Working Methods for Creative Practice 1Laajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The students are able to reflect on and justify, based on research, the meaningfulness of creative activities and arts experiences to the well-being of individuals and communities. The students are able to apply experiential knowledge when developing their professional competencies in connection with creative and arts activities. The students are able to apply versatile knowledge when observing, planning and utilizing creative activities in social and health fields.

The students are able to identify their competencies, skills and strengths and develop their professional competencies related to creative activities and arts. They are able to apply creative, research-based approaches in their professional practice to strengthen well-being, inclusion and agency in social and health fields, as well as to analyse the meanings of these activities to the participants.

The students are able to identify different human needs and analyse the potential of creative activities in responding to these needs in social and health fields. They are able to develop their skills and competencies in the use of creativity, culture and arts to promote well-being, health and inclusion, and reconstruct professional expertise in social and health fields through creativity. They are able to guide their own professional learning in community-led, multidisciplinary projects in a group of learners.

Content

Creativity, creative activities and expression; experiential learning; various forms of cultural and artistic activities; creating opportunities for inclusion and well-being; working methods for creative practice; creative interaction and group activities, emotional interaction, individual and collective reflection

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The students are able to reflect and justify, based on research, the meaningfulness of creative activities and arts experiences to the well-being of individuals and communities. They can analyse and utilize experiential knowledge in connection with creativity and arts-related activities. They can apply, in their professional practice, research-based creative approaches in strengthening well-being, inclusion and agency in social and health fields, and analyse the meanings of these activities to the participants. They are able to develop their skills and competencies in the use of creativity, culture and arts to promote well-being, health and inclusion, and reconstruct professional expertise in this field by creative means. They are able to guide their own professional learning in community-led, multidisciplinary projects in a group of learners.