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PFF-3511: Educational policy and management Work Load
20 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
Further and continuing education course. | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Examination semester
Spring | Objectives
Aim:
Students working with this topic will:
- further develop an insight into central theories, concepts and approaches as a basis for understanding the relationship between daily activity in initial education and public education and administrative political processes
- qualify through carrying out a professional analysis of the activities at one¿s own place of work in elucidation of the latest education political reforms and policies for public administrative processes
- become competent in relation to the laws and agreements which regulate educational work
- develop an understanding of, and interaction between, school and the local environment.
| Contents
Contents:
Educational policies ¿ what mandate do school leaders have?
- International trends ¿ national and local education policies
- Politicizing the field of education
- Basic education¿s aims and values ¿ is there a collective political view about education?
- School leader¿s mandate with regard to politics, administration and education
What and who steers initial education?
- Leadership policies in administration
- Local authority leadership policies ¿ different models
- Local/county administration¿s educational school policy ¿ different policy models
- Economical planning and steering policies ¿ different perspectives
- A school leader as an ` Economically independent unit leader¿ and educational leader
Basic Educations¿ judicial rights and wrongs:
- Legality, legitimacy and loyalty ¿ the formal and actual basis for practicing school leadership in Norway
- Law and ethics
- Managements rights and management process ¿ significance for school education
- Judicial law for school education and welfare
- The school and its employees
School leader as participant in the public domain
- Interpretation and awareness of one¿s role - conflicts and dilemmas
- School leaders with active influence and as agents of change ¿ opinion and media
- School in its local environment, parents, professional bodies and trade and industry
| Form of teaching
Organisation of the course contents:
The course is a part-time study, and participants are required to have some connection with educational work. The main teaching arena for the course is in meeting sessions, through use of the network and at the students¿ own place of work. Different individual and group-based working approaches will be employed, and in a structured way, these will complement each other. Learning activities will be linked to permanent base groups.
The meeting sessions will consist of introductions to theoretical material connected to the different topic themes, with further in-depth study in groups based on the participants¿ own experiences. Work with the four texts and work connected with other course requirements will also be prepared at the meeting session. The participants will work on their texts between sessions and present them for peer response and mentoring at the following meeting sessions.
Mentoring of texts will also be given by professional members of the staff.
| Exam and assessment
The examination
The examination for this course consists of a portfolio containing about 25 pages. The portfolio should contain 4 texts, one for each of the main topic areas. The texts should be founded on both theory and the students¿ own practical experiences. The shortest of the texts should be written as a group task.
| Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request | Homepage
http://uit.no/iplu/6634/5
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Teaching spring 2006
Studiet er samlingsbasert | | Forelesning | Første samling er 15-17. mars 2006 | | Samling 2: Hvem og hva styrer i grunnopplæringa | Hovedlærer Else Stjernstrøm
| | Samling 3: Rett og urett i grunnopplæringa | Hovedlærer Else Stjernstrøm
| | Eksamen | Innlevering av eksamensmappe: 2. juni
Sensur: 23. juni |
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