6840 - Worldview and Ethics
Course information
- Title
- Worldview and Ethics
- Course number
- 6840.23
- Academic year
- 2024-2025
- ECTS
- 10.00
- Level
- Bachelor
- Faculties
- Education
- Educations
- BEd in Pedagogical Development
- Prerequisites
- Language of instruction
- The course is taught in Faroese. The instructional materials are in Faroese, Danish, English and Scandinavian languages.
- Registration
- Students on the first semester of Bachelor of Education in Pedagogical Development are automatically enrolled.
- Beginning date
- Monday, August 26, 2024
- End date
- Friday, November 1, 2024
Academic content
- Purpose
- In this course students will learn to understand the role of worldviews and ethics in their profession. They will 1) acquire insight into important aspects of traditions, such as the Christian heritage and modern traditions, that have shaped Faroese society, become aware of how these influence the work of social educators, and learn to give space to people with various worldviews in day care and other institutions, where social educators work; 2) understand basic ethical theories and concepts and be able to use them in social educational situations; and 3) begin to consider their own role as future social educators, whose task it is to support persons in their personal and social development as they work in day care and other institutions.
- Learning outcomes
- On completion of the course, the student should be able to • explain important aspects of various understandings of humanity and society that have shaped Faroese society, and describe the importance of these today, especially in their profession • explain ethical traditions and concepts and show how these are relevant in their profession • identify and argue for the ethical aspects of the social educator’s role is, considering that she or he must both care for the person she or he works with and work within the public frameworks for both day care and other institutions
- Content
- • Foundational values and the purpose statement in the Parliamentary Act on Day Care and Day Care Institutions • Basic ideas in Christian and modern traditions, which have influenced the shaping Faroese society and the institutions at which social educators work • Secularism and other important ideas in Western democracies • Basic ethical traditions and concepts • Professional ethics in social education
- Learning and teaching approaches
- Lectures, group work, guidance, presentations, and required writing exercises (in cooperation with the course in Faroese)
Assessment
- Assessment method
- Oral presentation The writing exercises must have been passed before a student can pass the course.
- Examination (internal/external)
- Internal
- Grading scale
- Passed/Failed
- Exam date/dates
- The oral exam is set for week 45 in 2024.
- Deadline for withdrawal from exam
- Monday, August 26, 2024
Academic responsibility and teachers
- Academic responsibility
- Poul Fossdal Guttesen
- Teachers
- Marius Joensen