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Course syllabus for The purpose and conditions of education

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Course syllabus adopted 2024-02-05 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameUtbildningens uppgifter och ramar
  • CodeCLS070
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerMPLOL
  • Education cycleSecond-cycle
  • Main field of studyTechnology and Learning
  • DepartmentSTATSVETENSKAPLIGA INSTITUTIONEN (GU)
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language

    Swedish

  • Application code

    40115

  • Maximum participants

    35

  • Open for exchange students

    No

  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

Module
Sp1
Sp2
Sp3
Sp4
Summer
Not Sp
Examination dates
0124 Written and oral assignments 7.5 c
Grading: TH		7.5 c

In programmes

Examiner

  • Helena Stensöta
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Eligibility

General entry requirements for Master's level (second cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements

Specific entry requirements

English 6 (or by other approved means with the equivalent proficiency level)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements

Course specific prerequisites

-

Aim

The purpose of the course is to give the student sufficient background knowledge of the school's history, organization, governance, nomenclature and value base to be able to effectively act and interact as a teacher for students in general as well as for those with special needs such as dyslexia, or those with special aptitude for some subject such as mathematics.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

  • account for the origin and historical development of the Swedish school system
  • account for the documents that govern the school including its content.
  • account for the meaning of being a public employee in a politically governed organization with a societal task to educate
  • communicate orally and in writing.
  • analyze school as a political organization
  • discuss the importance of foundational values in school; including human rights the child's perspective and sustainable development.
  • identify special need of pupils and discuss ways to counter them

Content

  • History of school
  • Founding values of school, democracy, human rights
  • Rules and institutions that govern and oversee the school and teachers work
  • Steering and organization of school
  • Special pedagogic, individual and systemic perspectives, with an emphasis on special pedagogical needs among pupils with neuropsychiatric disorders
  • Social scientific argumentation and analysis, oral and in writing

Organisation

The course is given in the form of lectures and seminars

Literature

Böcker:
Esaiasson Peter et al (2024) Metodpraktikan har kommit i en ny och mycket omarbetad upplaga i år. Boken används på flera kurser senare i programmet så det är bra om ni inhandlar den, även om den är dyr. Följande sidor används på kursen Kap 1, kap 5, kap 6 s79-92, kap 6, kap 7, kap 8. (totalt 60 sidor).

Jarl Maria & Rönnberg, Linda 2019. Skolpolitik Från riksdagshus till klassrum, tredje upplagan Malmö: Liber. Kapitel 1–3 (sid 11–55). (Denna bok behöver ni inte köpa, den finns att låna i kursbiblioteket på Göteborgs unviersitet, det går också bra med äldre utgåvor)

Nilsson, Marco (2023) Juridik i professionellt lärarskap - lagar och värdegrund i den svenska skolan, femte upplagan. Malmö: Gleerups (använd denna version, köp den gärna eftersom du kan använda den som uppslagsverk när du arbetar i skolan)

Obligatorisk litteratur i form av artiklar som ni når via canvas (I kronologisk såsom de tas upp på kursen)
Pierre, Jon & Maria Jarl. (2012).Skolan som politisk organisation. Malmö: Gleerup. Kap. 1. (12 sidor)

Bäckström Friskolor vår tids differentieringssfråga i Dagens Arena

Regeringsformen, Förvaltningslagen, Skollagen, Offentlighets- och sekretesslagen samt Tryckfrihetsförordningen

Biesta, Gert (2008): Good education in an age of measurement: on the need to reconnect with the question of purpose in education. Springer.

Skolforskningsinstitutet (2022): Att lära demokrati - lärares arbetssätt i fokus. Systematisk forskningssammanställning 2022:03. Sidor 17-48.

Skolverket (2011, rev 2022) Läroplan för gymnasieskolan. Kapitel 1 och 2.

Skolverket. (2025). PISA 2022 och betygen. Analys av sambanden mellan svenska betyg och resultat i PISA 2022.

Gustafsson, J.-E., & Erickson, G. (2018). Nationella prov i Sverige - tradition, utmaning, förändring. Acta Didactica Norge, 12(4),

Lisa Asp Onsjö Specialpedagogik i en skola för alla – att arbeta med elever i skolsvårigheter. Kapitel ur bok

Berthén Diana, Eriksson Inger Ett ämnesdidaktiskt perspektiv på specialpedagogik. Kapitel ur bok

Skolverket 2014. Arbete med extra anpassningar, särskilt stöd och åtgärdsprogram.

Nussbaum Martha (2009) Education for profit, Education for Freedom. Liberal Education Summer.

Gustafsson Bernt (2019) Bildningens traditioner i transformation i: Svenska bildningstraditioner Burman A och Sundgren P, Daidalos, Göteborg.

Kompendium I läroplansteori (42 sidor)


Material till övningar:
Tillkommer material för övningar på följande förläsningar: Skolpolitik 2, Metod för samhällsvetenskap,

Examination including compulsory elements

The examination has the form of three individual submissions, all of which are discussed at seminars. To pass (3), the submission must have the required length and meet the spelled-out criteria: (being based in course literature, being written following a common thread, including independent reasoning around a defined question). For the higher grades (4 and 5), a higher degree of independence in reasoning and question-formulation is required.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers about disability study support.

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to course:
    • 2026-06-05: Litterature Litterature changed by PA/Examinator
      Added littarature