Teaching and Learning within the Swedish School system, 7.5 Credits
The course is discontinued
Swedish name: Undervisning och lärande inom det svenska skolsystemet
This syllabus is valid: 2010-08-30
and until further notice
Course code: 2PE094
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: First cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level:
No main field: First cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Education
Contents
Core content of the course is, from an educational perspective, current changes and developments in the curriculum. Language and literacy are studied from an intercultural and gender point of view. The multicultural school is highlighted and problematized. The learning disabilities of pupils in the compulsory school and training schools are studied as well as ways and means to assist pupils with learning disabilities also form part of the course.
Expected learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course students should be able to:
- describe change and development in the contemporary curriculum
- account for and discuss the challenges multicultural schools face
- identify and analyse language and literacy teaching/learning within the school
- account for the Swedish system for pupils with learning disabilities
Required Knowledge
Basic eligibility. Exception from demands on Swedish will be granted if the course is given in English.
Form of instruction
The forms of study are lectures, seminars and workshops.
Examination modes
Students at campus will be examined through their participation in lectures, seminars and workshops as well as in written assignments.
To pass the whole course it is required that all compulsory parts are passed.
The course work is examined at the ordinary examination or re-examined at a later occasion during the same semester. An opportunity to re-examine the course work is normally given in the following semester provided the student has requested it. After that a student with a fail is advised to participate in the next ordinary examination. Re-examinations based on the same curriculum are guaranteed within the two years of the first registration on the course.
A student has the right to change examiner for a course based on a written request to the head of department after two fails on the same course or a part of the course.
Credit for the course is decided by by the Faculty of Arts. The form for applying of course credit www.umu.se/seblankett/SA.
Literature
Valid from:
2010 week 35
Furch Elisabeth C.A.N.E. =b cultural awareness in Europe : Auseinandersetzung mit kultureller Diversität in Europa = a reflection of cultural diversity in Europe Wien : Lernen mit Pfiff : 2003 : 299 s. : ISBN: 3-902285-17-6 Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
Cummins Jim Language, power and pedagogy : bilingual children in the crossfire Clevedon : Multilingual Matters : 2000 : viii, 309 s. : ISBN: 1-85359-474-1 (inb.) Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
Democracy and human rights in education and society : Explorations from South Africa and Sweden Hoppers Odora, Gustavsson Bernt, Motala Enver, Pampallis John (reds.) Örebro : Univ. : 2007 : 304 s. : ISBN: 978-91-7668-543-3 Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
Dilemmas of implementing education reforms : explorations from South Africa and Sweden Odora Hoppers Catherine A., Sporre Karin Uppsala : STEP : 2007 : 390 s. : ISBN: 978-91-89444-27-0 (genererat) Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
Fredriksson Ulf Reading skills among students of immigrant origin in Stockholm Stockholm : Institute of International Education [Institutionen för internationell pedagogik] : 2002 : [2] s., s. v-xv, [1], 243 s. : ISBN: 91-7265-460-0 Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
Gender differences en goal fulfilment and education : http://skolverket.se/sb/d/355 Skolverket : Mandatory
Gibbons Pauline Scaffolding language, scaffolding learning : teaching second language learners in the mainstream classroom Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann : 2002 : 165 s. : ISBN: 0-325-00366-1 Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
Language in multicultural education Salili Farideh, Hoosain R.q (Rumjahn) Greenwich, CT : Information Age Pub. : cop. 2005 : xiii, 408 s. : ISBN: 1-59311-251-3 (pbk.) Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
Multilingualism in global and local perspectives : selected papers from the 8th Nordic Conference on Bilingualism, November 1-3, 2001, Stockholm - Rinkeby Fraurud Kari, Hyltenstam Kenneth Stockholm : Centre for Research on Bilingualism : cop. 2003f Elander Gotab) : xiii, 371 s. : ISBN: 91-631-5238-X Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
National level 2005 : Sweden's Official Statistics on pre-school activities, school-age child care, schools and adult education, National Agency for Educationn P. 1,n Education results : Compulsory school, Upper secondary school, Municipal adult Education, Komvux, National Centre for flexible learning (CFL), Swedish for immigrants (Sfi)[Elektronisk resurs] Stockholm : National Agency [of Education] : 2005 : 1 PDF-fil (172 s. : http://www.skolverket.se/publikationer?id=1508z Fulltext Mandatory
Parekh Bhikhu C A new politics of identity : political principles for an interdependent world Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan : 2008 : 317 s. : ISBN: 978-1-4039-0646-5 (hbk.) Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
