Learning outcome

After successfully completing the course, the candidate will have achieved the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The candidate has / can:

• In-depth knowledge of research into historical use, place and cultural heritage, analysing how political and cultural players, as well as research and educational institutions, influence our perception of place, the past and history.
• Apply interdisciplinary knowledge in relation to history and social studies based on a place’s role in society

Skills

The candidate can:

• Use relevant theories to develop and adapt their own research projects
• Reflect critically on relevant academic and didactic literature and independently formulate questions related to the subject material
• Establish an independent interdisciplinary teaching plan, projects and field trips related to the local area

General competence

The candidate can:

• Disseminate and discuss academic and didactic questions verbally and in writing
• Apply knowledge of place and history to develop new topics and perspectives in teaching
• Apply and communicate the importance of research-ethics in the context of vulnerability and minorities in project

Course Description

Place-based learning is an important part of everyday school life. This course examines how different places in the past, present and future, acquire dissimilar meanings, both in the everyday and in relation to special occasions. What changing meanings are ascribed to places such as Hafrsfjord, Notodden, Eidsvoll or Utøya? What places are worth preserving? What do we remember, who do we remember, and what memories are important enough to be materialised as memorial sites, museums, or places with the status, for example, of World Heritage Sites?

Teaching and Learning Methods

The course includes lectures, project work, seminars and presentations, supervision and student response.

Assessment Methods

Written project counts for 2/3 of the course grade.

Oral presentation of project work (pass / fail).

Written exam counts 1/3 of the course grade.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean