3. Electronic information sources, which should be used for the course studies at the study programme Home Environment and Information Technologies in Education
Universal information explorers, portals offered by the Fundamental library of LLU suitable in each study course: BUBL LINK catalogue – internet links in various academic branches; Google- Explorer in internet; Google Scholar – Explorer of scientific publications in internet; EBSCO Business Source Complete; Governments on the WWW; Ingenta – versatile database of academic and professional publications; Internet Public Library - Internet public library is the project of the University of Michigan; Electronic catalogue of the Fundamental Library of LLU; Latvijas Pētnieku Mobilitātes Portāls; Scirus – versatile Explorer of scientific information in internet; OVID CAB Abstracts; ProQuest Information and Learning resursus; Letonika - Letonika is information and translation system in Latvian with the main purpose to provide systemic and encyclopedic information. The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Latvia, The Dictionary of Terms, computer dictionaries and computer encyclopedias, internet references are in Letonika; ScienceDirect direct link journal database with about 25% the world’s full scientific texts as well as bibliographic information; The Directory of Open Access Journals direct link journal database containing full texts in social sciences, mathematics, statistics, etc.; University of Illinois IMLS Digital Collections and Content Project VASCODA – portal of scietific resources providing access to scientific and tertiary information in Germany.
Recommended databases outside LLU: Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) - universal full text database covering more than 100 journals as well as in linked Internet resources; Eastview Social Sciences & Humanities - access to full texts in humanitarian and social sciences journals from Russia;
RUBRICON – universal full text database comprising more than 60 encyclopedias, dictionaries, manuals from Russia.
80-90% of the references written after course descriptions are in the Fundamental Library of LLU or library of the Institute of Education and Home Economics (IMI).
4. The comparison of the study programme Home Environment and Information Technologies in Education with the similar study programmes in the EU Member States
Sweden
Göteborg University, Department of Home Economics
The qualification of a teacher of two or more subjects is obtained in the result of studies: a teacher of Home Economics and Mathematics, or a teacher of Home Economics and the Swedish Language, or a teacher of Home Economics and Religion, or a teacher of Home Economics and Social Sciences.
Compared indices
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Latvia University of Agriculture
Institute of Education and Home Economics
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Göteborg University
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Qualification obtained
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Teacher of Home Economics and Information Technologies
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Teacher of Home Economics and Mathematics or the Swedish Language, Religion, History and Social Sciences
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Duration of studies
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4 study years
160 CP
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4 or 4,5 study years
8 or 9 semesters
30 CP in semester, in total 240 CP or 270 CP
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Content, structure of studies
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General education and theoretical courses of the branch 56 CP
Natural sciences, social sciences and research methodology, humanitarian and art sciences, Pedagogics and Psychology
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Science and Society,
School, Teaching, Learning,
Research Methodology,
Didactics,
Interdisciplinary studies
90 CP
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Professional specialisation
(in Home Economics)
courses 35…40 CP
Home Economics, Nutrition
Principles of Design
Textile Technologies / Applied Engineering Sciences,
Methods of Specialisation courses (Home Economics)
Teaching methodical practice
13 CP
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Home Economics: Nutrition, Culture, Technologies;
Nutrition and Health;
Housekeeping; Consumer Science; Household Resource Management– in internat. aspect
70 CP
Possibilities and methods of research in Home Economics; Course paper
15 CP
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Professional specialisation (in Information Technologies) courses 30 …38 CP
(incl. Physics and Mathematics)
Computer Science, IT in Education; Methods of specialisation courses
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The second specialisation course
69 or 90 CP
(2 or 3 semesters)
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Finland
University of Helsinki
Faculty of Education, Department of Home Economics and Craft Science
All subject teachers (including Home Economics teachers) should have Masters’ degree (Major subject: either Home Economics Science or Education) in order to qualify for teachers’ posts. Basic subject to be taught at school, is Home Economics (1 subject teacher). Students are advised to take the other subject (2 subject’s teacher). Three subject’s teacher training is possible, but rarely taken, because one has to study longer. When the students’ decide their major and minor subjects, any combination of subjects that is taught at schools and which can be studied at the University of Helsinki is possible.
Compared indices
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Latvia University of Agriculture
Institute of Education and Home Economics
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University of Helsinki
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Qualification obtained
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Professional Bachelor in Education
Teacher of Home Economics and Information Technologies
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Master’s degree
1 subject teacher -
Home Economics,
or 2 subject’s teacher -
any combination of subjects
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Duration of studies
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4 study years
160 CP
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5,3 years
160 credits
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Content, structure of studies
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General education and theoretical courses of the branch 56 CP
Natural sciences, social sciences and research methodology, humanitarian and art sciences, Pedagogics and Psychology
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Education 35 CP
and
Additional studies 30 CP
Training on research methods, scientific inquiry, didactics
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Professional specialisation
(in Home Economics)
courses 35…40 CP
Home Economics, Nutrition
Principles of Design
Textile Technologies / Applied Engineering Sciences,
Methods of Specialisation courses (Home Economics)
Teaching methodical practice
13 CP
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Home Economics science 80CP
Nutrition education,
environmental education, consumer education,
family education,
quality of life in household, and interpretative understanding of practical every problems in families.
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Professional specialisation (in Information Technologies) courses 30 …38 CP
(incl. Physics and Mathematics)
Computer Science, IT in Education; Methods of specialisation courses
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Other minor subject 15CP
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