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Course syllabus - Language, Reading, Writing and Mathematics Development in Preschool from a First and Second Language Perspective

Scope

15.0 credits

Course code

OAU917

Valid from

Autumn semester 2026

Education level

First cycle

Progressive Specialisation

G2F (First cycle, has at least 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Main area(s)

Organisation

Department of Educational Sciences and Arts

Ratified

2025-03-25

Revised

2025-11-03

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2024-05-22
    • Latest update: 2025-05-27

    Books

    Alatalo, Tarja

    Högläsning: didaktik för språk-, läs- och skrivutveckling

    ISBN: 9789144137889

    LIBRIS-ID: w8nz662rtcs7w87n

    Upplaga 1, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 132 sidor

    Gniste, Matilda; Öinert, Lina

    Språkfrämjande arbete i förskolan: med läroplanen som grund

    ISBN: 9789144167756

    LIBRIS-ID: zh33phcpwqnqv4qg

    Första upplagan, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 303 sidor

    Pihlgren, Ann S.

    Läsa, skriva och räkna i förskolan: ett undervisande förhållningssätt

    ISBN: 9789127823990

    LIBRIS-ID: nzf01z65lfgfv96g

    Första utgåvan, [Stockholm], Natur & Kultur, 304 sidor

    Samuelsson, Robin

    Guidad lek i förskolan: språkutveckling mellan undervisning och lek

    ISBN: 9789144138169

    LIBRIS-ID: 3hscgh951sfxmtgt

    Upplaga 1, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 136 sidor

    Olin Almqvist, Anette; Almqvist, Jonas; Bergmark, Ulrika; Hamza, Karim; Nehez, Jaana; Strömberg, Marianne; Westman, Susanne

    Undervisning i förskolan: förskollärare och forskare i dialog om didaktiska dilemman

    ISBN: 9789144162140

    LIBRIS-ID: sbs169vfqjxx7c9b

    Upplaga 1, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 284 sidor

    Wallerstedt, Cecilia; Pramling, Niklas

    Att arbeta lekresponsivt

    ISBN: 9789151109411

    LIBRIS-ID: zfp5w0xcwh9bkzdt

    Första upplagan, Malmö, Gleerups, 111 sidor

    Articles

    Anatoli, Olga

    Being and becoming a bilingual preschooler: a co-operative action approach to bilingual early childhood education and care

    ISBN: 9789180758505

    LIBRIS-ID: xh2jfnfhvgdrv0m5

    URL: Sammanfattning och ramberättelse från Linköping University Electronic Press

    Linköping, Department of Thematic Studies, Linköping University, 1 onlineresurs (89 sidor)

    Björklund, C.; Marton, F.; Kullberg, A.

    What is to be learnt? Critical aspects of elementary arithmetic skills. Educ Stud Math 107, 261284

    URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-021-10045-0

    Björklund, C.; Palmér, H.

    Preschoolers reasoning about numbers in picture books. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 22(3), 195213

    URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/10986065.2020.1741334

    Björklund, Camilla; Palmér, Hanna

    Teaching toddlers the meaning of numbers: connecting modes of mathematical representations in book reading

    LIBRIS-ID: 0fc39m33xzxttwx3

    URL: Link

    Springer,

    Björklund, Camilla; Palmér, Hanna

    The challenges of mathematizing in Swedish early childhood education

    LIBRIS-ID: 9tkkp9k87zgp2ddm

    URL: Link

    Early Childhood Education Association Finland,

    Fuster, Carles; Bardel, Camilla

    Translanguaging in Sweden: A critical review from an international perspective. System, 121, 1-23

    URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2024.103241

    Johansson, S.; Björklund, C.; Kultti, A.

    Att utmana barns taluppfattning i en matematikaktivitet i förskolan. Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education, 26 (1), 3152

    Lindström, Cecilia; Simonsson, Maria; Pramling, Niklas

    Förskollärares resonemang om böckers funktioner i högläsning

    LIBRIS-ID: k41pk7q5hv09z37m

    URL: Link

    Palmér, H.; Björklund, C.; Landgren, L.

    Matematikundervisning i förskolan toddlare urskiljer kardinalitet genom att spela lotto. Forskning Om Undervisning Och lärande, 12(3), 721

    URL: https://doi.org/10.61998/forskul.v12i3.26662

    Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation,

    Sumpter, Lovisa; Hedefalk, Maria

    När dela lika är olika

    LIBRIS-ID: xdq8k3lnvhlh15wh

    URL: Link

    Valencia Mazzanti, C.

    Translanguaging, multilingualism, and multimodality in young children's mathematics learning. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 25(4), 413-428

Examination

SEM1, Seminar, 2 credits, active participation in seminars concerning learning outcomes 1, 7 and 9, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
OVN1, Exercise, 2 credits, exercises concerning learning outcomes 1, 3 and 8, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
INL1, Assignment, 3,5 credits, written assignment concerning learning outcomes 1-3 and 9, grades Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with
distinction (VG).
SEM2, Seminar, 2 credits, active participation in seminars concerning learning outcomes 4, 7 and 9, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
OVN2, Exercise, 2 credits, exercises concerning learning outcomes 4-6 and 8, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
INL2, Assignment, 3,5 credits, written assignment concerning learning outcomes 4-6 and 9, grades Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with
distinction (VG).

For Pass with distinction (VG) on the course as a whole, the student must have earned that grade for INL1 and INL2.

A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding disability study support, can request adaptions for the examination. It is the examiner who takes decisions on any adaptions, based on the certificate and other conditions.

Grade

Three-grade scale