Data on the course

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After completing this course, students are able to justify their educational viewpoints with recent and diverse scientific knowledge.

• The student acquaints her/himself with research carried out in the various research groups of the faculty and with modern educational literature.
• The student is capable of deepening the topics of her/his Bachelor's or Master's thesis
• The student enhances her/his pedagogical skills to respond to the challenges offered by current themes.

The literature packages familiarize the student with various pedagogical challenges in the field of education.  The student chooses one of the literature packages.

Independent  and face-to-face teaching

The literature course is carried through in the spring term, but the course ends at the start of the next autumn term. It is thus possible to study in the summer to complete the course. The student chooses one of the available literature packages. Each package has a responsible leader of its own representing one of the faculty's research groups. The course consists of independent work and includes 2-3 meetings in a small group. The course starts with an information meeting, after which registrations for the course are allowed: the students register for their chosen package on Weboodi.

The literature course comprises

• an information meeting 2 h
• small group sessions 6 h
• independent work 127 h

Students in the Faculty of Education

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You may utilise the course literature in your Master's thesis.

To be handed out/agreed on at the start of the course.

Participation in small group sessions and familiarisation with the chosen literature. Either a literature exam, or essays written on the literature.

Read more about assessment criteria at the University of Oulu webpage.

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