Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, students will be able to:
Knowledge and understanding
- explain central theories, models and concepts in cognitive science and their relevance for teaching and learning
- explain how cognitive science principles/processes affect memory, attention, motivation and knowledge development in students in different teaching contexts
Skills and abilities
- plan, discuss and motivate teaching activities based on cognitive science perspectives
- adapt teaching based on students’ varying cognitive conditions, needs and abilities
Judgment and approach
- critically examine, compare, problematize and evaluate teaching efforts and leadership strategies in relation to cognitive science research and student learning
- discuss how analog and digital information formats can support or limit student learning
Reflection and Professional Development
- reflect on how and why cognitive science perspectives can be integrated into educational leadership to strengthen student engagement and knowledge development.
Course Content
The course deals with cognitive science in an educational science context during digital meetings and has a special focus on central theories, models and concepts about how the brain, memory and attention can be used to develop teaching and strengthen student learning in various subjects.
During the course, participants practice planning and motivating teaching activities with support from cognitive science perspectives and adapting teaching based on students’ different conditions and needs. Participants also receive tools to critically examine teaching efforts and leadership strategies in the light of research, and analyze how analog and digital information formats can affect learning.
The course content and structure are adapted to the participants’ conditions and needs, so that the content is operationally relevant, directly usable and gives participants tools for their daily work. All participants are also given the opportunity to relate each element to their own professional role and practice.
Assessment
- Active participation in seminars
- oral presentations in groups
- written individual presentations
Grades
The grading scale used for the final course grade is U–VG.
Grades are reported as follows:
- Oral and written reports - 7.5 Credits | U–VG
Entry Requirements
- General entry requirements. For commissioned education, exeptions are made from the above stated general entry requirement, SFS 2002:760, according to which it is the commissioning body who appoints students.
Other Information
This course is aimed at licensed and active teachers in primary school or equivalent school types, upper secondary school or equivalent school types.
Participation requires that the student can carry out certain elements in their own activities. For an online course, the student must be able to communicate with sound and images via a computer or equivalent.
The course is a commissioned education and is offered within the framework of the National Agency for Education’s national school development program.
The course cannot be included in a degree together with other courses with equivalent content.
If the student has a decision/recommendation for targeted pedagogical support from Dalarna University due to a disability, the examiner has the right to adapt the examination. The examiner decides based on the objectives of the course syllabus whether the examination can be adapted in accordance with the decision/recommendation.
The language of instruction is Swedish. Some parts of the course literature are in English.
This course cannot be counted towards the same degree along with courses that have equivalent content.
If the student has received a decision/recommendation granting study support from Dalarna University because of a disability, then the examiner has the right to offer an alternative examination arrangement. The examiner takes into account the objectives in the course syllabus when deciding whether the examination can be adapted in accordance with the decision/recommendation.