ERN503 Master's Thesis in Food and Health Didactics

The course is connected to the following study programs

• Subject didactics in Teacher Education Level 5-10, 2-year Master’s Programme
• Master's 5-Year Programme in Teacher Education, level 5-10

Teaching language

This course is taught in Norwegian and an English translation of the course description is not available.

Prerequisites

Passed all other courses included in the study program.

Course contents

The master´s thesis is an independent research work within a subject didactic theme in food and health aimed at level 5-10 in primary and lower secondary school. The thesis must be profession and practice oriented. The work is done in consultation with an appointed supervisor, who must approve the research question. The student is assigned a supervisor based on a project description.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

The candidate

• has specialized insight into a limited field within food and health didactics

• has in-depth knowledge about research, scientific method, research methods and ethics which are relevant for the master´s thesis

Skills

The candidate

• can design research questions which are of importance for the teaching of food and health, analyse and evaluate these, and present the results in a scientific manner

• can analyse and relate critically to national and international research and apply this knowledge in the work on the master´s thesis

• can account for methodological, research ethical and scientific theoretical issues and apply these to the work on the master´s thesis

 

General competence

The candidate

• can convey and communicate advanced subject didactic research and

development work to different audiences

Examination requirements

• approved participation in compulsory guidance/supervision

• approved and signed supervision contract. The conditions in the supervision contract must be fulfilled

Teaching methods

Supervision will be given in seminar groups with compulsory attendance. The students present their project sketch, 1. and 2. draft for their fellow students. Everybody accepts and gives feed-back on the respective drafts. The students can ask for individual guidance/supervision towards the end of the work on the thesis. Supervision contract between the student and the supervisor must be completed. See further description in the supervision contract and semester plan.

Expected student work load for the subject is a minimum of 800 hours.

Evaluation

The person responsible for the course, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.

Assessment methods and criteria

The master´s thesis can be written individually or in pairs. Scope 16000-24000 words (20000-24000 words if written by two). It is also possible with forms of documentation and presentation that combine different media (writing, picture, film, sound). In such cases, the form and scope are agreed with the supervisor.

 

The exam is in two parts. The written thesis is graded, and the grade is given to both if written in pairs. The grade can be adjusted one grade up or down for each student after the oral exam.

See further information in Canvas.