FACULTY OF
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
3 800 STUDENTS, 300 EMPLOYEES
20 PROFESSORS
90 SENIOR LECTURERS
120 LECTURERS
THREE MISSIONS:
EDUCATION – RESEARCH – OUTREACH
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
Provides training in:
- sports sciences
- teaching in school and pre-school
- special needs education
- study and careers guidance
We also provide:
- freestanding courses
- one- and two-year Master’s programmes, continuing
professional development and contract education
- research studies
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
- Home to one of Sweden’s major teacher training programmes. 1 out
of 10 school teachers studied at Malmö University.
The Faculty provides training in all four teaching degrees:
- Pre-School Education (210 credits)
- Primary Education (pre-school and years 1–3, years 4–6, 240
credits, and specialising in extended school, 180 credits)
- Secondary Education (years 7–9, 270 credits, and specialising in
upper secondary school, 300 credits)
- Vocational Education (90 credits)
Furthermore:
- Top-up teacher training (90 credits), top-up training for teachers with
international degrees (ULV) and qualifying training for teachers
without degrees (VAL).
WORK PLACEMENT –
INTERNSHIP
All professional training programmes include work
placements (VFU). In the teacher training programmes
the work placements comprise 5 times 4 weeks
throughout the programme and take place at schools or
pre-schools in one of Malmö University’s partner areas.
PLACEMENT SCHOOLS AND
PARTNER SCHOOLS
• - The students conduct their work placements at one placement
school, partner school or organisation throughout the programme
- A work placement supervisor from Malmö University follows and
assesses the student throughout the programme
- The Faculty provides training for work placement supervisors
who supervise the students at the school
• Since 2014 the Faculty conducts a trial study of placement
schools in cooperation with the municipalities. The aim is to
enhance the quality of the teacher training programmes and the
students’ professional development. Schools apply to become
placement schools.
OUTREACH
The Faculty receives commissions
from schools, municipalities, public
agencies and organisations.
- The aim is to develop learning.
Major assignments include the Boost
for Teachers, Better Pre-School,
Reading Boost and Learning of New
Arrivals CPD programmes.
- The assignments are funded by the
commissioning organisation.
- The Faculty’s revenue from
contract education totalled SEK 24.7
million in 2014.
- The Faculty’s ambition is to
strengthen the cooperation with arts
institutions and creative enterprises.
RESEARCH
STUDIES
Research studies can be conducted
in:
Sports Sciences, specialising in
the humanities and social
sciences
History and History Didactics
Science and Mathematics
Education
Education
Swedish and Didactics
Malmö University has degreeawarding powers for postgraduate
degrees in sports sciences and
educational sciences.
44 doctoral and licentiate students
were enrolled in May 2015. A further
8 students were admitted in
September 2015
RESEARCH
Research at the Faculty is conducted in the areas of Sports
Sciences and Educational Sciences. It is in a process of
continuous growth and development.
- The point of departure for research in Sports Sciences is that
societal aspects such as gender, class and cultural diversity have
an impact on sports just as sports have an impact on society
- The research environment of Educational Sciences is
multidisciplinary and focused on actual practices. It consists of the
following areas: the organisation and professions of the
educational system, the content and teaching of different
programmes of study, and the life situations and processes of
identity formation of children and youth. The different areas are
studied in relation to economic, social, technological, linguistic and
cultural change.