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Course Catalog 00/01


Department of Education

PÄS010 Intercultural Education 7.5 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q4

LANGUAGE:English

EXAMINER
Kerstin Burström Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
No special course entry requirements other than to have passed previous courses up to and including term 3 in the pre-school, young people, primary and secondary schooling.

COURSE AIM
The course aims to enable students to teach themselves to look for intercultural understanding based on a perspective in which different cultures meet.

CONTENTS
ITEM 1 consists of local community studies from a historical perspective. This section deals with the clash of cultures when immigrant cultures encounter the local culture.
ITEM 2 deals with the concept of culture clash in the general sense.
ITEM 3 seeks to intergrate the above items.

TEACHING
Emphasis will be given to updating general questions in the immediate environment. The course aims to give support and structure to the students' acquired knowledge, as well as opportunities for proficiency training, which in turn requires the active participation from the students' side throughout the course.

EXAMINATION
Assessment will be both written and oral. The form of assessment can vary from individual written examinations to collective tests and essays.
COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS/CREDITS
Intercultural Education 7.50ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
McLaren, P & Leonard, P (eds). (1993). Paulo Freire. A Critical Encounter. London and New York. Routledge.
Johansson, H, Lundgren, U. P. & Popkewitz, T. S. (eds). (1988). Challenge the Future Through Your Culture. Luleå. Centek.
Articles (150 pages)

REMARKS
SUBJECT DIVISION: Education 3 p, History 1 p, Religion 1 p.

Further information: International Office

Valid for the academic year 00/01.

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