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SYLLABUS
Adult Education, basic course , 15 ECTS Credits
 
COURSE CATEGORY   Fristående kurs
MAIN FIELD OF STUDY  
SUBJECT AREA   Education
  COURSE CODE   911G13
AIM OF THE COURSE
On completion of the course, the student should have improved knowledge and understanding of:

- conditions for adult learning - knowledge and learning in relation to adults
* describe and problematise adult learning, orally and/or in writing
CONTENTS
The course consists of three parts. Lifelong learning and changing adult education - this part covers adult learning and lifelong learning as policy areas, and also adult education changing over time. Different contexts for adult learning are problematised

Learning in adulthood - this part covers the adult student and the prerequisites for lifelong learning and participation in adult education. The importance of the adult's everyday life, earlier experiences of studies, ethnicity, gender and disabilities for the studies is problematised in the course.

Knowledge, learning and education perspectives - in this part, different knowledge, learning and education perspectives connected to different contexts of adult learning are problematised
TEACHING
Lectures are alternated with seminars and reflection and tutoring sessions. The contents of the course are processed with varied individual and collective working methods. A central element is field studies connected to the theoretical contents.
EXAMINATION
The course is examined continuously through oral and written assignments in seminars, individually and in groups.

Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course two times are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

GRADING
A grade of Pass or Fail is given for the course
CERTIFICATE
Course certificate is issued by the Faculty Board on request. The Department provides a special form which should be submitted to the Student Affairs Division.
COURSE LITERATURE
The course literature is decided upon by the department in question.
OTHER INFORMATION
Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus.

The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed.
 
Adult Education, basic course
Vuxenpedagogik, grundkurs
 
Department responsible
for the course or equivalent:
IBL - Department of Behavioural Science and Learning
           
Registrar No: 242/07-41   Course Code: 911G13      
    Exam codes: see Local Computer System      
Subject/Subject Area :          
           
Level   Education level     Subject Area Code   Field of Education  
G1X   Basic level     PE1   SA  
The syllabus was approved by the Board of Educational Sciences 2007-05-15