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| SYLLABUS |
| Outdoor Education and Outdoor Didactics,
15 ECTS Credits |
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COURSE CATEGORY Single Subject Course
MAIN FIELD OF STUDY Pedagogik - PEA
SUBJECT AREA
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COURSE CODE |
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917A02 |
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| AIM OF THE COURSE |
• a developed ability to describe, interpret and explain traces of natural forces and human activity in the landscape
• knowledge of the link between nature and human ecology
• expanded knowledge of and accomplishments in natural environments and outdoor life as means and method to develop and exercise practical leadership
• increased understanding and knowledge of the importance of different factors in learning and the impact of the environment on pupils’ understanding
• deeper knowledge of outdoor didactics in relation to different subject areas and themes
• a developed ability autonomously to seek out and critically examine source material relevant to the field. |
| CONTENTS |
Environmental issues, ecology and sustainable development run through the course like a scarlet thread, where the natural and cultural heritage constitute the basis. The course thus elucidates outdoor education as an environmentally focused thematic field of education and research, at the same time as it accentuates the specific aspects of the outdoor didactics field of knowledge: that is to say, the application of both non-textually based practices, such as culture and the natural landscape, and text-based practices are illustrated.
The course also treats how mathematical, physical, chemical, technical and cultural phenomena, traces of natural forces and human activity in the natural and cultural landscape are communicated through the symbols mediated by the landscape.
In the field-based elements of the course are also treated health aspects of outdoor education, different styles of learning and the importance of a varied outdoor environment for concentration, learning, health and motor development.
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| TEACHING |
| Instruction takes place mainly in outdoor environments with the natural landscape as point of departure. Forms of work are varied and comprise laborative field studies and field analyses, excursions, lectures, seminars, study visits, literature study, individual written work and self-instruction. |
| EXAMINATION |
Testing is done continuously by written and oral individual reflective tasks connected to the activities of each course meeting. Literature is examined in literary seminars.
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.
Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades. |
| ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS |
Degree in teacher training of at least three years, e.g. a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent. Documented knowledge of English equivalent to "Engelska B"; i.e. English as native language or an internationally recognized test, e.g. TOEFL (minimum scores: Paperbased 550 + TWE-score 4.0, computorbased 213 and internetbased 79), IELTS, academic (minimum score: Overall band 6.0 and no band under 5.0), or equivalent. |
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| 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 |
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The course literature is decided upon by the department
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| 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. |
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Outdoor Education and Outdoor Didactics
Outdoor Education and Outdoor Didactics |
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Department responsible
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the course or
equivalent:
IKK - Department of Culture and Communication |
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| Registrar No: 242/07-41 |
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Course Code: 917A02 |
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Exam codes: see Local Computer System |
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| Subject/Subject Area : Pedagogik - PEA |
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| Level |
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Education level |
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Subject Area Code |
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Field of Education |
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Advanced level |
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PEA |
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The syllabus was approved by the Board of Educational Sciences 2008-02-05
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