6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 1002884AEW for working students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.
The course covers the following major topics during the lectures:
· Exploration of educational sciences and pedagogy as a scientific discipline, including the multiple and integrative nature; theoretical movements in pedagogical sciences; selection of pedagogical theorists.
· Education in a societal context.
· The school as an institutionalized learning environment: analysis of societal accusations and demands for educational reform.
· Learning and change: learning paradigms and their impact on instructional processes, educational frameworks.
· Foundations of learning for change and lifelong learning.
A practical application analyzes a subcomponent of education al practice.
Reader and online learning platform available.
The course contributes to the domain-specific learning outcomes of the bachelors in adult education sciences and psychology (including knowledge of central concepts, models and methods in the pedagogical and educational sciences; framing knowledge and insights within broader interdisciplinary thinking and critically analyzing and applying them...).
Students gain understanding of the field of study of pedagogy and educational sciences, as well as its connection to related fields of study such as learning psychology, sociology of education, and pedagogical-philosophical movements; the relationship between education and society; contemporary learning theories and paradigms; basic concepts of lifelong learning.
Students are introduced to an area of educational practice in which they apply these theoretical insights.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
The final grade consists of a written multiple-choice exam (80%) and a practical assignment (20%). If the student does not participate in one of the evaluation components, no pass for the entire course will be granted (maximum 9/20). To pass the course, the student must obtain at least the equivalent of 8/20 for all components. If the final grade would still be a grade of 10 or more out of 20, but for one part of the evaluation less than the equivalent of 8/20 was obtained, the final grade is reduced at least to the highest failing grade (i.e. 9/20).
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Social Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Profile Cultural Studies (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Adult Education: Initial track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Philosophy and Moral Sciences: default (only offered in Dutch)