Methodology and development work in school- Primary Education

The course deals with accounts, problematisations and applications with relevance to the professional practice in primary education and includes discussions of:
-national and international research results of teacher and school development efforts and their results
-different scientific and epistemological perspectives on research with relevance to the development and evaluation of teaching
-different research designs and methods with relevance to education, teaching and learning
-different positions and methodological choices in subject-specific education research on teaching, its conditions and consequences in different school subjects,
-formulate and delimit a relevant subject education research question.

Progressive specialisation: A1N (has only first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Master's level

Admission requirements: LPGG01, LPGG02 plus Teacher education programme lower primary school: Completed courses LPGG04 and LPGG17 plus completed 45 ECTS credits for LPGG06, LPGG07, LPGG08, LPGG13, and LPGG14. Teacher education programme upper primary school: Completed courses LPGG05 and LPGG18 plus completed 45 ECTS credits for LPGG09 and one of the courses LPGG10/LPGG19/LPGG20/LPGKVM, and LPGG15.

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.

This course is included in the following programme

• Primary Education Programme: x (studied during year 4)
• Primary Education Programme: Teaching in pre-school class and grades 1-3 (studied during year 4)
• Primary Education Programme (studied during year 5)