Practical training (8cr)

Objective

The aim is to learn a salient business area within the student’s field of study. The training may relate to tasks within research on education, adult education, or media; education; administration; design; project work, etc. The duration of the practical training is three (3) months.

Content

The study module consists of an introductory discussion with the responsible teacher before the training, a three-month training period and a web-based reflection part completed during the training, and a feedback discussion after the training.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Pass/fail

Further information

Exemptions
Applicable work experience or teacher experience may be used to substitute for the training or parts of it. Substitution is not applicable to Reflection on Practical Training (2 ECTS). This part is completed by writing an essay or giving an oral presentation in which the working experience is reflected in the light of suitable academic literature.
The training included in teacher’s pedagogical studies substitutes the study module (10 ECTS) in full.
The substitution application is delivered to the teacher responsible for practical training in the faculty.

Execution methods

Three months of practical training. During the training students write a blog and participate in chats with other students engaged in practical training.