SSP42118 Literature in Teaching II: Spanish (Autumn 2024)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Teacher Education and Languages
- Campus:
- Online
- Course Leader:
- Wladimir Chavez
- Teaching language:
- Spanish
- Duration:
- ½ year
The course is connected to the following study programs
Mandatory course in the Master's programme in Foreign Languages in Schools - Spanish.
Recommended requirements
The course Literature in Teaching I (10 credits).
Lecture Semester
3. semester (autumn).
The student's learning outcomes after completing the course
Knowledge
The student
- has in-depth knowledge of the literature didactic field, including text selection, working methods, and the communicative potential in literary texts.
- has specialized insights into key literary theoretical themes and methods, including gender and multiculturalism.
- is familiar with a broad range of literature and films for children and young adults, and has knowledge of the use of relevant digital work methods and tools.
- has increased knowledge of Spanish-language children's and young adult literature and can define the didactic potential of literary texts within Spanish as a foreign language.
Skills
The student can
- translate the didactic potential of literary texts into concrete teaching projects.
- locate relevant media and ICT resources, assess, and explain how they can be used in teaching.
General Competence
The student
- has become aware of the connection between literary/literature didactic theory and practical classroom teaching.
Content
The initial theoretical part addresses central issues within the field of reception aesthetics and reader-oriented research, gender questions, multiculturalism, and post- and late-modern children's and young adult literature.
While students in the course Literature in Teaching I have practiced evaluating and selecting relevant texts, the focus in this course is on developing concrete teaching projects. Students are also required to work on integrating other media, such as film, into their teaching. They are tasked with choosing literary texts, films, and websites or other electronic resources that they believe are suitable as a basis for specific teaching projects. Therefore, they create their own curriculum in primary literature based on this. This requires them to actively use the library and familiarize themselves with necessary library, media, and ICT resources.
Forms of teaching and learning
Through lectures/seminars, the main themes of the course are presented and problematized. Group work is employed to emphasize student-active learning, challenging their critical thinking and independence, and motivating them for further work.
Emphasis is placed on individual and collaborative learning, both synchronously and asynchronously, on the university college's learning platform. Individual support is provided through ongoing guidance related to assignments and preparation of the term paper, in the form of written feedback on the learning platform and in synchronous online meetings with the instructor and fellow students.
The learning platform's various group functions facilitate academic discussion, where students, in smaller groups, share and discuss each other's work and provide feedback through peer review. Additionally, teaching and guidance are offered in synchronous online meetings.
Workload
Approximately 280 hours.
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
The student shall:
- complete between three to five assignments (oral and/or written). At least one of the assignments should involve online discussions on problem-related topics and be subject to peer review. The assignments are to be carried out according to specified criteria on the learning platform.
- present a topic and a plan for working for the semester assignment.
Required coursework must be approved before the student is eligible to take the exam.
Examination
Individual Written Semester Assignment.
The semester assignment should be a didactic plan for the use of literature and other types of fiction texts in the classroom. The teaching plan should have both a literary and a didactic foundation. The work is written in Spanish and should have a length of approximately 3000-3500 words.
Individual ongoing guidance is provided by the subject teacher in the form of written feedback on the learning platform and/or orally in synchronous online meetings. The bibliography and appropriate citation are expected for the semester assignment. The evaluation emphasizes the level of reflection, level of knowledge, and language skills.
Grading Scale: A-F.
Examiners
Two internal examiners or one internal and one external examiner.
Conditions for resit/rescheduled exams
If a student receives a non-passing grade on the semester assignment, it can be revised once. If the student wishes to improve a passing grade, they must choose a new topic and submit a new assignment. This is done in consultation with the course instructor.
Course evaluation
Feedback from our students is essential for us to be able to offer the best possible courses and study programmes. This course is evaluated every semester through ongoing and final evaluations.
The results are processed by the Head of study in dialog with student representatives and subject teachers. The programme committee follows up on student evaluations at the institute.