Educational Sciences 8, Science, theory and method, 9 credits

Utbildningsvetenskaplig kärna 8, Vetenskap, teori och metod, 9 hp

970A01

The course is disused. Offered for the last time Autumn semester 2023. Replaced by 970G45.

Main field of study

No main field of study

Course level

Second cycle

Course type

Programme course

Examiner

Tünde Puskas

Course coordinator

Tünde Puskas

Director of studies or equivalent

Birgitta Plymoth
Possible deviation from course syllabus/programme syllabus
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Course offered for Semester Weeks Language Campus ECV
L1FOR Pre-school Teacher Programme 7 (Autumn 2019) 201934-201939 Swedish Norrköping, Norrköping C

Main field of study

No main field of study

Course level

Second cycle

Advancement level

A1X

Course offered for

  • Pre-school Teacher Programme

Examination

Applies to all courses regardless of grading scale.

  • 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.

If the course has a three-graded grading scale (U - VG), following applies:

  • Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades.

If the course is a VfU course, the following applies:

  • Examination of applied social and didactic abilities is limited to three (3) occasions.

Grades

Three-grade scale, U, G, VG

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.

Department

Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudier
Code Name Scope Grading scale
STN1 Exercises 4 credits U, G
RAP1 Exercises 5 credits U, G, VG
OBL1 Exercises 0 credits D
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Linköping University common rules and regulations (in Swedish)
Obligatorisk litteratur Callaghan, M. N., & Reich, S. M. (2018). Are educational preschool apps designed to teach? An analysis of the app market. Learning, Media and Technology, 43(3), 280-293. Danielson, K., Wong, K. M., & Neuman, S. B. (2019). Vocabulary in educational media for preschoolers: a content analysis of word selection and screen-based pedagogical supports. Journal of Children and Media, 1-18. Kristin, L. A. (2018). Metod helt enkelt. [2 uppl.] Malmö: Gleerups. Liljestrand, J., & Hammarberg, A. (2017). The social construction of the competent, self-governed child in documentation: Panels in the Swedish preschool. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 18(1), 39-54. Lunneblad, J. (2017). Integration of refugee children and their families in the Swedish preschool: strategies, objectives and standards. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 25(3), 359-369. Löfdahl, Annica; Hjalmarsson Maria & Franzén, Karin (red.) (2014) Förskollärarens metod och vetenskapsteori. Liber. Marklund, L. (2015). Preschool teachers’ informal online professional development in relation to educational use of tablets in Swedish preschools. Professional development in education, 41(2), 236-253. Mukherji, P. & Albon, D. (2018). Research methods in early childhood: an introductory guide. (3 uppl.) Los Angeles, Calif.: SAGE. Pramling Samuelsson, I., Williams, P., Sheridan, S., & Hellman, A. (2016). Swedish preschool teachers’ ideas of the ideal preschool group. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 14(4), 444-460. Øyen, S.A. & Solheim, B. (2015). Akademiskt skrivande: en skrivhandledning. (1. uppl.) Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning. Rekommenderad litteratur: Bryman, Alan (2011). Samhällsvetenskapliga metoder. (2., [rev.] uppl.) Malmö: Liber. Rennstam, J. & Wästerfors, D. (2015). Från stoff till studie: om analysarbete i kvalitativ forskning. (1. uppl.) Lund: Studentlitteratur.

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