Didactic perspectives on teaching and learning in higher education

The course introduces different issues in relation to adults' learning in higher education based on research on teaching and learning in higher education, and with special relevance for design and implementation of teaching. Contextual conditions for didactic approaches in the own subject area and different teaching practices are addressed. The concept didactics is discussed and problematised in relation to interpretations, theoretical points of departure together with implications for different teaching contexts. Furthermore, consequences are addressed from different points of departure for design and application of forms for teaching in higher education.