PPUT301 Science and Mathematics Education

LUR/Professional Master PPU, profile science: By using reading, group conversations and lectures on educational theory as a starting point, the students are to relate the literature to their own research questions. The student is to develop his/her own perspective on didactical theory. The course runs parallel to the metods course PPFO301.Supervision in the compulsory activities by both teachers and fellow students.

Professional Master PPU, profile nature use, cultivation and management: In this profile, the work with research methods in PPFO301 is closely related to the planning, implementation and evaluation of change and development work in the trial project in PPUT301. The two courses are coordinated through the four physical gatherings in the autumn semester. Initially, attention is focused on what the students are interested in exploring in the master's thesis as a basis for the development of experimental projects with research questions and research questions. In parallel, the students carry out group practical arrangements for facilitation of learning in nature use, cultivation and management in PPFO301, to concretize the choice of research methods and to orient the pilot projects in PPUT301. Planning, implementation and evaluation of the trial projects triggers a need for the use of relevant research methods as well as for finding and using vocational pedagogical perspectives and theories to discuss topics and findings in the trial project. The academic staff guide the students in the exploration process. The students collaborate and guide each other in the groups that carry out the trial project. The professional staff also make it possible for the groups to guide and learn from each other.

There is an individual, written assignment required for the assessment:

• The assignment consists of a larger literature review, or as a theoretical discussion of an analytical framework.

The assignment is graded pass/fail.

LUR/Professional Master PPU, profile science: Internal assessment of the assignment

Professional Master PPU, profile nature use, cultivation and management: Internal assessment of the assignment

LUR/Professional Master PPU, profile science: Participation in the gatherings with a requirement of a minimum of 80% attendance. The students are to carry out an individual oral presentation that starts out in a problem formulation or statement that are discussed in light of the course literature.

Professional Master PPU, profile nature use, cultivation and management: Physical participation in sessions of two to three days on Campus NMBU with a requirement for a minimum of 70% attendance. The students will plan, carry out and evaluate a pilot project in preparation for the work on the master's thesis, preferably in groups of two to three students. In the third and fourth sessions, the students will present the work and preliminary results of the trial project to supervisors and fellow students. Fellow students will give feedback to other student groups' oral presentations. The pilot project must be documented based on specified criteria in a written assignment

LUR/Professional Master PPU, profile science: The format and time will depend on the number of registrants and will be presented at the end of June 2025.

Professional Master PPU, profile nature use, cultivation and management: Four physical sessions of two to three days on Campus NMBU coordinated with PPFO301. The profile is based on practical and relevant exercises, action learning and exploratory working methods with the guidance of fellow students and academic staff during the physical gatherings. Planning, implementation and evaluation of trial projects is the central task in the profile. Supervision of oral presentations of the work on the project between the gatherings will be central to the last two physical gatherings.