Current active course description (last updated 2024/25)
Self-Chosen Literature Study for Senior Teacher Education in Social Science with Specialisation in History
HI318LS
Current active course description (last updated 2024/25)
Self-Chosen Literature Study for Senior Teacher Education in Social Science with Specialisation in History
HI318LS
The student chooses, in conjunction with the tutor, a syllabus within academic history of 800 sides related to the theme for the planned master thesis. The syllabus shall be discursive research literature and should include differing perspectives on the theme. Literature which will be particularly central to the thesis may not be included in the syllabus. Instruction is given as individual guidance.
In order to take this course, the student must admitted to the Senior Teacher Education Programme and have completed the bachelor level courses.
Knowledge
- The student should gain knowledge of how an academic research debate is conducted in differing types of academic literature.
- The student should gain knowledge of how to find relevant and representative research literature.
- The student should gain knowledge of how topics can be made relevant for teaching in school.
Skills
- The student should be able to plan and undertake a search for relevant, representative and up-to-date research literature.
- The student should be able to plan and undertake a teaching course on the basis of an independent survey of the research literature.
General competence
- The student should be able to comprehend new topics and mediate academic insight in a reflected and effective way.
No costs except semester registration fee and course literature
Compulsory for the Senior Teacher Education in Social Sciences
Individual tutorials and lectures.
Annual evaluations which are included in the university's quality assurance system
Pencil, pen, rular, simple calculator and dctionary.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
HI318S - Reading Course for History (self-chosen reading list) - 10 credits
Credits
10
Teaching semesters
Spring 2026
Responsible faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences
Course coordinator
