Professional Approach in Teaching
15.0 ECTS creditsThe course covers the following:
- Key theories of and perspectives on learning, including behaviourism, constructivism, the sociocultural perspective, and the cognitive perspective.
- Aspects of the home and school environments and other factors that affect pupils' different learning potential in various educational contexts, such as gender, language background, and cognitive development.
- Educational theories focused on the teacher's professional role, lesson planning, and follow-up.
- Teachers' professional ethics as part of their professional role.
- Special education perspectives and concepts used to analyse challenges and conditions in relation to learning at the levels of organisations, groups, and individuals.
- Multilingualism as a challenge and a resource in lesson planning.
- Theory of science perspectives on education as based on science and proven experience, and on the discussion of evidence-based teaching practices.
- Academic writing as a tool for learning, development, and professional dialogue.
Course content related to pupils' different learning potential and the teacher's professional role, lesson planning, and follow-up will be related to the students' own experiences of teaching.
- Key theories of and perspectives on learning, including behaviourism, constructivism, the sociocultural perspective, and the cognitive perspective.
- Aspects of the home and school environments and other factors that affect pupils' different learning potential in various educational contexts, such as gender, language background, and cognitive development.
- Educational theories focused on the teacher's professional role, lesson planning, and follow-up.
- Teachers' professional ethics as part of their professional role.
- Special education perspectives and concepts used to analyse challenges and conditions in relation to learning at the levels of organisations, groups, and individuals.
- Multilingualism as a challenge and a resource in lesson planning.
- Theory of science perspectives on education as based on science and proven experience, and on the discussion of evidence-based teaching practices.
- Academic writing as a tool for learning, development, and professional dialogue.
Course content related to pupils' different learning potential and the teacher's professional role, lesson planning, and follow-up will be related to the students' own experiences of teaching.
Progressive specialisation:
G1N (has only upper‐secondary level entry requirements)
Education level:
Undergraduate level
Admission requirements:
General admission requirements plus either
- field-specific eligibility A6 b (upper secondary school level Mathematics 2a or 2b or 2c, Natural Science 1b or 1a1 + 1a2, Civics 1b or 1a1 + 1a2), or
- field-specific eligibility 6 b (upper secondary school level English B, Mathematics B, Natural Science A, Civics A) .
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.
Course code:
VIG003
This course is included in the following programme
- Primary school Education Programme with workplacement (studied during year 1)
- Primary School Education Programme with workplacement (studied during year 1)
The course is not included in the course offerings for the next period.