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Course Catalog 01/02


Department of Education

PÄP057 Advanced Course in the Theory and Practice of Teaching 22.5 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q3-Q4

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER



PREREQUISITES
Applicants must have completed the courses PÄN001, KSP049, PÄP045 and PÄP008.

COURSE AIM
The aims of the course are that students acquire in-depth theoretical knowledge of the ideological, financial and juridical policy for the field of recreation activities. Students are also to acquire knowledge of:
- the public control of comprehensive school, the day-care for school-age children and other recreation activities
- the legislation process and goal- and result-orientated management
- evaluation and follow-up
- the organisation of the public administration and the distribution of duties between central, regional and local government administration
- the political and administrative organisation of the municipality in more detail, its duties, authority and difficulties
- budgeting and the finances of the municipalities and their units
- management and development of a sphere of activities, educational leadership and female and male leadership
- different views on the fostering of learning teachers within a "learning" organisation
- conflicts and crises and of how to develop an alertness to handling conflicts and crises
- recreation activities from an international perspective and national and international networks (ENSAC)
- ways of working that encourage children's and adolescents' initiative

CONTENTS
ITEM 1. Control, management and development of the day-care system for school-age children/ recreation activities.
The political and administrative organisation of the State administration, the municipalities and the county councils.
Evaluation and follow-up.
Budgeting and finances.
Leadership.
Development of a sphere of activities.
Day-care for school-age children/recreation activities from an international perspective
ITEM 2. Work placement
ITEM 3. Degree project

TEACHING
Lectures, lessons, seminars, group-work, degree project and work placement. Project-orientated work procedures that help students to develop ability to encourage children's and adolescent's initiative at school and in recreation activities.

EXAMINATION
Written and oral examination, individually and in groups.
Final evaluation of the degree project.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: Fail, Pass.

ITEMS/CREDITS
Degree project 4.50ECTS
Workplacement/report 12.00ECTS
Advanced vocational training/exam 6.00ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Maltén, A (1998). Kommunikation och konflikthantering - en introduktion. Lund: Studentlitteratur. ISBN 91-44-00808-2.
Stensmo, C (1997). Ledarskap i klassrummet. Lund: Studentlitteratur. ISBN 91-44-00329-3.
Utbildningsdepartementet (1998). Läroplan för det obligatoriska skolväsendet, förskoleklassen och fritidshemmet (Lpo-94). ISBN 91-38-31413-4.
Rönnerman, K. (1998). Utvecklingsarbeten grund för lärares lärande. Lund: Studentlitteratur. ISBN 91-44-00186-X

Litteratur om företagsamhet fastställs senare.
Övrig litteratur fastställs i samråd med examinator.

REMARKS


Valid for the academic year 01/02.

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