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Course Catalog 00/01


Department of Education

PÄS031 Local Environment/Community 15.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q1

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Åke Forslund Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
Applicants must have completed the courses KSP046 and PÄP044.

COURSE AIM
The aims of the course are that students:
- acquire knowledge of the nature, culture, social conditions and historical and religious distinctive character of their local environment
- develop ability to recognize the dimension of time in the development of the local community, and to reflect on their own identity
- develop ability to revise their own attitudes concerning ethics and other questions of vital importance
- develop ability to use the local community and environment as a teaching resource
- acquire knowledge of the structure and the rhetorical possibilities of the Swedish language, orally and in writing
- develop awareness of, and ability to use, the language as a discursive instrument
- develop ability to reflect on, analyze and evaluate oral and written communication


CONTENTS
ITEM 1. Social science
Basic knowledge of maps, their construction and fields of application
Geography of names
Weather, climate and seasons
The earth and the earth's surface, natural processes and effects on the earth's surface
Basic industry - agriculture and forestry
The growth of modern Sweden
The democratic basis of values
Social conditions in the home district
Local and regional government
Local and regional public economy
Trade-union matters
The local community as part of the history of the Barents' region and the Nordic states
Unique religious and profane culture-historical places in the region
Original population and state formation
The emergence and development of Christianity and its influence on the Age of Enlightenment, pietism and the so called secularization
Religious life in the local community, its roots and growth and the significance of religion to the individual and to society
Churches and religious currents in modern society
Computer-based learning programs that support investigating work procedures
Computers and learning


Application of scientific methodology
ITEM 2. The Swedish language
Old and new description of language, including phonetics
Vocabulary and word-formation
Rhetoric and text-formation
Analysis of texts written by pupils and of own texts
Discursive writing
A choice of books for children, juveniles and adults


TEACHING
Lectures, lessons, seminars, study visits, excursions.
Group-work and activating, problem-based and interdisciplinary work procedures
will be important aspects of the teaching.


EXAMINATION
Written and oral examination, individually and in group. Evaluation of study journal and "portfolio."
COURSE GRADE SCALE: Fail, Pass.

ITEMS/CREDITS

The Swedish language/assignment 1.50ECTS
The Swedish language/examination 4.50ECTS
Social science/examination 9.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
MOMENT 1
Beskow, P (1994). Trons vägar, om religion och livsfrågor för klasslärare och andra vetgiriga. Stockholm: Proprius förlag.
Björklund, G (1993). Handbok i geografi. Stockholm: Natur och kultur.
Bogren, J m.fl. (1995). Klimatologi - Meteorologi. Göteborg.
Gustafsson, A (1988 el. Senare). Kommun och landsting idag. 4., omarb. Uppl. Malmö: Liber.
Gustafsson, H (1997). Nordens historia. En europeisk region under 1200 år. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Liber kartor (1996 el. senare) Norstedts världsatlas. 4,. Rev. uppl. Stockholm: Norstedt.
Lundholm, K O, Groth, Ö J & Petersson, R Y (1996). North Scandinavian History. Luleå: I-tr./Grafiska huset.
Lundqvist, J (1993 el. senare). Geologi. Processer - landskap - naturresurser. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Selander, S-Å (1993). Undervisa i Religionskunskap. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
MOMENT 2
Holm, L & Larsson, K (1980 el. senare). Svenska meningar (s. 5-59). Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Josephson, O, Melin, L & Oliv, T (1990) Elevtext. Analyser av skoluppsatser från åk 1 till åk 9. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Möijer, K (1988). Svensk ordskatt. Ordkunskap och ordbildning (s. 51-99). Solna: Ekelunds Förlag AB.

Övrig litteratur väljs i samråd med undervisande lärare.



REFERENSLITTERATUR
Rönnlund, B (senaste upplagan). Teori och experiment för lärare och elever. Del 2. Luleå: Norrlands skolkonsult.
Stephansson, O (senaste upplagan). Jord, berg, luft, vatten. Stockholm: Utbildningsradion.
Vetenskapens värld (1992-1995), 6 Jordens utveckling. Köpenhamn: Bonniers.
Vetenskapens värld (1992-1995), 3 Jordens yta. Köpenhamn: Bonniers.


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