MALMÖ UNIVERSITY
Sweden
2010 05 04
THIS IS MALMÖ
UNIVERSITY
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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
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MALMÖ UNIVERSITY
Sweden
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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
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STUDENTS
• 25 000 students
• 2/3 of our students are female
• 1/3 have a non-Swedish
background
• Are often from a nonacademic home
• Average age of 25 years
• Are employed in their field of
study after graduation (92% at
2008)
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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
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FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
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Faculty of
Education and
Society
• 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.
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SIX DEPARTMENTS - SIX FIELDS OF KNOWLEDGE
Culture,
Language
and Media
Individual
and Society
Sports
Sciences
Nature,
Environment
and Society
EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
School
Development
and
Leadership
Children,
Youth and
Society
The Swedish School-system
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
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Courses in core education
• 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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