Experience Pedagogy

Knowledge:

On successful completion of the course the students will have knowledge about:

• The Norwegian educational system: The educational structure, the Education Act, the curriculum and traditions and fundamental ideas behind this system.
• Place-based learning (PBL) as an approach to educational provision and the Educational Philosophy about Learning called Experience pedagogy and experience-based learning (EBL):
  • What is experience?
  • What is learning?
  • The relation between experience, reflection and learning.
  • Examples of experience based learning in Norwegian Schools:
    • Outdoor Learning.
    • Cultural activities in school.
    • Entrepreneurship-learning in school.
  • EU-politics for experience-based, informal and lifelong learning.

Skills

On successful completion of the course the students will be able to:

• Analyse, describe and compare the Norwegian educational system with the school system in their home country and other countries.
• Take part in place- and experience based learning activities like study visits and excursions.
• Plan and organize place and experience-based learning activities for children.

General competence:

On successful completion of the course the students will have the competence to:

• Understand different concepts of learning and the use of them in the national educational systems.
• Take part in discussions about the ideas behind the formation of the European and national educational systems.
• Be reflective about their own learning in different contexts.