Programs and courses

Courses where the language of instruction is English. Autumn term 2011 and Spring term 2012.

Autumn Term 2011

International Course 22.5 ECTS or 30 ECTS 

Do you want to learn more about the Swedish school system? Take a look at these courses! 

This course is open for teacher students from our partner universities in the projects Erasmus or Nordplus. The purpose with the course is to give knowledge about the Swedish school and our school system through both Academic Vocational Training and theory. You will take part in some of the courses in our teacher education but you will also have tuition. The biggest part in the course is the vocational training in a Swedish preschool, primary or secondary school. We will arrange study visits to show how schools and the surrounding community co-operate.

You can attend the course for a whole term (20 weeks, 30 ECTS) or just three months (22, 5 ECTS).

For further information about the courses and how to apply?

You will be able to apply online. You will reach the application forms for exchange students through a link. Please contact us for further information about application.monica.hammarnas@hb.se if you are studying to become a preschool teacher and
agneta.welin_mod@hb.se if you are studying to become a primary or secondary teacher

English with a didactic perspective for exchange students, 22, 5 ECTS

This is the course if you want to become an English teacher for 6-12 year-olds. The course focuses on your own oral and written English language skill as well as how to create a classroom environment where the pupils develop a lust to learn English disregarded their mother tongue or cultural background.

The course contains:

• Speech
• Phonetics
• Grammar
• Rhymes, rap, music
• Literature for children
• How to combine reading literature with speaking, writing, art, music and drama
• Creative writing
• ICT as a tool for supporting learning, writing and  presentation
• Multi-cultural aspects, gender and equality of opportunity between men and women

Within this course there are five weeks of Academic Vocational training.

How to apply?

• You will be able to apply online. You will reach the application forms for exchange students through a link. Please contact agneta.welin_mod@hb.se for further information about the course and how to apply.

For exchange students -Teacher for later years of compulsory school/English with focus on didactics II,  30 ECTS

During the course the students are to improve their oral and written communication and production abilities. They are to create learning environments that will involve all pupils indiscriminately and be able to give their pupils’ work and progress an adequate assessment. The focus will be on communicative methods of learning. Creating an interest in literature and culture is a fundamental component in the course. The interpretation, scrutiny and evaluation of different teaching aids and resources are also an integral part of the course. IT will be dealt with as a tool for writing, teaching, presentation and evaluation of results. Recent findings within research on subject related didactics will also be covered.

The course contains:

• Language proficiency in English in accordance with the C1 level of The Common European Framework of References for Languages.
• Grammar and phonetics
• Assessment and grading
• Media aids and forms of teaching
• Fiction for teaching purposes
• Critically analyse literature
• Plan, carry out and evaluate teaching sequences within subject areas that are relevant to the course and based on current governing documents.
• An investigation based on classroom observations
• IT as a tool for teaching, learning, presenting and assessing portfolios.

Within this course there are five weeks of Academic Vocational training.

More information in the syllabus

How to apply?

• You will be able to apply online. You will reach the application forms for exchange students through a link. Please contact agneta.welin_mod@hb.se for further information about the course and how to apply.

We offer Essay courses in:

Sociology 15 ECTS
Psychology 15 ECTS
Work Science 15 ECTS

How to apply?

You will be able to apply online. You will reach the application forms for exchange students through a link. Please contact agneta.welin.mod@hb.se for further information.

Spring Term 2012

The School and the Community (SCOM), 30 ECTS

SCOM is a European, interdisciplinary course being developed in the bachelor programme of the faculties of Social Work and Education of five European universities from The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Poland and Turkey. The SCOM course will provide a comparative European perspective on the cooperation of schools with parents and welfare, care and culture organisations outside school as the key to an integrated approach of educational deprivations and how this cooperation will contribute to community development. Students will gain extra knowledge, skills and attitude on working in these partnerships together with social workers and educationalists.

During this course, students will study and compare policy, content and procedures of schools and social work institutions and visit schools to compare the cooperation between the local social workers, educationalists and parents. As a result, they will formulate European innovative recommendations for optimising policy, content and procedures for preschools, primary or secondary schools and for institutions in the field of Social Work.

There will be workshops, lectures, and desk and field research. There will also be a Swedish as a foreign language course to make it easier for you to be able to communicate with the pupils in the schools. The module will be assessed by peer review, presentations and writing papers. There will be both an oral and a written exam in the Swedish course.

How to apply?

• You will be able to apply online. You will reach the application forms for exchange students through a link. Please contact agneta.welin_mod@hb.se for further information about the course and how to apply

Do you want to learn more about the Swedish school system? Take a look at Our International Course 22.5 ECTS or 30 ECTS

This course is open for teacher students from our partner universities who will become preschool, primary or secondary teachers.

The purpose with the course is to give knowledge about the Swedish schools and our school system through both Academic Vocational Training and theory. You will take part in some of the courses in our teacher education but you will also have tuition. The biggest part in the course is the vocational training in a Swedish preschool, primary or secondary school. We will arrange study visits to show how schools and the surrounding community co-operate.

You can attend the course for a whole term (20 weeks, 30 ECTS) or just three months (22, 5 ECTS).

How to apply?

You will be able to apply online. You will reach the application forms for exchange students through a link. Please contact us for further information about the course and how to apply.

monica.hammarnas@hb.se  if you are studying to become a preschool teacher and
agneta.welin_mod@hb.se if you are studying to become a primary or secondary teacher

We offer Essay courses in:

Sociology 15 ECTS
Psychology 15 ECTS
Work Science 15 ECTS

How to apply?

You will be able to apply online. You will reach the application forms for exchange students through a link. Please contact agneta.welin.mod@hb.se for further information about the courses and how to apply.