Keywords
General description
Common course for all programmes in MA in Education.
Kaikille opintosuunnille yhteinen opintojakso.
On demand Finnish students can finalize their assignments in Finnish / Tarvittaessa suomalaiset opiskelijat voivat viimeistellä kirjalliset suoritukset suomen kielellä.
Learning outcomes
After the course the student will
- be aware of major debates about education and schooling in different historical and cultural contexts, related to transforming struggles about economical, political and environmental hegemony
- be able to engage in idea-historical discussion and pedagogical argumentation about different meanings and functions of education
Contents
Lectures (also foreign scholars) and group work on transformation of discourses and debates on education in different contexts; selection of Finnish and international book chapters and journal articles; reflections on cross-cultural cases related to students´ research orientation.
Teaching methods
| Teaching method | Contact | Online |
| Lectures | 20 h | 0 h |
| Independent work | 57 h | 31 h |
Teaching language
EnglishModes of study
- Degree Programme Students
- Other Students
- Open University Students
- Doctoral Students
- Exchange Students
Lectures, selected readings, archive research and report on selected struggle on education, which is related to student´s research topic; partly in Moodle-environment
Evaluation and evaluation criteria
Numeric 1-5.Active participation; quality of argumentation; quality of report
Study materials
Selection of Finnish and other monographs on conceptual and political history of different forms of education, Finnish and international journals, material produced by collaborating experts.
Belongs to following study modules
2018–2019
