OJUA2041 Language in Learning Environments (4–6 cr)
Study level:
Intermediate studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of Teacher Education
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023
Description
- understanding organizational cultures through schoolscape
- basic methods in schoolscape research
- understanding how interaction takes place in various schoolscape settings
- community planning and negotiation/contestation of schoolscapes
- current trends in learning environment design
- developing schoolscape-aware pedagogies
Learning outcomes
Upon completing of the course the student will be able to
- critically study and interpret physical learning environments (that is, schoolscapes)
- construct and express their view on the impact of physical learning environments on interaction, with a special regard to multilingual interaction
- build strategies for the conscious design and development of physical learning environments in their own teaching practice
Study materials
Chiles, Prue & Leo Care (eds. 2015). Building schools: key issues for contemporary design. Birkhäuser.
Dudek, Mark (2015). Schools and Kindergartens: A Design Manual. Birkhäuser.
Laihonen, Petteri & Tamás Péter Szabó (eds. 2018). Studying the visual and material dimensions of education and learning. Linguistics and Education, Vol. 44. [Special issue]
Articles to be announced.
Completion methods
Method 1
Description:
Participation in contact teaching and/or independent study, learning assignments and/or exam. Mode of completion to be specified in the Study Programme.
Evaluation criteria:
Active participation in teaching and completing and passing learning assignments/exam.
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Participation in teaching (5 cr)
Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English