UV9351 – Social Processes and the Development of Language and Literacy: Substantive and Methodological Issues
Course description
Course content
Theory and research on the learning of communicative skills in the social contexts of home and school and its role in later language and literacy development.
Organiser: NATEDs Track 1 in cooperation with the Department of Education, UIO.
Responsible: Professor Ivar Bråten.
Key Lecturers: Professor Catherine Tamis-LeMonda, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, USA, and Professor Catherine Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, USA.
In addition, some members of the TextDIM research group and PhD students enrolled in the National Graduate School in Educational Research (NATED) will give presentations followed by comments and discussion.
Admission
PhD-candidates enrolled in NATED will be given priority, but it is also possible for other PhD-candidates to apply for the course.
Candidates admitted to a PhD-program at UiO: Apply by using Studentweb.
Other applicants: Apply through registration form for external applicants.
Deadline for registration: January 20 2014.
Teaching
Duration: 12 hours over two days.
Dates: February 6 and February 7, 2014.
Hours: February 6: 10.00-16.00, February 7: 9.00-15.00
Room: Helga Eng’s House, Room 231
Examination
1 credit point for course participation (80 % attendance required).
3 credit points for course participation and submitted paper.
Submission of paper (8 – 10 pages): The deadline for submission is April 7, 2014. The paper shall be submitted electronically to research administrator camilla.rake@isp.uio.no.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.
Other
Further course information: Please contact Camilla Rake, Department of Special Needs Education, camilla.rake@isp.uio.no for further information