Learning outcome

After successfully completing the course, the candidate will have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

The candidate has knowledge of:

• Physical Education’s characteristics, development and legitimization
• Planning
• Preparation, implementation and evaluation of teaching and training
• Development and change competence
  

Skills

The candidate can:

• Apply knowledge, reflect on and discuss relevant issues and demonstrate competence in teaching work. In relation to subject didactics, the candidate has skills in:Planning
• Preparation, implementation and evaluation of teaching and training
• Development work
• Professional ethics

General competence

The candidate can:

• Apply knowledge and demonstrate the relationship between the academic field and the school’s core values ​​and subject didactic practices
• Demonstrate understanding of the school’s educational aims from a learning and social perspective
• Facilitate cooperation between home and school and with the local community, and demonstrate an understanding of the role of subject, cultural and value disseminator in a multi- and common cultural society
• Demonstrate professional competence and apply it in all relations with pupils, parents and colleagues

Course Description

Subject didactics concerns issues that are shaped by the relationship between the subject area, pedagogy and practical training. In this study of subject didactics, it is essential that students, practice training mentors and subject teachers share a common understanding and work together to develop goals, target areas and teaching and learning methods.

The subject didactics target area in the three-year study program covers the following topics:

• Physical Education’s characteristics, development and legitimization
• Planning
• Preparation, implementation and evaluation of teaching and training
• Development and change competence
• The subject area drama will be related to the theme: the teacher’s role.

15 ECTS, 2nd year of study

This year of study covers the following areas:

• Challenges in the field of practical training
• The relevance of subject didactics to various physical movement cultures
• Subject didactics theory models, teaching methods
• The characteristics of the Physical Education discipline / various professional stances
• Curriculum assessment
• The role of the teacher in the discipline, Physical Education
• Pupil assessment
• Physical Education’s characteristics, development and legitimization
• Planning
• Preparation, implementation and evaluation of teaching and training
• Physical education in the past and present
• Different views on the discipline in a multicultural society
• Sami culture in Norway and indigenous populations in a global perspective
• From the curriculum to practice
• Projects and interdisciplinary work
• Objectives, content, teaching and learning methods and assessment in the discipline
• The individual abilities of pupils
• Adapted teaching in schools

Practical experience will be explored by applying general theoretical models that will provide a basis for reflection and argument. Discussion must be based on relevant experience, basic theory and a formal foundation in relation to the areas mentioned above.

Teaching and Learning Methods

Practical and/or theoretical course assignments will be related to teaching themes. In the practical approach to subject didactics, it is essential to establish coordination with activity teachers throughout the whole of the program. The following teaching and learning methods will be used:

• Practical work experience which will form the basis for subject didactics issues
• Problem-based approaches to various issues
• Themes and individual projects
• Group exercises in subject didactics related to the field of practical training
• Observation as a basis for quality assurance of teaching
• Lectures

Assessment Methods

Course assignments which have received a passing mark

Attendance of compulsory lectures and seminars (see the semester plan)

Final examination:

3-day written home examination.

All compulsory course assignments must have received passing marks before the student will be permitted to take the final examination.

A final grade is entered on the diploma, graded from A to F, where A is the best and E the lowest passing grade. Each course unit must receive a passing grade in order for the student to receive a passing grade for the major course unit.

Please refer to Telemark University College’s examination regulations for further information.

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