Course syllabus - Multimodal Analysis of Pedagogical Interaction, 7.5
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Information about the course
- Course code: FOUK003
- Third-cycle subject: Didactics
- School: School of Education, Culture and Communication
- Responsible department: Division of Language and Literature
- Valid from: 2023-02-23
- Established by: Dean of SChool
- Decision date: 2023-02-23
- Level of education: Third cycle level
Course objective
This course is designed to help PhD students understand and analyse “pedagogical interaction” (in its broad sense) so as to be able to build links to learning and teaching events and behaviours (in all subjects) in classrooms and beyond.
The course aims to teach 1) theoretical and methodological aspects of multimodal Conversation Analysis and 2) basic analytical steps to carry out and report interaction-based research in education.
“Multimodal Analysis of Pedagogical Interaction” is designed to benefit PhD students who are planning to work on audio-visual data with a micro-analytic, sequential and multimodal perspective. In addition to the lectures, the course facilitates hands-on learning through seminars/webinars and data sessions to help postgraduate students work on “naturally-occurring” data for analytic purposes.
Course content
The course equips participants with theoretical knowledge and practical skills to analyse discourse and interaction in, in particular, pedagogical settings (not necessarily limited to classrooms). To this end, it puts interaction at the heart of teaching and learning activities. The contents include 1) principles of multimodal conversation analysis, 2) analytic underpinnings of a CA approach to pedagogical interaction, 3) practical aspects of dealing with audiovisual data, and 4) research design and implementation for carrying out a pedagogy-driven CA project.
Intented learning outcomes
- demonstrate knowledge on the methodological underpinnings of multimodal conversation analysis,
- interpret, transcribe, and perform analyses of sequences of pedagogical interactions,
- demonstrate understanding of and basic skills for linking interactive practices to teaching and learning activities,
- carry out methodological and analytic procedures for a classroom/pedagogy related mini CA research project.
The intended qualitative targets in relation to the Higher Education Ordinance, appendix 2.
Knowledge and understanding
For the Degree of Doctor, the doctoral student shall demonstrate:
- A1: broad knowledge and systematic understanding of the research field as well as advanced and up-to-date specialised knowledge in a limited area of this field, and
- A2: familiarity with research methodology in general and the methods of the specific field of research in particular.
Competence and skills
For the Degree of Doctor, the doctoral student shall demonstrate
- B1: the capacity for scholarly analysis and synthesis as well as to review and assess new and complex phenomena, issues, and situations autonomously and critically,
- B2: the ability to identify and formulate issues with scholarly precision critically, autonomously, and creatively, and to plan and use appropriate methods to undertake research and other qualified tasks within predetermined time frames and to review and evaluate such work,
- B5: the ability to identify the need for further knowledge, and
- B6: the capacity to contribute to social development and support the learning of others both through research and education and in some other qualified professional capacity.
Judgement and approach
For a Degree of Doctor the doctoral student shall demonstrate
- C1: intellectual autonomy and disciplinary rectitude as well as the ability to make assessments of research ethics.
Teaching formats
Seminars and lectures.
Examination
INL1, Individual assignment, transcription and analysis of a sequence of pedagogical interaction, 1.5 cr, concerning learning outcomes 1-4, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
INL2, Individual assignment, mini CA/pedagogical interaction project/written assignment, 4.5 cr, concerning learning outcomes 1-4, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
SEM1, active participation in data sessions and seminars, 1.5 cr, concerning learning outcomes 1-4, grades Fail (U) or Pass (G).
Grade
Two-grade scale fail (U) or pass (G).
Requirements
To participate in the course and the examinations included in the course, the applicant must be admitted to doctoral studies at Mälardalen University or other university.
Selection criteria
Selection of applicants will be made in accordance with the ranking below.
- Doctoral students in didactics.
- Doctoral students at Mälardalen University.
- Doctoral students at other universities.