Program Overview

Master Program in Didactics, Subject Didactics, Sports and Health

The Master Program in Didactics with a specialization in Sports and Health is designed for teachers who want to deepen their knowledge of didactics and learn more about teaching, learning, assessment, and development of teaching. The program is suitable for those who want to develop in their professional role, with a special focus on sports and health.

Program Details

• Program Code: S2DID-DIDR
• Level: Advanced
• Duration: 4 years
• Credits: 120 higher education credits (hp)
• Teaching Language: Swedish
• Study Pace: 50%
• Study Form: Campus
• Location: Göteborg

Program Content

The program provides students with the opportunity to develop their didactic knowledge, both practically and theoretically. Students will increase their ability to develop and analyze teaching, as well as lead school development on a scientific basis. The program includes common parts such as didactics as a science, the history of didactics, learning theories, and their consequences for teaching, methods for developing teaching, grading, and assessment, as well as scientific theory.

Specialization in Sports and Health

The Master Program in Didactics with a specialization in Sports and Health provides students with in-depth knowledge of sports didactics. Students will read and discuss current sports didactic research that highlights various aspects of teaching in the sports subject. The didactic questions of what, why, and how are important. What should be learned, why it is important, and how teaching can be carried out and assessed.

Eligibility and Selection

• Eligibility: A teacher's degree of at least 120 credits/180 hp or a bachelor's degree of at least 180 hp in educational sciences, or equivalent.
• Selection: Higher education credits, maximum 165 hp.

After the Studies

The program leads to a master's degree in subject didactics with a specialization in sports and health. Studying on the master's program means that you develop in your role as a teacher and it provides a good basis for work as, for example, a first teacher or development leader. The program also provides a basis for further studies at the research level, for example, in the research subjects of subject didactics or educational work.

Studies

• Teaching: The program is given at half speed over four years with meetings every other Tuesday.
• Location: Some meetings are on campus at Pedagogen in Göteborg, while others are digital.
• Content: The program includes lectures, seminars, workshops, and independent in-depth studies. Students are expected to read scientific literature of various kinds in Swedish and English.

About the University

Göteborgs universitet (the University of Gothenburg) is a university located in Gothenburg, Sweden. The university offers a wide range of programs and courses, and it is one of the largest universities in Scandinavia.