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Socialization, Education and Lifelong Learning

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Socialization, Education and Lifelong Learning
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Social work and early childhood, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2017
Module code: BSP-3
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P322-0096
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
2V+2PS (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
6
Semester: 1
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
BSP-3.1: Written exam
BSP-3.2: /

[updated 02.12.2025]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

BSP-3 (P322-0096) Social work and early childhood, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2017 , semester 1, mandatory course
BSP-3 (P322-0096) Social work and early childhood, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2019 , semester 1, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 180 hours (equivalent to 6 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 135 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Dr. Sebastian Rahn
Lecturer:
N.N.


[updated 04.11.2017]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this course, students will:
  
a) At the professional level
...be able to distinguish between different theoretical approaches to the basic concepts of education, training, and socialization, critically compare them, and classify them based on literature.
...be able to independently examine issues relating to socialization, education, and educational science, and relate these to current social contexts.
...be able to develop and reflect on an understanding of the diversity and potential contradictions of socialization, upbringing, and educational processes.
...be able to describe and critically reflect on the role of central socialization institutions (e.g., family, peer group, school) in the context of the life course.
 
b) At an interdisciplinary level
...be able to independently read and understand scientific literature and use theoretical concepts to address their own (practical) problems.
...have become familiar with professional conduct and begun to deveop their own professional self-image, characterized by openness, recognition of complexity, and reflexivity.
...continuously and critically question their own professional convictions in dialogue with others.
...be able to recognize the possibilities of digital tools for dealing with theoretical content, evaluate them critically, and develop possible applications independently.


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Module content:
Lecture:
-Presentation of key theoretical approaches to issues of socialization, upbringing, and education
-Basic understanding of socialization, issues in social and educational science, concepts, topics, approachesand theories,
Terms, topics and approaches
-Presentation of a life-stage perspective with a focus on transitions in the life course
-Discussion of the importance of institutions as agents of socialization for biographical development
  
Introductory seminar:
-Basic understanding of socialization, issues in social and educational science
Terms, topics and approaches
-Comparative discussion of theoretical approaches to questions of socialization, upbringing, and education
-In-depth examination of individual socialization instances (e.g., family, school, peer group)

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Teaching methods/Media:
- Lecture
-Independent study: Reading and working through the specialist literature specified in the course
-Discussions in small groups and with the whole class
-Oral discussion of module topics (seminar discussion)
-Digitally supported peer instruction
Discussion of theoretical approaches based on film and series sequences
-Digital bulletin boards


[updated 02.12.2025]
Recommended or required reading:
Literature will be announced in the respective courses.


[updated 02.12.2025]
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