Education B, Education for All - The Swedish System, 7,5 credits

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Pedagogik GR (B), Utbildning för alla – det svenska systemet, 7,5 hp
Education B, Education for All - The Swedish System, 7,5 credits

General data

  • Code: PE045G
  • Subject/Main field: Education
  • Cycle: First cycle
  • Progression: (B)
  • Credits: 7,5
  • Progressive specialization: G2F - First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
  • Education area: Undervisning 100%
  • Answerable faculty: Faculty of Human Sciences
  • Answerable department: Education
  • Approved: 2011-01-04
  • Date of change: 2023-11-15
  • Version valid from: 2024-01-10

Aim

The aim of the course is that the student, within the major area of teacher educational studies, develops knowledge of ‘Education for All’ and practical and aesthetical expressions and learning processes in relation to the compulsory and voluntary Swedish school system.

Course objectives

After completion of the course the students should:
- display ability to critically reflect on and analyze the policies and practice of schooling in political, societal, cultural, and pedagogical contexts,
- have knowledge of how the Swedish schools work with special educational needs and inclusion with focus on students participation and community,
- have gained knowledge and understanding of the importance of equality and fundamental values for educational work,
- have gained knowledge of practical and aesthetical expressions and learning processes.

Content

- Curricula and other policy documents for the Swedish school system,
- Fundamental values of democracy in educational work,
- Special educational needs and inclusion with focus on students participation and community,
- Policies and implementation concerning "Education for All"
- Practical and aesthetical expressions and learning processes.

Entry requirements

General entry requirements
(Äldre gymnasiebetyg)

Selection rules and procedures

The selection process is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance and the local order of admission.

Teaching form

The teaching is normally organized through lecturing, seminars, group exercises and tutorials. The teaching activities can be carried out with support from information and communication technology as a whole or partly. Parts of the teaching can be compulsory. The course will be given in English.

Examination form

2101: Practical and aesthetical expressions and learning processes, oral Examination, 2.5 Credits
Grade scale: Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.

2102: Special Educational Needs, written paper, 5 Credits
Grade scale: Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.

The course examinations are written and oral, continuous or final. The course work should be examined at the ordinary examination or re-examined at a later occasion during the same semester. Two opportunities to re-examine the course work are normally given in the following semester while the student has requested it. After that a student with a fail-grade is advised to participate in the next ordinary examination. Re-examinations based on the same curriculum are guaranteed within one year after the first registration on the course.
Link to criterion for subject-specific grade: www.miun.se/betygskriterier.

Grading system

Seven-grade scale, A, B, C, D, E, Fx and F. Fx and F represent fail levels.

Course reading

Select litterature list:

Required literature

  • Author: The Swedish National Agency for Education.
  • Title: Curriculum for the Pre-shool Lpfö 18
  • Edition: Senaste upplaga
  • Publisher: www.skolverket.se
  • Comment: 19 pp.
  • Author: The Swedish National Agency for Education
  • Title: Curriculum for the comlulsory school, preschool class and the recreation centre Lgr22
  • Edition: Senaste upplagan
  • Publisher: Skolverket, Stockholm
  • URL: www.Skolverket.se/om-skolverket
  • Comment: ISBN 987-91-86529-58-1 279 pp.
  • Author: The Swedish National Agency for Education
  • Title: Educational equity in the Swedish school system? A quantitativ analysis of equity over time.
  • Edition: 2014
  • Publisher: Skolverket, Stockholm
  • URL: www.skolverket.se/om-skolverket
  • Comment: ISBN 978-91-7559-120-9. 99 pp.
  • Author: Närvänen, A L, Elvstrand, H
  • Article title: What is participation? Pedagogues interpretativ repertoires and ideological dilemmas regarding childrens participation in Swedish leisure-time centres
  • Year/Volume/nr/pages: International Journal for research on extended education
  • Author: Englund, Tomas
  • Title: Rethinking democracy and education: toward an education of deliberative citizens
  • Edition: 2000
  • Publisher: J Curriculum Studies, 2000, vol 32, No 2, 305-313
  • URL: http:// www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/ 002202700182772
  • Author: Emilsson, Anette
  • Article title: Young Children´s Influence in Preschool
  • Journal: 2007/vol 39/ no1/ p11-38
  • Year/Volume/nr/pages: International Journal och Early Childhood.
  • Author: Berhanu, Girma
  • Article title: Even in Sweden? Excluding the included: Some reflections on the concequenses of new policies on educational processes and outcomes, and equity in education.
  • Journal: 2010/ Vol 25 /No 3
  • Year/Volume/nr/pages: International journal of Special Education
  • Comment: 10 pp
  • Author: Ahlström, Björn
  • Article title: Student participation and school success. the realtionship between participation, grades and bullying among 9th grade students in Sweden
  • Journal: 2010/Vol 1/No 2
  • Year/Volume/nr/pages: Educational Inquiry

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