6773.22 - Teaching Danish IV – Theme-Based Teaching
Course number
6773.22
Title
Teaching Danish IV – Theme-Based Teaching
ECTS
10
Prerequisites
A student of teacher education in the Faculty of Education, the University of the Faroe Islands.
Purpose
The course is focused on teaching the eldest classes (8th – 10th grade) in the public school in Faroese.
The student is to gain insight into various teaching themes relevant to teaching Danish. Furthermore, the student is to gain insight in how to evaluate courses taught in Danish, as well as how to organize annual and final examinations.
Content
The course is organized into several independent yet coherent parts:
- Theme based courses
- Theme studies as focus areas
- Genre didactics – Danish technical terms and textual analysis
- The correlation between close reading a text and seeing a text in a greater perspective.
- The synopsis as a method of examination
Learning and teaching approaches
Blended learning:
• Lectures by course lecturer
• Dialogue based teaching where lecturer and students discuss relevant aspects of teaching Danish.
• Individual and group work based on selected teaching themes
As the course progresses, the students will get the opportunity to focus their attention on a self-elected theme which will form the foundation for the final examination.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, students must be able to:
• explain how theme-based teaching can be used in courses in Danish in grades 8th – 10th in the public school in the Faroese.
• explain how theme-based teaching can be used in cross-disciplinary courses
• evaluate which themes are significant and relevant to incorporate in the teaching of Danish in grades 8th – 10th in the public school in the Faroese.
• evaluate and be aware of the impact of the genre as to how a theme is described, analyzed, and interpreted.
• estimate arguments for and against of using the synopsis as a method for examination in Danish.
• organize a course plan where a selected theme is portrayed through a variety of texts (e.g., through different genres – both fact and fiction – as well as from different periods).
Assessment method
Synopsis (between 5 – 7 ½ pages + appendices).
(A detailed description of the examination assignment is provided in a separate document).
Examination
External
Marking scale
7-
Bibliography
Choice of texts and other materials will be provided before the commencement of the course.
Contact
Hans Harryson