Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course, the student is be able to:

- apply and develop approaches and working methods of creative well-being among different communities and organisations in accordance with their own professional competence

- utilise individual, group, community, and networking skills in producing content related to creative well-being and in developing practices and structures that enable and promote creative well-being

- design and co-develop creative well-being services as part of an interprofessional team in a customer-oriented way

- assess the impact and meaning of creative well-being activities

- identify and analyse the ethics and values of creative well-being

- identify and analyse creative well-being as part of sustainable development and society

- outline, communicate and reflect on their own competences in the professional field and structures of creative well-being.

Content

The studies will strengthen both theoretical and practical skills in enabling creative well-being in different settings, service processes and with different actors.

The course introduces the planning and evaluation of creative well-being services.

The course will outline the funding of creative well-being, systems thinking and sustainable development.

It examines the ethical principles of the field of creative well-being in relation to different professional fields.

The course introduces students to the presentation and communication of their own professional expertise in the field of creative well-being.

Materials

Will be announced on the Itslearning learning platform. Some of the materials are in English.

Teaching methods

Contact teaching including thematic presentations, speeches, lectures, pair and small group work. Teaching will take place face-to-face and/or online using art-based methods and the students' own specific skills.
- Pre-assignments for the contact days
- Learning tasks
- Independent work

Exam schedules

No final exam.

International connections

The contact teaching will introduce the theory and research central to the course and will include discussion and sharing of experiences on the topics covered. Small group work emphasises self-direction, peer learning, reflection skills, creativity, multi-professionalism and dialogical interaction. Individual work involves familiarisation with the course literature and source materials, practising knowledge acquisition and processing, and structured presentation of issues. The assignments will involve the use of art-based methods.

Innovation pedagogy is at the heart of all Turku University of Applied Sciences courses. Learning takes place by applying theory to practice and working life.

Completion alternatives

There is no optional way to complete the course.

Student workload

The learning tasks of the module are described in more detail on the Itslearning platform.

Content scheduling

During the course, the student will deepen and develop his/her knowledge and skills as a professional in the field of creative wellbeing. The course is structured around the different themes of the contact days.

The students will work in multi-professional teams where they will share their knowledge and skills. Some parts of the course may be delivered in English and integrated into RDI projects.

The themes of the course include:
- ethics, values and quality in creative wellbeing activities
- evaluation and design of creative wellbeing activities and services
- expert communication and argumentation
- creative wellbeing as part of society
- presenting and developing one's own professional competences in relation to the field of creative wellbeing
- funding and systemic thinking in the field of creative wellbeing and sustainable development.

The course builds on what has been learned in the course Creative Wellbeing as a Competence.

The course will start in August 2023 and will be implemented during the contact days of the Master School degree in Creative Wellbeing.

Contact teaching:

24th August, 10.45–12.00
25th August,13.00–16.15
21st September, 14.45–17.00
22nd September, 9.00–12.00
13th October, 10.45–16.15
10th November, 11.15–16.15
14th December, 9.00–12.00

The content of the course may be supplemented and adapted according to current themes and events.

Further information

anna-mari.rosenlof@turkuamk.fi

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment will be based on pre-assignments and learning tasks to be completed during the course, as well as active participation in the contact days.

Qualifications

Creative Wellbeing as a Competence course must be completed before this course.