Teacher's pedagogical studies, University pedagogy, 5–60 cr

Pedagogical qualification (60 ECTS) include educational studies as well as supervised teaching practice. The studies support the development of participant's conceptions of learning, ethical and social skills, and personal relation to scientific educational knowledge.  During the studies the students develop their pedagogical thinking and identity as researcher-teachers. The studies emphasise research-based approach focusing on individual, communal, and social dimensions of education. 

The pedagogical studies in university pedagogy (10-60 ECTS) form a process, where the participants jointly explore and solve challenges related to teaching, learning and academic work, and build an interdisciplinary collegial teacher network. The development of pedagogical expertise and strengthening agency in academic work are emphasised. Pedagogical expertise is seen as both an individual identity process, and a shared activity in an academic community.

The university pedagogical studies take into account pedagogical perspectives common to all disciplines, as well as discipline-specific issues. 

The broader goal of the studies is to help a participant to strengthen her academic agency and pedagogical expertise at the individual and community level.

After completing the module,  the participant is expected to be able to

• support the professional learning and growth of individuals and communities in an ethically sustainable way
• explore and evaluate the processes and consequences of her pedagogical activities
• support and promote agency, participation and equality in the academic community
• develop her work and pedagogical thinking based on educational research
• work in responsible teaching related positions in educational communities