Civics and Civics Teaching 5

Contemporary society is analysed with the help of political and sociological concepts. Subject content is related and adapted to teaching through students' own lesson planning and problematised on the basis of their experiences and subject education research. Module 1. Subject content and teaching perspectives on democracy 7.5 ECTS cr The module deals with - contemporary democracy debate and democracy research related to education and learning - freedom and rights and other democratic perspectives and how the individual learns these aspects from a democratic citizen perspective - subject-specific teaching theories and issues applied to module content and their own teaching Module 2a. Political and sociological perspectives on young people's situation and role in contemporary society, 7.5 ECTS cr. The module includes analysis and discussions of - Swedish society with a focus on young people's situation - local, national, international or global levels with a focus on young people's situation - young people's situation in terms of the concepts individual, identity, gender and diversity - subject-specific teaching theories and issues applied to module content and their own teaching Module 2b. Independent research project on young people in our contemporary democracy, 15 ECTS cr The module comprises - introduction and supervision - formulation of topic, aim and problem - choice of method and arguments for its link to the problem - systematic literature search in chosen area - collection, analysis and compilation of empirical material - analysis and discussion of the empirical material in the light of theory, aim and questions - written report on the investigation - serving as peer reviewer Module 3. Teaching Civics based on research 7.5 ECTS cr - students plan and present their teaching - current and relevant civics education research is described and used in planning and analysing teaching.