Mathematics and Science Education 2
Undergraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 10
- Teaching semesters Autumn
- Course code
- REALDI200
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Resources
- Schedule
Course description
Objectives and Content
Objectives
The course provides insight into how different types of assignments and assessment cultures can promote learning.
The course offers insight into annual planning and how various assessment cultures and interpretations of curricula can foster deep learning.
The course provides knowledge and skills related to exploring and developing one's own teaching practice.
The course offers insight into how interdisciplinary topics related to curricula can be addressed in teaching.
Content
In this course, students will become familiar with how teachers work with assignments, assessments, and annual planning to promote deep learning.
Students will work in ways that are both practice-oriented and research-based through authentic learning situations.
Students will gain experience with R&D projects and learn how to work in a research-based manner to develop teaching practice.
In this course, students will become familiar with how to plan and carry out teaching on interdisciplinary topics relevant to science education in schools.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will have achieved the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge
The student will be able to:
- Provide examples of how exploration of school practice can and should be carried out
- Explain different types of assignments and how they can be used for various purposes in teaching
- Discuss theories that underpin oral and written assessment practices
- Describe various tools for assessing students’ academic progress and incorporate these into annual planning
Skills
The student will be able to:
- Reflect on teaching practice and use research findings for further development
- Design assignments for various purposes that promote deep learning and understanding among students
- Analyze sets of assignments in light of relevant theory
- Carry out assessment work based on different types of assessment criteria
- Plan a subject-specific teaching period in science based on the curriculum, applying principles of constructive alignment
- Ensure health, safety, environment, and equipment handling outdoors, in the lab, and in the science classroom
- Plan and implement interdisciplinary teaching units
General Competence
The student will be able to:
- Search for scientific sources and use them in an objective and appropriate manner
- Apply basic principles for structuring academic and subject didactic texts, including correct use of references
Required Previous Knowledge
PEDA130 and REALDI100-P.
This course is normally taken in parallel with PEDA131 and LANGPRAKSIS1.
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
The course employs teaching methods that include group and plenary discussions of subject-related issues, as well as case- and problem-based group work. Seminars require prepared participation from students.
Students will meet school teachers who present concrete examples from practice, and subject didacticians who contextualize the topics using research-based theory.
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
Up to three compulsory assignments, both individual and group-based, and both written and oral, are required. These assignments connect theory to practice or to examples/cases from school settings.
The assignments are valid for four semesters: the current semester and the three following. All compulsory assignments must be approved in order for the student to be eligible to submit the final exam.
Forms of Assessment
The course uses the following form of assessment:
- A written R&D project assignment.
This written submission fulfills the requirement proposed by the national framework committee that "during the first three years of study, students must write a profession-oriented R&D assignment related to their subject." In addition, the assignment is linked to several of the competence goals related to research on one's own practice, research in schools, assessment of R&D work, and proper use of sources.