Course Objectives

Subject didactics practical training

This focuses on the learning, needs and development of young people, primarily in upper secondary schools. A pedagogical approach to design, arts and crafts forms the basis for the course.

The student will:

• Become acquainted with the relevant school textbooks for the appropriate level of teaching.
• Relate theory to experience-based practical training.
• Validate his/her choices of teaching and learning methods.
• Inspire and supervise pupils using active and explorative teaching and learning methods.
• Be responsible, clear and professional and someone that pupils can trust.
• Work with various teaching planning methods.
• Develop assignments and exercises.
• Facilitate the learning and expressive needs of pupils.
• Assess pupils’ work and learning.
• Use portfolio assessment.
• Use practical training to increase knowledge of teaching skills.

Professional didactics practical training

This will highlight issues that become apparent when practicing the profession.

The student will be able to:

• Become familiar with professional functions and responsibility.
• Acquire knowledge about the characteristics of the profession.
• Participate in practical learning tasks.
• Respond constructively to guidance.
• Use the appropriate criteria for evaluating production processes and products.
• Develop change skills by participating in a business’s adaptation to new requirements for production methods and design of products.
• Develop social skills through adaptability, cooperation, capacity for empathy and tolerance.
• Acquire professional expertise and skills in ethical reasoning by relating to values​​, norms and standards.

Course Description

Subject and professional didactics includes planning, organising, implementation, presentation, evaluation and critical analysis of teaching or vocational-specific practical training in the area of design, art and crafts subjects.

The practical training may in some cases be related to the student’s Bachelor’s thesis (students should consult with the teacher about this).

It concerns how:

• Subject didactics can be organised, and teaching implemented, so that the intentions of the curriculum are fulfilled, and curriculum analysis, guidance, assessment and development / change are also carried out.
• In professional didactics the student can acquire knowledge through a focus on professional functions and the responsibilities of professional life.

Teaching is related to the five basic skills described in the National Curriculum for Knowledge Promotion. The focus is on the learning, needs and development of young people, primarily in upper secondary schools. A pedagogical approach to design, arts and crafts forms the basis for the course.

Professional practice relates to the actual practice of the profession, to design processes and the market economy.

Subject and professional didactics is also integrated into other courses. Subject and professional didactics’ reflection will be enhanced through teaching and guidance from the student’s mentor, and guidance in a business.

Learning Methods

For a 5-week period, students will plan, implement, and evaluate teaching or practical training in the area of design, art and crafts.

This will take place in either:

• An upper secondary school / folk high school (for subject-teacher students and those students who choose a “flexible Bachelor’s degree programme”); or

• By professional training (for Visual Art & Design students).
  

Students will work in groups, but each student will write a report about their work, which must state the reasons for selection and evaluation. Similarly, each group will present their work for the rest of their fellow students; the presentation should include images and a focus on themes.

The practical training may in some cases be related to the student’s Bachelor’s thesis (students should consult with the teacher about this).

Assessment Methods

• Individual report with justifications for selection and evaluation.
• Group presentation of the work including representation of images and a focus on themes.

Examination

Grade: pass / fail.

Please refer to the Telemark University College Examination Regulations for more information.

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