Practical Knowledge
See study programmeThe study programme aims to qualify professionals to make use of their professional practice and professional field as a basis for further knowledge and competence development. Students gain knowledge about and how professional practice in the various professions can be developed into a systematic part of the knowledge base on which the the professions and professional study programmes are founded.
The study programme aims to give professionals extended professional competence and also provides basic researcher training at meta level, related to own practical knowledge and interdisciplinary co-operation.
Candidates gain special competence in functioning as work leaders and tutors, leading developmental work, competence development and life-long learning, as well as R & D in the profession's work fields.
Upon successful completion of this master¿s programme, students shall have acquired the following learning outcomes as defined through knowledge, skills and general competences:
Knowledge
The students shall have
- Thorough knowledge of relevant discussions in scientific theory and knowledge development
- Thorough knowledge of relevant discussions in ethics related to their professional field of study
- Thorough knowledge of relevant strategies and discussions in qualitative research method and field work
- Thorough knowledge of relevant discussions about professions and society
Skills
The students shall be able to
- Understand professional praxis in a perspective of scientific theory, i.e. a perspective in which key terms in the profession are reflected and created
- Conduct field work in their own professional field
- Critically reflect upon their own professional experience and praxis
- Discuss his or her own professional praxis in a theoretical perspective
- Critically reflect upon the experiences stemming from conducting research on his or her own professional praxis and their own profession
- Discuss his or her own praxis research in from a methodological perspective
- Express their own professional experience, in particular the experience from something being at stake in their own professional praxis
General competences
Students shall be able to:
- Develop a theoretical understanding of professional praxis and profession, based on their own experience, in dialogue with relevant theoretical perspectives on experience, praxis and profession
- Discuss the methodological challenges attached to praxis research and the developing of practical knowledge based on their own experience as a researcher in their own vocational field
Higher Education Entrance Qualification
Applicants must have successfully completed undergraduate degree from a university or a university college, i.e. a completed bachelor's degree/cand.mag. or the equivalent, with a grade average of C/2.7 or better. Candidates should also have at least 3 years of relevant, full-time work experience.
If the applicant does not fulfil the requirements for the Higher Education Entrance Qualification but has experience-based competence relevant to the field of study, he or she may apply for recognition of this competence in order to fulfil the admission.
Coursework and exams are assessed and graded based on the Norwegian system using letters A to F, in which A is the best/highest grade and F equals fail or not passed. Work may also be assessed based on a passed/not passed or approved/not approved basis.
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