Adaptive Learning (Master)
See study programmeThe programme in adapted learning with further study of pedagogics or didactics, Norwegian, mathematics, RLE, occupational-didactics or special-needs education is an academic study-programme , two or three years in duration, of 120 ECTS credits. It is organised as a group- and web-based full-time or part-time study course which demands active collaboration from candidates working together with other followers of the course, with subject teachers, and in group work. At the start of the course an agreement is made with the individual candidate on the study-plan. The completed course results in a master¿s degree in special education, with advanced study in one of the above-named subject areas.
The programme is theory, action, and method oriented, with a clear academic and research basis. The casework is related to a variety of groups of children, young people and adults in education, wherever special education is of central importance.
A minimum of 80% participation in the classes (meetings) is required.
Knowledge
The candidate should on successful completion of the programme have:
- A thorough knowledge of the implementation of special-needs education in the education system
- Good knowledge of special-needs education at the level of the individual and the system
- Broad pedagogical insight into the education system, where work environments require both academic knowledge and additional practical competence in innovation work
- Good knowledge of school leadership
Skills
The candidate should on successful completion of the programme be able to
- reflect critically over his/her own depth of knowledge and corresponding breadth in the master¿s course
- make use of the knowledge by reflecting on and updating research topics at local, regional, and international levels
- analyse different cultures in the northern area with respect to background and ideology
General Competence
The candidate should be able to make use of his/her abilities to build up his/her own competence
Completed Bachelor degree equivalent to a Norwegian Bachelor degree, with an average grade of C or better.
Language requirement View general admission information View specific application deadlinesFurther study in general pedagogics/didactics:
Teacher training and, or including, a pedagogical /didactic element of altogether 60 study-points with grading C or better. Students with other different combinations of studies in pedagogics or special-needs pedagogics can also be admitted after individual discernment.
Advanced Norwegian:Teacher-training and, or including, 60 ECTS credits in Norwegian with a grade of C or better.
Advanced Mathematics: Teacher-training and, or including, 60 ECTS credits in Mathematics with a grade of C or better.
Advanced RLE: Teacher-training and, or including, 60 ECTS credits in RLE with a grade of C or better.
Advanced Occupational-didactics: A completed 3-year occupational or professional training (bachelor, cand.mag.,or the equivalent).At least 80 pedagogical study-points (60 ECTS credits+ 20 ECTS credits for a pedagogically-related subject), undertaken during the above or as an addition, with a grade of C or better.
Advanced Special-Needs pedagogics:Teacher-training and, or including, 60 ECTS credits in special needs pedagogics with a grade of C or better.
For all advanced subjects:The university can recognise other documented qualifications which wholly or partly compare with the above lines of education.
Students with different combinations of other documented subject or subject-didactics training can also be accepted based on an individual assessment.
- opportunities for work in research and education
- position of lector in school
- positions in official administration
- guidance work and leadership positions
- special-needs personnel in posts in kindergarten/school, pedagogical/psychological posts, counselling, in competence centres and similar, and current institutions
- personnel in pedagogical undertakings in the training system, where employers require academic schooling and competence in innovation
The study course also gives qualifications for university work, as a further-education lecturer in various departments, for research and development work and similar employment.