1. 2010 05 04 Sweden MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

2. 2010 05 04 THIS IS MALMÖ UNIVERSITY Founded in 1998 25 000 students 1 400 staff Five interdisciplinary faculties Faculty of Culture and Society Faculty of Health and Society Faculty of Odontology Faculty of Education and Society School of Technology Turnover 125 million € Located in the Öresund region which has a population of 3.5 million people Sweden MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

3. 2010 05 04 Sweden MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

4. 2010 05 04 CHARACTERISTICS Young, innovative, full of new ideas Programmes directed towards professional training Research and learning in close cooperation with the surrounding community Interdisciplinary Faculties Excellence in widened recruitment Sweden MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

5. 2010 05 04 STUDENTS 25 000 students 2/3 of our students are female 1/3 have a non-Swedish background Are often from a non- academic home Average age of 25 years Are employed in their field of study after graduation (92% at 2008) Sweden MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

6. 2010 05 04 RESEARCH RESEARCH PROFILES Biological Interfaces Health and Social Conditions – A life course perspective Migration profile New media Oral Health Science of Education Sports in transition Urban studies Sweden MALMÖ UNIVERSITY

7. 2010 05 04 www.mah.se/english FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

8. 2010 05 04 The Faculty of Education and Society is one of the largest faculties within Malmö University About 6,500 students Teacher education for all the stages of the school system, from pre-school to upper secondary school, as well as degrees in Careers counselling and Sports sciences. Sweden MALMÖ UNIVERSITY Faculty of Education and Society

9. SIX DEPARTMENTS - SIX FIELDS OF KNOWLEDGE Culture, Language and Media Individual and Society School Development and Leadership Children, Youth and Society Nature, Environment and Society Sports Sciences EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

10. The Swedish School-system

11. 2010 05 04 Key features of Teacher Education Profession-oriented subject studies; Courses where subjects studies and studies in subject-based teaching and learning are integrated Similar basic competence for all teachers; Core education courses Close cooperation between schools and school of teacher education; School-placement courses in relevant subjects and position Sweden EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

12. 2010 05 04 history of the school system, its organisation and conditions as well as fundamental democratic values and human rights syllabus theory and subject-based teaching and learning development, learning and special needs education social relationships, conflict management and leadership theory of knowledge and research methodology assessing and analysing learning and development, and evaluation and development processes. EDUCATION AND SOCIETY Courses in core education

13. 2010 05 04 Bachelor of Arts in Early Years Education (3,5 years) 120 credits in the field of early years education including an independent project 60 credits core education subjects 30 credits relevant placement in a pre-school EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

14. 2010 05 04 Bachelor of Arts in Primary Education with a specialisation in Extended School Teaching (3years) 60 credits in the field of extended school education including an independent project 30 credits in one practical or aesthetic subject 60 credits core education subjects 30 credits relevant school-placement EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

15. 2010 05 04 Master of Arts in Primary Education (4 years) with a specialisation in teaching in pre-scool class and grades 1-3 of the compulsory school 30 credits each in Swedish and Mathematics, 15 credits each in English, Social Science subjects, Natural Science subjects and Technology. 30 credits independent project in one of the subjects 60 credits core education subjects 30 credits relevant school-placement EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

16. 2010 05 04 Master of Arts in Primary Education (4 years) with a specialisation in teaching in grades 4-6 of the compulsory school 30 credits each in Swedish, Mathematics and English 30 credits in either Social Science subjects, Natural Science subjects and Technology or one Practical or Aesthetic subject. 30 credits independent project in one of the subjects 60 credits core education subjects 30 credits relevant school-placement EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

17. 2010 05 04 Master of Arts/Science in Secondary Education (4,5 years) with a specialisation in teaching in grades 7-9 of the compulsory school 90 credits in a relevant subject or subject area including independent projects 45 credits each in two other subjects 60 credits core education subjects 30 credits relevant school-placement EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

18. 2010 05 04 Master of Arts/Science in Secondary Education (5 years) with a specialisation in teaching in the upper secondary school 120 credits in a relevant subject or subject area including independent projects 90 credits one other subject 60 credits core education subjects 30 credits relevant school-placement EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

19. 2010 05 04 Diploma in Vocational Education (1,5 year) Studies in a vocational subject is required to enter 60 credits core education subjects 30 credits relevant school-placement EDUCATION AND SOCIETY

20. 2010 05 04 Postgraduate Diploma in Special Needs Training (1,5 years) with specialisation in: the development of language, writing and reading, mathematical development, deafness and hearing disabilities, visual disabilities, serious language disabilities, and learning disabilities. EDUCATION AND SOCIETY