Participate in, document and evaluate learning and problematize pedagogic work.
- Communicate with teachers, children/pupils and fellow stu-
3 Course contents The course focuses on the actors of pre-school/school/day-
center for school-aged and the interaction that takes place in and around these institutions. The influence of social and cul- tural backgrounds on educative meetings is studied. Perspec- tives of both the child/pupil and of the teacher is applied.
In the course the development of the individual as a social subject and the significance of meaning making in a pedagogic practice are emphasized. The relation between school and society is analysed regarding reproduction patterns, where cate-gories as class, gender and ethnicity are central. Groups and group processes are studied.
Life conditions of children and pupils are discussed and re- lated to learning and “a school for everybody”. In this course the students study the media habits of children/youth/adults.
The studies have qualitative focus and make it possible for the student to reflect about the everyday life of children and youth in and outside the school. The students learn and test a scien- tific method as a step in the scientific progression of the pro- gramme. The work is documented in the form of a report.
The course comprises three ECTS of internship where the content of the course is related to professional practice. The significance of interaction in the meeting with children, pupils and parents is emphasized. This is carried out through active participation by the intern.
In the course the students document their work in a digital portfolio. Moreover, information and communication tech- niques are used for coordination and control of the investiga- tion carried out in the course by the students. The course com- prises the following parts: pedagogics 3 ECTS,
sociology/media- and communication 6,75 ECTS,
history/religion 1,5 ECTS, media technology 0,75 ECTS and internship 3 ECTS.
Teaching methods Lectures and seminars as well as internship. Discussions and assignments are also carried out via an Internet-based educa- tion platform.
Mandatory elements are indicated in study guides and schedules.
Required reading See the end of the document.
Assessment methods The examination is carried out in the form of active participa- tion in seminars, written and/or oral exams, papers and oral presentations. The ability to put knowledge into adequate practice is tested. The adherence to the ethic rules is assessed.
The student’s professional attitude during the internship is examined after consultation with the vocational instructors.
Type of grades Pass with distinction, Pass and Fail will be used. For the in- ternship one of the marks Pass or Fail will be used.
Credit overlap
Study certificate If requested, students who have passed the course receive a study certificate.
Other information Students who fail the internship are offered only one renewed test.
Required reading
Author Title, publishing house, year Pages
Ahrne, Göran; Roman, Christine & Franzén, Mats
Det sociala landskapet: en sociologisk
beskrivning av Sverige från 1950-talet till början av 2000-talet Göteborg Korpen (2003). (Kapitel.
1-4) 200
Ambjörnsson, Fanny I en klass för sig. Genus,kKlass och sexualitet bland gymnasietjejer. Stockholm: Ordfront.
(avser senare år och gymnasiet)
361
Andersson, Lena Var det bra så? Stockholm: Natur och kultur.
(2004)
175
Aspelin, Jonas Zlatan, Caligula och ordningen i skolan.
Studentlitteratur. (2003)
200
de Swaan, Abram Mänskliga samhällen. Lund: Arkiv förlag. (2003) 175 Dimenäs, Jörgen red. Lära till lärare. Liber 2007 (Kapitel 1-5) 70 Egidius, Henry Att vara lärare i vår tid. Stockholm: Natur och
kultur. (2005)
221
Eriksson, Björn m fl. Skolan – en arena för mobbning. Stockholm:
Skolverket/Liber. (2002) (www.skolverket.se)
146
Gripsrud, Jostein Mediekultur och mediesamhälle. Göteborg:
Daidalos. (2002) (Kapitel 1-3)
119
Hwang, Philip & Nilsson, Björn
Utvecklingspsykologi: från foster till vuxen.
Stockholm: Natur och kultur. (2003) (Delar av 295 s.)
150
Jenner, Håkan Motivation och motivationsarbete i skola och behandling. Stockholm: Myndigheten för skolutveckling/Liber distr. (2004) (Kapitel 1-2) (www.skolutveckling.se)
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Månsson, Per Båten i parken. Stockholm: Prisma. (2000) (Kapitel 1 och 5-7)
155
Skolverket Utkast till allmänna råd om att främja likabehndling och förebygga diskriminering, trakasserier och kränkande behandling.
(www.skolverket.se)
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Skolverket Överenskommet! Stockholm: Liber. (1999) (www.skolverket.se)
152
Skolverket På tal om mobbning – och det som görs.
Kunskapsöversikt.Stockholm: Fritzes (2009) (www.skolverket.se)
203
5 arbete med barn och unga. Stockholm: Liber.
(2003) (avser förskola och tidigare år) Utbildningsdepartementet Läroplan för förskolan (Lpfö 98). Stockholm:
Fritzes. (1999) (www.skolverket.se)
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Utbildningsdepartementet Läroplan för det obligatoriska skolväsendet, förskolan och fritidshemmet (Lpo94). Stockholm:
Fritzes. (1999) (www.skolverket.se)
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Utbildningsdepartementet Läroplan för den frivilliga skolan (Lpf94).
Fritzes. (1995) (www.skolverket.se)
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Thornberg, Robert Det sociala livet i skolan. Socialpsykologi för lärare. Stockholm: Liber. (2006)
301
Vetenskapsrådet Forskningsetiska principer inom humanistisk- samhällsvetenskaplig forskning. (20029 (www.vr.se)
Ödman, Per-Johan Kontrasternas spel: en svensk mentalitets- och pedagogikhistoria. Stockholm: Norstedts akademiska förlag. (2006) (Kapitel 35-37)
129
Kompendium (will be sold by Repro.) ca 150
Reference literature
Bakhtiari, Marjaneh Kalla det vad fa´n du vill. Stockholm: Ordfront.
(2005)
298
Hassen Khemiri, Jonas Ett öga rött. Stockholm: Norsteds förlag. (2003) 252 Jordahl, Anneli Klass – Är du fin nog? Atlas (2004) (e-bok) 160 Linderborg, Åsa Mig äger ingen. Stockholm: Atlas (2007) 293
