Course syllabus - Sustainable Preschool
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
PEA109
Valid from
Autumn semester 2026
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1F (Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Main area(s)
Organisation
Department of Educational Sciences and Arts
Ratified
2023-12-12
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.
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Books
Barns lärande om hållbarhet: förskolan bygger framtiden
ISBN: 9789147157235
Articles
Att förändra vår värld: Agenda 2030 för hållbar utveckling. Svenska översättning av FN:s Transforming our world: The 2030 Agenda for sustainable development.
URL: Retrieved 23 January, 2025 from: https://www.regeringen.se
Developing a Whole (Pre)school Approach to Sustainability: Insights from Global Citizenship and Early Childhood Education Across Nordic Countries. In: Wals, A.E., Bjønness, B., Sinnes, A., Eikeland, I. (eds) Whole School Approaches to Sustainability. Sustainable Development Goals Series. 165-175
Systematic Child Talks in Early Childhood Education—A Method for Sustainability. Children 2023, 10, 661
Building a conceptual framework for an ESD-effective school organization. The Journal of Environmental Education 2020, VOL. 51, NO. 6, 400–415
Deliberation och kritik i förskolans undervisning för hållbar utveckling: ”så att det bli snällt där i världen”
URL: Link
Förskollärares mångfasetterade motiv för undervisning om hållbarhet. Nordisk barnehageforskning. Nordic early childhood educational research. Vol. 19, No.3, 2023, s. 104-124
URL: https://nordiskbarnehageforskning.no/index.php/nbf/article/view/345/568
“Business as usual”? Or transformative and transactive teaching leading towards the Agenda 2030 goals in Swedish Early Childhood Education. International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 9(1), p. 94-109
URLs
Barnkonventionen: FN:s konventionen om barnets rättigheter
OMEP:s skala för hållbarhet i förskolan (2. Uppl.).
Läroplan för förskolan, Lpfö 18
Reference Literature
Barns delaktighet och inflytande: hållbar utveckling i förskolan
ISBN: 9789177413295
Det hållbara ledarskapets komplexitet: En etisk utmaning för utbildningsektorn. I: M. Uljens (red.) Pedagogiskt ledarskap: Teori, forskning och skolutveckling (s. 77-102)
Miscellaneous
Två (2) valfria vetenskapliga artiklar valda av student till examinationen PRO 1. Övriga artiklar kan tillkomma av undervisande lärare som referenslitteratur.
Examination
SEM1, Seminar, 1.5 credits, seminar concerning learning outcomes 1 and 3, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
PRO1, Project report, 2 credits, project report concerning learning outcomes 4 and 5, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
SEM2, Seminar, 4 credits, seminar concerning learning outcomes 2, 4 and 5, grades Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG).
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
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