Learning outcome

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

Knowledge

The candidate has knowledge of:

- The origin of didactics; the development of its scientific foundation in an educational-theoretical tradition

- The content of the education concept and its relevance today

Skills:

The candidate can:

- Analyse curricula and policy documents in light of didactic models and curriculum theory

- Contribute in an informed manner to the normative debate about the aims of didactics from the nursery to the university

- Use didactics as a tool when planning, implementing, evaluating and renewing learning activities aimed at children, young people and adults

General competence

The candidate:

- Has knowledge of and can relate critically and analytically to research within the field of didactics

- Can relate critically and analytically to perspectives on education policy in the area of didactics

Course Description

The course focuses on didactics in relation to education and curricula and their various forms of practice. Didactics is a principal subject in contexts concerning systematic training, whether in nurseries or schools, an educational workshop or an organisation. It serves as a tool both for planned system development and critical reflection. It is closely related to practical contexts, but also requires a willingness to formulate visions and plans for practices that have not yet been formulated or tested. Education concerns models and values ​​that we choose to follow as individuals, groups and communities, and the enthusiasm we infuse in realising these values.

Teaching and Learning Methods

Lectures, seminars, group work and counselling.

Assessment Methods

Two assignments must be approved before the student will be permitted to sit the examination. The examination is a presentation portfolio with graded marks, which counts for 100 percent of the course grade.

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