EDUS1050 Teaching in Multilingual and Multicultural Settings (5 cr)

Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Faculty of Education and Psychology
Curriculum periods:
2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020

Description

Content

- Finnish school system and multilingualism in school
- Language across curriculum and parallel language and content learning
- Scaffolding learning
- Promoting plurilingualism in a classroom
- Teacher collaboration

Completion methods

- Finnish school system and multilingualism in school
- Language across curriculum and parallel language and content learning
- Scaffolding learning
- Promoting plurilingualism in a classroom
- Teacher collaboration

Assessment details

Active participation and completing and passing learning assignments/exam.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the course the student will be able to
- understand the special features and requirements of teaching and learning through a second language
- pay attention to special features of guiding, scaffolding and assessing students’ learning in culturally and linguistically diverse groups
- use students’ plurilingualism as a resource in the classroom
- analyse and assess the linguistic and communicative requirements of different school subjects

Study materials

To be specified in the Study Programme / To be announced at the beginning of the course.

Completion methods

Method 1

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