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SKOLE6150

The teacher as an agent for inclusion

Credits 15
Level Further education, higher degree level
Course start Autumn 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Group Assignment

About

About the course

Course content

This course is an introduction to education as an arena for democracy and inclusion, but also exclusion.

Students will be introduced to social pedagogy and special needs education. Furthermore, central and complex social pedagogical and special educational issues are highlighted in dialogue with the students' experiences from activities in school. In this dialogue, topics such as the relationship between adapted education and special needs education, normality and deviation, valuing all children and assessment practices will be important.

The course discusses knowledge about the teacher's role and autonomy in interdisciplinary cooperation around children and inclusion in cooperation with the home. The students' experiences with this work in school form the basis for joint exploration of opportunities to qualify and improve their own practice in these areas.

The course provides insight into the relational, institutional and didactic dimensions of the course's focus areas, with an emphasis on preventing social and academic exclusion through inclusive learning processes.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

The student

  • has knowledge about children and young people's experiences of inclusion and exclusion
  • can reflect on categorization and the consequences of categorization, which arise in the span between normality vs. deviation, individual vs. community
  • can understand different children's and young people's resources, opportunities and challenges in their encounters with school

Skills

The student

  • can create inclusion processes through work in school and kindergarten
  • can take initiatives to promote children's and young people's participation and collective experiences
  • can develop professionalism in encounters with guardians and other professionals in the team around the child

General competence

The student

  • can discuss the difference between teaching processes that exclude children and teaching processes that include all children
  • can value diversity in the school and local environment
  • can prevent social and academic exclusion

Learning methods and activities

The course is completed with three live in person sessions. Forms of learning: Lectures and workshops with good opportunities for participant activity, reflections, discussions in small groups and in plenary, exercises, and guidance seminars related to work with a written assignment. There will be digital meetings focusing on students' work between sessions.

Compulsory assignments

  • Participation in group process
  • Compulsory attendance

Further on evaluation

Group-based written assignment. Weighting 100%.

The exam is assessed as passed / failed.

Mandatory work requirement: Participation in group process and compulsory attendance.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Education for Teachers (MPEDLÆR)

Subject areas

  • Education

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Teacher Education

Department with administrative responsibility

Section for quality in education and learning environment

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Group Assignment
Grade: Passed / Not Passed

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

Group Assignment
Weighting 100/100 Date Release 2025-12-05
Submission 2025-12-12
Time Release 09:00
Submission 15:00
Exam system Inspera Assessment