PED 1420 Comparative and International Education Autumn 2007 COURSE DIDACTICS Arild Tjeldvoll arild.tjeldvoll@ped.uio.no University of Oslo

Students’ expectations to the course II. Course Objectives Knowledge about theories and paradigms in the field of CIE Problematizing comparative studies as basis for policy and planning Insight into education systems in different countries

III. Content The field of comparative and international education Education and national development Globalisation Scandinavian and Norwegian Education

IV. Organising of Learning Lectures Group work Group work presentations Individual papers Supervision

V. Exam An individual assignment (5 pages) on a self-selected central topic within the field of CIE – to be graded by the course professor (graded A,B,C,D,E,F) A group assignment (5 pages) based on the course literature (graded pass/fail) Oral presentation of the group work

VI. Expectations to students Syllabus being read Systematic writing Active listening during lectures Active discussion about course content