Opinto-opas

Objective

Students will identify society’s structures and stages of development. They will be able to examine the importance of community and socialising to the individual. Students will be familiar with the traditions and current trends of community education. They will apply the key trends and work forms of community work to their socio-pedagogical activity, which can include sociocultural animation, networking and regional work.

Content

Intrinsic and cultural nuances of society. Sociocultural animation. Examination of reality through action research methods. Structuring sociocultural reality. Regional work, networking and community work.

Location and time

Schedule
20.3 9.00-11.45 room MPA2028
20.3 12.45-16.00 room MPA2027
1.4 12.45 - 16.00 room MPA6020
2.4 12.45 -16.00 room MPA6020
3.4 9.00 - 11.45 room MPA2008
6.4 9.00 - 11.45 room MPA4007
16.4 12:45-16:00 room MPA6017
22.4 12.45 - 16.00 room MPA6017
29.4 9.00-12.00 room MPA6019
4.5 12.45 - 16.00 room MPA6019
20.5 9.00 - 11.45 room MPA5023

Materials

Ledwith, Margaret (2011): Community Development - a critical approach, Ch. 2-4 (pp33-96)
Optional reading in English (in materials)
Williams, Charlotte (ed.)(2016): Social Work in the City. Urban Themes in 21st-Century Social Work. Palgrave Macmillan, Melbourne. pp. ss. 1- 150.
Internet materials:
Participatory methods (www.participatorymethods.org)
Optional reading in Finnish (in materials):
http://Kansalaisnavigointi.metropolia.fi
Piekkari, Jouni: Top Toijala! Osallistava asuinaluehanke. (julkaisematon). in OMA

Teaching methods

Activating lectures; workshops; small group presentations, experiments, observation and study diaries, expressive methods, study visits, workshop planning, implementation and evaluation, literature and internet materials.

Employer connections

Collaboration in Myllypuro district of Helsinki with municipal community worker; local communities and networks.

Exam schedules

na

International connections

International literature

Completion alternatives

na

Student workload

27h per credit

Content scheduling

see above

Further information

During the study module the student will be exposed to Myllypuro area of Helsinki. We will explore the the practice of community work in the area and role and functions of different organisations and the people living in the area. We will explore the possibilities for the future networking and collaboration as tour new campus is in Myllypuro.

We will explore the urban area from the socio-cultural point of view. The aim is to produce useful information for town planning and networking through a cross-sectional approach.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment:
Assessment criteria as the attachment of the curriculum.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Assessment:
Assessment criteria see the attachment.
The teacher of the study unit informs the assessment criterias in the beginning of the study unit.

Assessment methods and criteria

To be announced