Course syllabus for The purpose and conditions of education

Course syllabus adopted 2024-02-05 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameUtbildningens uppgifter och ramar
  • CodeCLS070
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerMPLOL
  • Education cycleSecond-cycle
  • Main field of studyTechnology and Learning
  • DepartmentSTATSVETENSKAPLIGA INSTITUTIONEN (GU)
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 40127
  • Maximum participants35
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0124 Written and oral assignments 7.5 c
Grading: TH		7.5 c

In programmes

Examiner

  • Helena Stensöta
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Eligibility

General entry requirements for Master's level (second cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

English 6 (or by other approved means with the equivalent proficiency level)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

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Aim

The purpose of the course is to give the student sufficient background knowledge of the school's history, organization, governance, nomenclature and value base to be able to effectively act and interact as a teacher for students in general as well as for those with special needs such as dyslexia, or those with special aptitude for some subject such as mathematics.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

  • account for the origin and historical development of the Swedish school system
  • account for the documents that govern the school including its content.
  • account for the meaning of being a public employee in a politically governed organization with a societal task to educate
  • communicate orally and in writing.
  • analyze school as a political organization
  • discuss the importance of foundational values in school; including human rights the child's perspective and sustainable development.
  • identify special need of pupils and discuss ways to counter them

Content

  • History of school
  • Founding values of school, democracy, human rights
  • Rules and institutions that govern and oversee the school and teachers work
  • Steering and organization of school
  • Special pedagogic, individual and systemic perspectives, with an emphasis on special pedagogical needs among pupils with neuropsychiatric disorders
  • Social scientific argumentation and analysis, oral and in writing

Organisation

The course is given in the form of lectures and seminars

Literature

See Course-PM

Examination including compulsory elements

The examination has the form of three individual submissions, all of which are discussed at seminars. To pass (3), the submission must have the required length and meet the spelled-out criteria: (being based in course literature, being written following a common thread, including independent reasoning around a defined question). For the higher grades (4 and 5), a higher degree of independence in reasoning and question-formulation is required.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.