Project and communication in the agrarian sector
Course evaluation
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LB0097-10113 - Course evaluation report
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Additional course evaluations for LB0097
Academic year 2023/2024
Project and communication in the agrarian sector (LB0097-10080)
2023-08-28 - 2023-10-30
Academic year 2021/2022
Project and communication in the agrarian sector (LB0097-10253)
2021-08-30 - 2021-11-01
Academic year 2020/2021
Project and communication in the agrarian sector (LB0097-10196)
2020-08-31 - 2020-11-01
Academic year 2019/2020
Project and communication in the agrarian sector (LB0097-10157)
2019-09-02 - 2019-10-31
Academic year 2018/2019
Project and communication in the agrarian sector (LB0097-10154)
2018-09-03 - 2018-11-11
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
LB0097 Project and communication in the agrarian sector, 15.0 Credits
Projekt och kommunikation i den agrara sektornSubjects
Agricultural Science Agricultural scienceEducation cycle
Master’s levelModules
| Title | Credits | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Project work | 8.0 | 0302 |
| Individual assignment 1 | 3.0 | 0303 |
| Individual assignment 2 | 2.0 | 0304 |
| Compulsory exercises | 1.0 | 0305 |
| Compulsory literature seminars | 1.0 | 0306 |
Advanced study in the main field
Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirementsMaster’s level (A1N)
Grading scale
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.
Language
SwedishPrior knowledge
- 150 credits in one of the Agriculture Programmesor
- an equivalent to 120 credits of which 90 credits in a main field of study of natural or social sciences as well as at least 15 credits in agricultural sciences
Objectives
The course aims to focus on problem areas and train skills that are relevant for agronomists.
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
Identify and formulate relevant issues related to communication in agriculture and in the rural sector, especially concerning sustainable development.
Demonstrate the ability to analyse different actors’ interests and perspective in agriculture and in the rural sector, demonstrate the ability to collaborate in groups with different composition, reflect on how important factors affect projects and processes and show how conflict of interests and other conflicts can be handled.
Independently analyse complex situations as well as suggest and evaluate different solutions by applying basic theories of and models for communication, especially in relation to the sustainable development of agriculture and the rural sector.
Formulate a project plan, carry out a concrete project based on models for implementation and management of project as well as reflect on risks and limitations that can occur in an ongoing project as well as be able to account for different forms of evaluation and to evaluate the project.
Compare what it implies to work as agronomist in different types of operations in the agrarian sector and adjacent fields as well as reflect on the own occupational identity as agronomist and what different positions imply.
Content
This is a course that should prepare all future agronomists for the future working life. Agronomists work in an agricultural system with different challenges connected to the world food supply such as secure foods, ethical and economic animal husbandry, future land use and sustainability in rural areas. The challenges for future agronomists are complex, not least because there are many actors to handle and strong, sometimes conflicting interests.
Students from all Agriculture Programmes will in the course be offered the possibility to meet others’ experiences and perspective on the different challenges that are presented during the course. The course is planned as a reality in miniature, where we utilise our differences to reflect on what it implies to have different perspectives and knowledge and how one can work with these differences as a starting point. Our tool regarding to work together with people in complex situations are communication.
During the course, many occasions are given to reflect on future professional roles. The course covers professional roles such as advisory and public authority - as well as leadership and its preconditions with a focus on communicative aspects. This is done through study visits and guest lectures as well as in the project work. The aim of the course is that each student should learn to use tools to be able to handle different roles and situations that professional agronomists meet.
The course contains both skills training as well as ways to extend used approaches to situations agronomists can meet in their working life. During the course, skills are trained in practical exercises, while lectures and literature seminars aim mainly to advanced (theoretical) understanding and new approaches. To guide the students, we have focused on a number of central concepts: Actor, participation, democracy, dialogue, information, conflict of interest, communication, complexity, conflict, meta-communication, method (interview - project - research -), perspective-taking, process, professional, project, conversation, collaboration, evaluation and profession.
During the course, concrete projects with current interest for agricultural sector are carried out, where students from different specialisations in agronomy work together. The project work goes on during the whole course. For the project work, there is a supervisor from SLU and an external organisation or a company that has contributed with a current and authentic project idea. In connection with the project work, different aspects and tools around project and process work are observed. The project work as well as the process are evaluated continuously.
Grading form
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.Formats and requirements for examination
Passed written and oral presentation of the project work.
Passed individual presentation of the working process of the project.
Passed participation in compulsory course modules.
Passed oral and written exercises.
If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.
The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.
If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.
For the assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Other information
The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.
If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Additional information
Transition rules:This course replaces LB0080 Project management and communication for agronomists, 20 credits. The obligation for Degree of Master of Science in Agriculture will be fulfilled through this course also for the students who study according to the old programme syllabus of one of the Agriculture Programmes, 270 credits.
Responsible department
Department of Urban and Rural Development
Further information
Litterature list
Modul 1A: Agronom i arbetslivet och kommunikation i praktiken (v. 35 – 36)
Obligatorisk
Egidius, H. 2011. Etik och profession: i en tid av ökande privatisering och myndighetskontroll. Stockholm: Natur & kultur. Kap 1 (Några sidor på Canvas)
Klasson, T. 2010. Professioner i offentlig förvaltning: en lärobok för universitetens professionsutbildningar. Lund: Studentlitteratur. Kap 1, 5 (Kap 1 på Canvas)
Westin, M., Calderon, C., Hellquist, A. 2016. Att leda samverkan: En handbok för dig som vill hantera komplexa samhällsutmaningar. Lund: Mediatryck. Del II (s. 32-45). http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1040497&dswid=-1527
Wilhelmson, L. & Döös, M. 2002. Dialogkompetens för utveckling i arbetsliv. Arbetslivsinstitutet. Västervik: AB CO Ekblad & Co. (Canvas)
Leeuwis, C. 2006 *Communication for Rural Innovation: Rethinking Agricultural Extension. *Oxford: Blackwell Science. Ch. 2 From extension to communication for innovation p. 22-39 (Canvas)
Rekommenderade
Campbell, 2008. Designing a Communications Strategy. Kap 6. (Canvas) www.research-matters.net
Eksvärd, K., Hallgren, G., Norrby. T. & Westberg, L. 2006. Gå en mil i mina skor… på väg mot samförvaltning. Working paper No. 8. SLU, Centrum för biologisk mångfald. Uppsala. (Canvas)
Höckert, J. & Ljung, M. Advisory Encounters towards a Sustainable Farm Development – Interaction between Systems and Shared Lifeworlds. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 19:3, 291-309.
KK-stiftelsen. Kommunikationsplanering – hur gör man? EN HANDBOK FRÅN KK-STIFTELSEN. ISSN 1652-5213 kks.se (Canvas)
Modul 1B: Miljökommunikations teori för agronomer (v. 37 – 38)
Obligatorisk
Nitsch, U. 2000. The art of environmental communication. Ur: Lundgren, L.J. (red.) *Knowing and doing. *Stockholm: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket). (Canvas)
Brulle, R. 2010. From Environmental Campaigns to Advancing the Public Dialog: Environmental Communication for Civic Engagement, Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, 4:1, 82-98.
Leeuwis, C. 2006 *Communication for Rural Innovation: Rethinking Agricultural Extension. *Oxford: Blackwell Science. Ch. 7 Communication and the construction of meaning pp. 117-125 (Canvas).
Hallgren, L. & Ljung, M. 2005. *Miljökommunikation. Aktörssamverkan och processledning. *Lund: Studentlitteratur. Ch. 2 (pp. 53 – 65), 4 och 5.
Rekommenderade
Cox, R. 2016. Advocacy Campaigns and Message Construction. I Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere. SAGE publications. Kap 1, 8. (Canvas)
Bergeå, H., Hallgren, L., Westberg, L. & Ångman, E. 2013. Dialogprocessen om allemansrätten Underlag för utveckling av dialogmetodik och dialogkompetens. Rapport 2/2013, Stad och land. (Canvas)
Darnhofer, I., Gibbon, D. & Dedieu, B. 2012. Farming Systems Research: an approach to inquiry. Ur: Darnhofer, I., Gibbon, D. & Dedieu, B. (red.) *Farming Systems Research into the 21st Century: The New Dynamic. *Springer. (Canvas)
Hallgren, L. 2003. I djupet av ett vattendrag: Om konflikter och samverkan vid naturresurshantering. Acta Universitatis agriculturae Sueciae. Agraria 379, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Uppsala. (Canvas). http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/183/1/91-576-6418-8.fulltext.pdf
Jurin, R.R., Roush, D. & Danter, J. 2010. Environmental Communication. Skills and Principles for Natural Resource Managers, Scientists, and Engineers. Springer Science+Business Media. Kap 5-7. (Canvas)
Lakoff, G. 2010. Why it Matters How We Frame the Environment. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, 4:1, 70-81.
Saarikoski, H., Raitio, K. & Barry, J. 2012. Understanding ‘successful’ conflict resolution: Policy regime changes and new interactive arenas in the Great Bear Rainforest. Land Use Policy 32 (2013) 271– 280 (Canvas) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837712002074
Senecah, S. 2004. The Trinity of Voice: The Role of Practical Theory in Planning and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Environmental Participatory Processes. Ur: Depoe, S.P., Delicath, J.W. & Aepli Elsenbeer, M.-F. (red.) *Communication and Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making. *Albany: State University of New York Press, ss. 13-33. (Canvas)
Thurén, T. 2007. Vetenskapsteori för nybörjare. Stockholm: Liber. Kap 2, 5, 19 (Canvas)
Ångman, E., Buijs, A.E., Bergeå, H.L., Arts, I. & Verschoor, G. 2016. Emotions in communicative practices: Legitimation and de-legitimation in NRM conflicts in the Netherlands and Sweden. Ur Petersen, T., Ljunggren Bergeå, H., Feldpausch-Parker, A. & Raitio, K. (red*.) *Environmental Communication and Community - Constructive and destructive dynamics of social transformation. Routledge. ss. 184-203.
Modul 2: Interdisciplinärt Projektarbetet (välj vad känns intressant/relevant)
Projekt och processorganisation
Hallin, A. & Karrbom Gustavsson, T. 2015. Projektledning. Stockholm: Liber. ISBN 9789147114801
Blomberg, J. 2003. Projektorganisationen – kritiska analyser av projektprat och praktik. Malmö: Liber Ekonomi. Främst kap 1. (Canvas)
Eklund, S. 2009. Arbeta i projekt – individen, gruppen, ledaren. Studentlitteratur. (Delar finns på Canvas)
Verktyg för grupparbete
Falk, A. Verktygslåda för bättre möten. Skaparlust. http://www.skaparlust.nu
Glasl, F. 1999. Confronting Conflict. A first-aid kit for handling conflicts. Hawthorn press. USA.
Wheelan, S. 2010. Att skapa effektiva team. Studentlitteratur.
Weiner Thordarson, K. 2009. Professionellt bemötande. Att möta kunder i offentlig verksamhet. SKL kommentus.
Vanliga metoder
Eneroth, Bo (1987), Hur mäter man ”vackert”? Grundbok i kvalitativ metod. Stockholm: Natur och kultur, s. 9-37, 47-77 (58 s.)
Eriksson, Yvonne & Göthlund, Anette (2004), Möten med bilder. Lund: Studentlitteratur, s. 9-82 (73 s.)
Winther Jörgensen, Marianne & Phillips, Louise (2000),* Diskursanalys som teori och metod*. Lund: Studentlitteratur
Trost, Jan (2012), Enkätboken. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Thomsson, Heléne (2010), Reflexiva intervjuer. Lund: Studentlitteratur
Läsning för Projektövning 3: Problemformulering (Workshop 12/9):
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS2J8TGVhw4&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
- Creswell, J. W & Creswell J. D. 2018. *Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. *SAGE: Thousand Oaks, California. Pp. 105 – 112, 117 – 122, & 133-136.
- Leeuwis, C. 2006 *Communication for Rural Innovation: Rethinking Agricultural Extension. *Oxford: Blackwell Science. Ch. 19 Cooperation across scientific disciplines and epistemic communities p. 350-361
Modul 3: Reflektion och utvärdering (v. 43 – 44)
Obligatorisk
Svensson, L. et al. 2009. Lärande utvärdering genom följeforskning. Lund: Studentlitteratur. Kap 1, 4. (Kap 1 på Canvas)
Karlsson, O. 1999. Utvärdering – mer än metod. En översikt. Àjour. Svenska kommunförbundet.
Westin, M. och Hellquist, A. Den reflekterande samverkansledare. https://medium.com/@martin.westin74/den-reflekterande-samverkansledaren-9656c56bcb60
Rekommenderade
Joosse, S., Powell, S., Bergeå, H., Böhm, S., Calderón, C., Caselunghe, E., Fischer, A., Grubbström, A., Hallgren, L., Holmgren, S., Löf, A., Nordström Källström, H., Raitio, K., Senecah, S., Söderlund Kanarp, C., von Essen, E., Westberg, L., & Westin, M. (2020) Critical, Engaged and Change-oriented Scholarship in Environmental Communication. Six Methodological Dilemmas to Think with. Environmental Communication, DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2020.1725588