Lifestyle and cultureLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

Students know how to analyse different cultures and lifestyles and are capable of evaluating their significance to the lives of individuals and communities. Students grasp the implication of attitudes and prejudices for the work in the social service sector. They are familiar with the nature of work in social services and its special demands on their actions.

Content

Central concepts. Culture and lifestyles. Different cultures. Cultural conflicts and collisions. Challenges to interaction, standard language, use of interpreters. Work for tolerance. The Non-Discrimitation Act and the Act on the Integration of Immigrants and Reception of Asylum Seekers.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory (1-2)
Students use the appropriate core concepts as well as make choices using the knowledge base of their own professional field. They recognise the prerequisites and consequences of their own actions.

Students’ actions follow the rules and instructions given, and they use working methods appropriately and safely.

Students work according to the professional ethics of their own field, and they act responsibly as group members.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3-4)
Students analyse the relationships between appropriate core concepts as well as justify their choices using the knowledge base of their own professional field. They analyse the prerequisites and consequences of their own actions.

Students act according to the rules and instructions given in their operating environment, and they use working methods appropriately and safely.

Students work according to the professional ethics of their own field, and they act flexibly as group members.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5)
Students analyse and assess the relationships between appropriate core concepts as well as make choices using the knowledge base of their own professional field. They assess the prerequisites and consequences of their own actions.

Students act initiatively and goal-orientedly in diverse operating environments, and they apply working methods appropriately and safely.

Students work according to professional ethics in varied situations, and their functioning enhances group activities.