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

Content of study unit

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

Thematic presentations, talks, lectures, pair and small group work. Teaching will take place face-to-face at the Kupittaa Campus using art-based methods and the students' own specific skills.

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.

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. 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.

Sustainable development is one of the topics covered in the course, and many of the other topics are also connected to various dimensions of sustainable development.

Completion alternatives

There is no optional way of completing the course.

Student workload

- Pre-assignments for the contact days
- Learning assignments

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

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Passed: The student has returned all pre-assignments and learning tasks and has actively participated in the contact learning. The student demonstrates mastery and application of course content in learning tasks and pre-assignments. If AI has been used in the course assignments, the student has clearly indicated in the assignments how, why and where AI has been used and what software or applications have been used. AI has been used appropriately to support learning, not directly to produce ready-made answers.

Failed: The student has not returned all pre-assignments and learning tasks, has not participated in the contact learning or has not completed compensatory assignments. Returned pre- assignments and learning tasks are too superficial and/or do not cover the main part of the topics requested in the assignment. The language used in the exercises is not understandable. The tasks are done using AI, with no indication of its use, or the tasks are mostly done using AI, with no self-reflection.

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 topics 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; structures and politics
- 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 2024 and will be implemented during the contact days of the Master School degree in Creative Wellbeing.

Contact teaching:

23rd August, 9.00-12.00
20th September, 9.00-12.00
10th October, 13.00-16.15
11th November, 9.00-12.00
15th November, 9.00-12.00
12th December, 9.00-12.00

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

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

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. The course teachers will assess the completion of the task according to the instructions, the application and use of the source material, the fluency of multidisciplinary cooperation, the expression of own reflections and understandable, clear language. If the student uses artificial intelligence to complete the course, the student should indicate why, how and in which tasks it has been used. The assessment will focus on both completing the tasks and active participation.

Qualifications

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