OJUA2041 Language in Learning Environments (5–6 cr)

Study level:
Intermediate studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of Teacher Education
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

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.
Modules 1, 2 and 4 are compulsory.
Select NaN parts
Parts of the completion methods
x

Module 1, self-study of course units (1 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Language:
English

Teaching

x

Module 2, work in reading circle (1 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Language:
English

Teaching

x

Module 4, group project work (3 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English

Teaching

x

Module 3, literature review on chosen topic (elective) (1 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English

Teaching