Katri Karasma
Education of the subject teacher and reading
17.5.2012
(In comprehensive school grades 7-9, upper secondary school, vocational institutions)
Pedagogical studies 60 ECTS
Basic studies 25 ECTS
Theory of education 4 ects
Educational sociology 4 ects
Educational psychology 7 ects
Teaching and learning of subject 3 ects (university lecturer)
School administration 2 ects
Supervised teaching practice I 5 ects
Subject studies 35 ECTS
Growth and learning 10 ects
Part 1. Teaching and leading to learn 8 ects (university lecturer, professor)
Part 2. Helping pupil’s learning 2 ects
Subject teaching, professional identity and expertisement 4 ects
Alternative studies:
Teaching in foreign language 2 ects
Finnish as a second language and multiculturalism 2 ects
Gender in education 2 ects
Environmental education and sustainable development 2 ects
Subject–centered seminar 6 ects
(including a thesis of at least 15 pages) (professor)
Supervised teaching practice 15 ects
Amount of contact lessons
University teacher 440 hours
University lecturer 380 hours
Professor 140 hours
Lectures (20 hours) prof. Katri Karasma
Why do we need instructional science of mother tongue (2 hours)
Reading theory 2 hours
Literature teaching 4 hours
Writing theory 4 hours
Drama theory 2 hours + workshop (demo) 2 hours
Pedagogical grammar (= action grammar) 2 hours + workshop (demo) 2 hours
Media theory 2 hours
Curriculum theory 2 hours
Meeting with research 10 hours
— workshop, every student holds a representation (powerpoint) about a new book or
article, I give a list with 30-40 titles, the students can choose one
How to make research? 6 hours
Methods (experimental research, content analysis, ex post facto research, case
study, discurse analysis, etnografic research, interview, action research, reader
response analysis, triangulation)
http://www.aidinkielenopetustieteenseurary.com
Journal of Mother Tongue Education (Aikakauskirja Äidinkielen opetustiede)
— since 1987, 40 numbers, published now once a year
Instructional science of Finnish as a second language
http://www.suomitoisenakielena-opetustiede.com
Structure
1) Immigrants as a societal phenomen, concept, different movements in Finland,
integration
2) Target language, learning, teaching, language structure, its studies
3) Literature and folklore, immigrant writers, literature on immigration and refugee
4) Research methods (research interview, questionnaire, experimental research, case
study, content analysis, story analysis, error analysis, variation analysis, ethnografic
research)
Karasma: Foundations of Instructional Science of Finnish as a Second
Language (Finn Lectura 2012, in press)
Instructional science of mother tongue
Structure
1) Concepts
2) Research methods
3) Divisions
Reading
Reading interest
Literature
Writing
Oral communication
Drama
Language
Media
4) Curriculum
5) Matriculation examination and its research
6) Textbook research (Sarmavuori 2011,
http://www.aidinkielenopetustieteenseurary.com)
READING THEORY FROM THE POINT OF INSTRUCTIONAL SCIENCE OF
MOTHER TONGUE
What is reading?
— thinking, reasoning
— psycholinguistic guessing game (Goodman 1987)
— radical, revolutionary (Bloom 2001)
— poaching (Lyons 2010)
— R = D x C (Lundberg 1989)
— information seeking, creating meaning
— dancing with an unknown partner
— dancing with an invisible partner (Blanchot 2003)
(Sarmavuori, K. 1911. Learn and lead reading, Helsinki: Avain)