Education MA, Children's Learning in Informal and Formal Contexts II, 7.5 credits

Aim

The course aims to enable the student to develop an advanced understanding of children’s learning in both informal and formal contexts. The course also aims to develop the student’s enhanced ability to independently manage the complexity inherent in children’s informal and formal learning in relation to educational settings, in development work, and in research.

Course objectives

After completion of the course, the student shall be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

• Demonstrate in‑depth knowledge and understanding within Education, including providing an overview of the field and explaining, in an advanced manner, the conditions for young children’s learning.
  Skills and abilities

• Present their own conclusions orally and in writing, explain the underlying knowledge and reasoning, and discuss these in dialogue with different groups.

• Critically and systematically integrate knowledge and analyse questions and phenomena related to the conditions for children’s learning.

• Demonstrate the skills required to participate in research and development work or to work independently in other qualified professional contexts.
  Judgement and approach

• Identify and formulate questions in a critical, independent, and creative manner; plan and carry out a field study using appropriate methods within given time frames that contributes to the development of knowledge about the conditions for children’s learning; and evaluate the completed work.

• Reflect on the possibilities and limitations of science, describe its role in society, and explain individuals’ responsibility for how science is used.

• Demonstrate knowledge within their subject area and take responsibility for their continued learning.

Content

The course addresses educational research and theories of children’s learning in both informal and formal contexts. The course includes the writing of a text on children’s learning that is to discuss and critically examine central scientific concepts in relation to empirical material concerning children’s learning in educational settings.

Entry requirements

A completed degree of at least 180 credits, including an independent degree project (15 credits) in the main field of study of Education or an equivalent field, or a completed teacher education degree of at least 180 credits including a 15-credit independent project. Proficiency in Swedish and English equivalent to the general entry requirements for first-cycle studies in Sweden is also required.

Selection rules and procedures

The selection process is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance and the local order of admission.

Teaching form

Teaching is conducted mainly online, with a number of mandatory digital meetings.

Examination form

3001: Individual written and oral examination, 7.5 Credits
Grade scale: Three-grade scale
The examination consists of an individually written text and an oral presentation of that text.

Link to grading criteria: https://www.miun.se/gradingcriteria

If a student has a certificate from the coordinator at Mid Sweden University regarding educational support due to a disability, the examiner has the right to provide an adapted form of examination.

Grading system

Three-grade scale

Other information

The course may not be included in a degree together with the course codes PE056A och PE082A.

Course certificates, credit transfers, appeals, etc., are regulated by the Higher Education Ordinance.