Teacher as a Specialist in Interpersonal Competence (5cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Objective

Course Purpose:
In this course, you will explore interaction as a central tool in a teacher’s work. You reflect on ways to foster encounters that support students' learning and well-being. You will also examine guided feedback as a form of interaction, and emotional skills that are important in teaching. During this course, you will develop abilities to handle challenging teaching situations and find potential solutions. Finally, you will evaluate your own competence in relation to the learning outcomes and skills targeted in this course.

Competences Promoted in the Course:
- Interpersonal competence
- competence in pedagogical well-being

Learning Outcomes
- You understand the principles of dialogical interaction.
- You engage with learners constructively and respectfully.
- You are able to support students’ agency and their sense of self-efficacy.
- You understand the significance of student well-being and emotional skills as part of the learning process.
- You can reflect on and develop your Interpersonal competence and pedagogical well-being competence.

Content

Course Content
- High-quality, respectful and appreciative encounters – dialogical interaction as an approach
- Giving guided feedback and supporting the learner’s sense of self-efficacy as teacher competencies
- Supporting well-being in the educational environment
- Managing challenging teaching situations
- The importance of emotional skills in teaching work

Materials

Learning materials can be found in the Moodle learning environment.

Teaching methods

The course's skills are promoted learning sessions.
The course involves independent work and interactive peer learning.

Student workload

The course is worth 5 credits, which corresponds to 135 hours of student work.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Assessment Criteria

- You understand the principles of dialogical interaction and have the ability to apply a dialogical approach.
- You can meet learners constructively and respectfully, and you know how to support and strengthen their agency and self-efficacy.
- You understand the role of emotional skills in learning and are able to support student well-being as part of the learning process.
- You are able to evaluate your competence in encounter and pedagogical well-being.

Further information

The assessment is based on learning objectives, qualitative and criteria-based. The assessment material consists of the learning tasks of the course and the self-assessment task. The assessment decision is made by the teacher educator when all learning tasks have been completed.