MBAS514 Participation in research groups in kindergarten research

Contents and structure

The course is mandatory and is part of the masters program's 4th semester.

The course is gathering-based with 3 gatherings, each lasting 2 days. There will also be some digital meetings between the gatherings. In this course the students also participate in two researchgroups at HVL. In addition to the physical gatherings, students will be invited to participate in research group meetings at other times than the scheduled gatherings.

Through participation in the two research groups, students gain insight into early childhood education research design, empirical investigations and analysis of these, and relevant research literature related to the research groups.

Furthermore, the subject involves students carrying out a limited empirical work, and they are required to familiarize themselves with the relevant research literature and complete an assignment related to this. The subject also includes various forms of dissemination of research.

The subject is available to international students with sufficient prerequisites.

Learning Outcome

On successful completion of the course, the students should have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

Students

• have knowledge of relevant theoretical perspectives within topics of selected ECEC research groups
• have knowledge of relevant methodologies within selected ECEC research groups
• have knowlede on different ways to communicate and puplish relevant research within ECEC

Skills

Students

• can carry out empirical work for a research project
• can analyze empirical materials
• can discuss relevant research on ECEC

General competence

Students

• can formulate and communicate relevant topics and issues in ECEC research to researchers and a wider audience
• can participate in and contribute to developing professional networks
• are capable of reading, analyzing, evaluating, and writing academic texts

Entry requirements

None

Recommended previous knowledge

None

Teaching methods

The course is gathering-based with 3 gatherings, each lasting 2 days. There will also be some digital meetings between the gatherings. In addition to the physical gatherings, students attending in this course will be invited to participate in research group meetings at other times than the scheduled gatherings.

The students work on mandatory assignments between the sessions

Compulsory learning activities

Individual learning portfolio.

The learning portfolio consists of 4 elements.

Guidelines will be given at the start of semester.

Those who do not have the compulsory learning portfolio approved will have one more chance to accomplish this.

Approved learning portfolio is valid for two (2) years after approval.

Attendance is mandatory, and students must be present for at least 80% of the sessions to qualify for the exam.

Assessment

Exam portfolio.

The exam portfolio consists of a continuation of the elements in the learning portfolio. T

The texts in the portfolio should have approximately the same scope and be a total of 6000-7000 words.

Guidelines for the portfolio will be given at the start of the semester.

Grades are given on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail.

For those who do not pass, the same portfolio can be resubmitted for evaluation after revision within 2 years.

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