PED2310 – Multicultural Education: - An introduction to the field
Course description
Course content
The course addresses the following issues:
- Perspectives on Norway as a multicultural country
- Multicultural environments; perspectives on socialization and identity formation
- Linguistic minorities in preschool and other educational institutions
- Organizing teaching in multilingual and multiethnic learning environments
- Working against racism in education
Learning outcome
Knowledge
After completing the course you will
- have insight into research-based knowledge about issues concerning childrens’ development of language and concepts, knowledge and social integration in a multicultural and mulitalingual context
- be able to document such insights as mentioned above
- have knowledge of research topics such as:
- Possibilities and challenges in multiethnic and multilingual classrooms
- Different perspectives on cultural belonging
- language learning and bilingualism
- Have a good understaning of the legal rights of linguistic minority children and youths and indigenous minorities in Norwegian schools and educational institutions.
Skills
After completing the course you will be able to apply the knowledge achieved in solving practical and theoretical issues of multicultural education from preschool to upper secondary school.
Admission
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Basic entrance requirements for studies at university level in Norway.
Prerequisites
Recommended previous knowledge
It is recommended that you have at least one semester of courses in educational sciences before you attend the course.
Overlapping courses
10 credits overlap with PED1310 – Flerkulturell pedagogikk (discontinued)
Teaching
The course consists of lectures, seminars and students’ oral presentations of assignments given during the course.
Student activities are central elements in the course. These include formulation of problems, presentation and discussions related to compulsory components.
Only students that are formally admitted to the course through StudentWeb may attend the classes. Students need to be formally enrolled in order to complete the course requirements.
Compulsory component:
- Attendance is compulsory for the first lecture. If you do not attend you will loose the right to participate and complete the examination. If you are ill or otherwise prevented from attending, you must contact the course administrator before the lecture.