NORDPLUS

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NORDPLUS

• Childrens culture
• and
• Childrens cultural expressions in tne Nordic
  countries

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• A Nordic study programme
• (30 ECTS)
• Cooperation between
• Denmark (Frøbelseminariet),
• The Faroe Islands (Teacher Training School),
• Finland (Åbo University),
• Norway (Vestfold University College)

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Aim of the study programme

• The aim of the study
• programme is to develop
• knowledge of and reflection
• about culture in general,
• and childrens culture in the
• Nordic countries especially,
• and to develop an
• understanding of
• childrens perspective in the
• matter of culture

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• Important to study and
• experience is both
• Childrens own cultural expressions
• The culture adults pass on to children

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Organization

• Four modules, one in each
• of the participating
• countries
• Finland (Jakobsstad)
• Norway (Tønsberg)
• The Faroe Islands
• (Torshavn)
• Denmark (Copenhagen)

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• Five students from each country
• One month in each of the four institutions
• Nordplus mobility and accommodation grants to
  students
• Nordplus meeting grants for participating
  teachers

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• A part of a bachelor degree or as further
  education for graduated teachers
• Accepted as a part of the study programme in the
  four countries teacher education

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• The students should also be
• able to
• Compare cultural experiences in the different
  Nordic countries, and learn from comparison
• Discuss and understand the special and unique in
  each countrys culture, but also cultural
  simularities and attitudes to culture in the
  Nordic countries

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The content of the Finish module

• Childhood as phenomenon
• Children and family in society
• Childrens rights in different contexts
• Culture as phenomenon in society
• Childrens culture in everyday life
• - traditions in Finland
• - play today and before

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The content of the Norwegian module

• Folktales as a collective fiction universe
• Norwegian folktales and their symbolic and
  mythical power
• Folktales and the development of childrens
  narrative competance
• Experiencing folktales and landscape through
  childrens outdoor activities
• Outdoor life and nature as a part of cultural
  life

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The content of the Faroese module

• Theories of childrens creative development
• Children and art, drama and music
• Folktales, stories and myths in childrens
  creative development
• Development of the students ability to teach,
  observe, analyse and evaluate creative processes

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The content of the Danish module

• Relations between different ways of living and
  cultural expressions
• Relations between the individual and the cultural
  and historical context
• Outdoor activities as culture
• Field work
• Methods for analysing and interpreting practice