Professional Aspects of Teaching (for Primary Teachers)
The course prepares student teachers for a profession-specific identity and a professional life. The course focuses on the organisation and mission of the school based on relevant policies. In the course, pedagogical-didactic issues and various theoretical, practical and aesthetic perspectives on learning and teaching are introduced.
School Based Studies (Practicum)
This course's practical content in a school environment must be contrasted with, and woven together with, the theoretical content of the previous course, Professional Aspects of Teaching. The focus of this course is on at least one leadership assignment performed by the student, and observations of the supervisor's teaching.
Learning and Teaching
The course deals with the professional task of teachers to promote and provide conditions for children's, students' and adults' learning both at group and individual levels. Based on theories of social and cognitive development, central didactic concepts for the planning and analysis of teaching and learning are introduced.
Knowledge, Science and Research Methodology
The course provides a broad introduction to questions about knowledge, science and research methodology. It provides preparation both for continued academic education and for professional activity as a teacher in school.
Ethics, Democracy and the Heterogeneous Teaching Environment
The course deals with social and cultural processes between students and between students and teachers: how issues of democracy pervade the work in the school at different levels, from issues of democracy and equal treatment in the school's learning environments to issues of the school's organization and political governance in a democratic society.