ECTS Presentation

ECTS credits:                                   180 ECTS credits

Language of instruction:                  Norwegian

Grading system:                               A-F/A (best), E (pass), F (fail)

Full-time/part-time:                           Full-time

Start:                                                 Autumn 1st semester

Duration:                                           3 years

Department/Faculty/College:           Social Education and Child Welfare

Work Programme (PBV), Faculty of Health Education and Social Work (AHS), Sør-Trøndelag University College (HiST)

Source summary:                              Fagplan for barnevernpedagogutdanningen Bachelor, 2002 (3-year Training Programme in Social Education and Child Welfare Work)

Summary updated:                            March 2003

Objective
Students attending the 3-year Training Programme in Social Work shall become user oriented and reflective workers, and be able to provide care, upbringing, treatment and preventive work for vulnerable children and youths, and their parents. (See p. 7 Fagplan for barnevernpedagogutdanningen Bachelor, 2002).

Contents

Combined the practical training and the skill training shall constitute 42 ECTS credits, and a minimum of 30 ECTS credits shall be together with users/clients.

(See pp. 18,19,28 Fagplan for barnevernspedagogutdanningen Bachelor, 2002).

Study methods
Throughout the study the emphasis is put on both practical and theoretical knowledge. Important study methods within the programme: Practical training, lectures, group work, personal studies, dividing students into groups lasting all three years, supervision, topic/problem based learning, seminar, excursions, skill training, papers, project work, and a major project. (See pp. 10-13 Fagplan for barnevernspedagogutdanningen Bachelor, 2002).

Practical training is meant to be an integrated part of the programme, which may be linked to any of the major subjects. It shall challenge the students to pursue professional and ethical reflection, and to study knowledge in-depth. During their practical training the students learn to better know their own feelings and attitudes, and to develop their own abilities to communicate and co-operate.

In the practical training the students shall experience how it is to work with children and youths. The training shall be adapted to the students’ professional development. (See pp. 10,11 Fagplan for barnevernspedagogutdanningen Bachelor, 2002).

Assessment

Internal assessments

Preliminary examination

1^st semester and 2^nd semester: 3 Papers, completed individually or in groups.

3^rd semester and 4^th semester:  5 Papers, completed individually or in groups. 

5^th semester and 6^th  semester:    Paper as part of the practical training.

The teaching plan decides if a paper is to be completed individually or in groups. Additional work requirements must be completed by those who are absent from obligatory classes.

Practical training assessment
The department has developed internal regulations concerning practical training assessments.

External assessments

Examination
The examinations are held at the end of each year of study.

Year 1             Porto folio with 3 papers and written Exam at the College.

Year 2             Porto folio with 5 papers followed by an oral examination.

Year 3             Major project followed by an oral examination

The student must pass the 1^st year before beginning on the 2^nd year, and the 2^nd year must be passed before starting on the 3^rd year.