OSLO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Geir Hoaas
Førsteamanuensis, Religion
& Etikk (Associate Professor of Religion & Ethics)
OSLO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
HØGSKOLEN I OSLO, FØRSKOLELÆRERUTDANNINGEN
Fields of Special Interest:
Theology:Biblical
(spec. Old Testament), Mission & Ecumenics
Religion:Judaism,
Buddhism, Shintoism, New Age
Education:Curriculum
of Religion & Ethics, Cultural Heritage
Cross-cultural Communication:Identity,
World-view
Special focus: "Third
Culture Kids" (or "Hjemigranter")
As you can see, some of my links are in Norwegian, but some are also in English. Make your choice!
| Courses taught in English, at Faculty of Education, OUC |
Personal:
| Utdanning, Praksis,Publikasjoner | NORUT |
| Education, Experience, Publications | Third Culture Kids |
| Japan | Ghana |
| Israel | |
| Zambia |
A Short Introduction:
I am teaching Religion & Ethics to
the students of the Degree Programme in Early Childhood
Education (ECE) within the Faculty of Education at Oslo
University College (OUC). OUC offers more than 20 professional
study programmes, and focuses on uniting high theoretical skills with closeness
to each professional field. Our programme is one of these. OUC has more than
8.000 students, of which 2.400 study at the Faculty of Education. The two
study progammes, ECE and Teacher Programme (for Primary school teachers) divide
the students evenly, about 1.200 each. At ECE we have a teaching staff of
about 70. My subject of teaching, Religion & Ethics, is one of five subjects
in the first year of study. We are 3 fulltime teachers covering the field.
Our course has three main areas of focus: Religion (general concepts, psychology
of religion, and special focus on Islam), Christian belief and tradition (with
special focus on the festivals and cultural heritage), and Ethics (basic as
well as professional ethics). In all three areas, the practical aspects of
relating these values in a Pre-school setting, are given due consideration.
My own background is
quite varied. I have been engaged in Teacher programmes since 1992. Previous
to that, I was in church work, partly as minister, partly as seminary teacher,
and partly as administrator of various fields of church-related activities,
including some years as principal of a language institute for foreign missionaries
in Kobe, Japan. Japan has
been my place of work for about 15 years. I did my professional studies in
theology mainly in Oslo, Norway, with additional graduate studies in the US,
at Concordia Seminary in St.Louis, as well as periods of study in Cambridge
and Jerusalem. This being my background, I am much concerned with issues relating
to the cross-cultural field. Norway is gradually becoming a multi-cultural
society, especially in larger urban areas, where schools and pre-schools no
longer have a homogenous cultural group of children. This is a challenging
aspect of both our subject, as well as the education as a whole. My main focus
of interest at the present is therefore: How to
relate values in a multi-cultural society?
On a personal level, I am much concerned with the issues related to the socalled
"Homecoming Immigrants" ("Hjemigranter"), with special focus on the children
who have grown up abroad and come back to their "home-country", also called
"Third Culture Kids"(TCK).
These issues are treated more extensively in publications from the NORUT
organization.
Geir Hoaas
FLU, Høgskolen i Oslo,
Priv:
Pilestredet 52, 0167 Oslo Hammerstadsgt.
21 B, 0363 Oslo
Tel:
22 45 22
77 Tel:
21 94 55 11
