Bridging programme

The course deals with: -leadership for promoting pupils knowledge development -teacher leadership in relation to school governance and leadership -teacher approaches to pupils' differences -teachers' communicative ability, including communicating in digital environments, and exercises in conversation techniques and other coopration skills -theories on group processes and conflicts and strategies for addressing conflicts as well as preventing discrimination and harassment in different environment and dealing with such incidents -teacher leadership in relation to teachers' role as a norm setter, which includes power and democracy issues problematised in relation to student participation and influence -professional ethics and the limitations of the teacher profession -cooperation with guardians, authorities and other community actors -factors of importance to pupils' motivation -pedagogical and subject-specific learning and teaching considerations.