Learning outcome

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

Knowledge:

The candidate has knowledge of:

- Key topics in world history up to 1914

- Regional conflicts

- Maps and how to use them

- Migration, multicultural society, indigenous peoples and national minorities

Skills

The candidate can:

- Provide instruction about social conditions from a multicultural and transnational perspective

- Help develop pupils’ oral skills through practice in debates and other oral activities in social studies

General competence
The candidate can:

- Communicate and collaborate with children from varied social and cultural backgrounds

- Facilitate cooperation and conflict resolution in collaboration with pupils

Course Description

The course focuses on conflict, democracy and multicultural society. It covers topics such as regional conflicts and multiculturalism.

Teaching and Learning Methods

The course uses varied and active teaching and learning methods such as class discussions, lectures, seminars, working with sources and writing assignments.

Parts of the course are obligatory. Information concerning this will be provided in the semester plan.

Assessment Methods

Continuous assessment

Students will participate in group work to be performed orally for the rest of the class, which will be assessed on a pass/fail basis.

Final assessment

Group assignment in subject didactics. Counts for 1/4 of the final grade.

Individual oral examination. Counts for 3/4 of the final grade.

The following grade scale is used in the assessment:

Symbol	Description	General, qualitative description of valuation criteria
A	Excellent	An excellent performance, clearly outstanding. The candidate demonstrates excellent judgement and a high degree of independent thinking.
B	Very good	A very good performance. The candidate demonstrates sound judgement and a very good degree of independent thinking.
C	Good	A good performance in most areas. The candidate demonstrates a reasonable degree of judgement and independent thinking in the most important areas.
D	Satisfactory	A satisfactory performance, but with significant shortcomings. The candidate demonstrates a limited degree of judgement and independent thinking.
E	Sufficient	A performance that meets the minimum criteria, but no more. The candidate demonstrates a very limited degree of judgement and independent thinking.
F	Fail	A performance that does not meet the minimum academic criteria. The candidate demonstrates an absence of both judgement and independent thinking.

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