Study Guide

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. They are able to apply experiential knowledge, in a systematic and analytical manner, 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 utilize their competencies and skills, identify their strengths as well as develop their competencies in connection with creative and artistic activities. They are able to apply creative approaches based on research in their professional practice in order 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 develop new solutions that utilise creativity in order to meet them, 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 their own 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 on and justify, based on research and in a coherent manner, the meaningfulness of creative activities and arts experiences to the well-being of individuals and communities. They are able to analyse and utilise experiential knowledge, in a versatile manner, in connection with creative and arts activities. The students are able to apply and further develop research-based creative approaches in their professional practice, in order to strengthen well-being, inclusion and agency in the social and health fields, as well as critically analyse the meanings of these activities to the participants. The students are able to independently develop their expertise in the use of creativity, culture and arts in support of well-being. The students are able to guide their individual professional learning in community-led, multidisciplinary projects in a group of learners.