Opinto-opas

Tavoitteet

- Kehität osaamistasi monikulttuurista ja kansainvälistä työelämää varten.
- Ymmärrät monikulttuurisuuden yhteiskunnallisen merkityksen sekä oman roolisi ja vastuusi yhdenvertaisuuden edistämisessä.
- Opit kommunikoimaan ja löytämään yhteisiä toimintatapoja monikulttuurisessa ryhmässä.
- Kehität kielitaitoasi sekä kykyä ja rohkeutta toimia monikielisessä ympäristössä.
- Tutustut monikulttuuriseen Turkuun ja sen kansainvälistyvään työelämään.
- Vahvistat omaa ja muiden yhteenkuuluvuuden tunnetta ja kiinnittymistäsi monikulttuuriseen korkeakouluyhteisöön.

Sisältö

Opintojaksoon sisältyy teoriatietoa ja pohdintatehtäviä alla olevista aihepiireistä sekä teemoja syventäviä työpajoja, asiantuntijaluentoja ja tapahtumia.

- Monikulttuurisuuteen liittyviä keskeisiä ilmiöitä ja käsitteitä.
- Ennakkokäsitykset ja kulttuuri-identiteetin vaikutus ajatteluumme ja toimintatapoihimme.
- Moninaisuuden hyödyt, kulttuurinen ja kielellinen vastuullisuus ja antirasismi.
- Monikulttuurisuuden merkitys työelämässä ja korkeakoulutuksessa.

Oppimateriaalit

The course material consists of the following:
- the itslearning course to be completed independently
- materials from the lectures, workshops and events/activities
- students' own final assignments

Opetusmenetelmät

The course consists of the following components:
- a kick-off meeting
- an itslearning course to be completed independently
- lectures (successful completion of the course requires participation in at least 3 lectures)
- workshops (successful completion of the course requires participation in at least 2 workshops)
- events (successful completion of the course requires participation in at least 3 events)
- a final meeting
- a final course assignment.

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

The course does not include an exam.

Pedagogiset toimintatavat ja kestävä kehitys

The course will take place in a multicultural, multilingual and multidisciplinary group. The course is open to exchange students, but it is also available to all students of Turku UAS from Finland and abroad, regardless of their field of study and language of instruction. The course's pedagogical methods support students' networking and active collaboration. The course and its method of implementation promote socially sustainable development.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

- kick-off meeting, 2 h
- the itslearning course to be completed independently, 30 h
- familiarisation with the course implementation and timetable and preparation of study plan, 5-10 h
- lectures + reflection on learning (for a successful completion of the course you must attend at least 3 lectures), 10-20 h
- workshops + reflection on what has been learnt (for a successful completion of the course, participation in at least 2 workshops is required), 5-12 h
- events + reporting on them (for a successful completion of the course, participation in at least 2 events is required), 8-20 h
- final meeting, 2 h
- final course assignment, 20 h
- peer feedback on the final assignment, 8 h
- final feedback on the course, 1 h

Sisällön jaksotus

The course will focus on the following themes:
- How does culture influence our thoughts and actions?
- What is multiculturalism?
- Why is multiculturalism important?
- What kind of multicultural competence do we seek?
- Multiculturalism at Turku University of Applied Sciences
- How do we act in a multicultural learning community?
- What is language awareness?
- Multilingualism and language awareness in the learning and working community
- What is clear language like?
- Supporting inclusion and anti-racism
- Equality and diversity in working life

The topics of the lectures included in the course will be specified before the start of the course.

Viestintäkanava ja lisätietoja

During the course, communication on issues related to studying and the learning assignments takes place with the message function in itslearning. It is recommended that students send the message jointly to all teachers of the course (Elli Sillanpää, Ana Kupri-Karenmaa, Tiina Hirard).
Students can communicate with each other either with the targeted message function in itslearning or with the course's joint announcements function with the entire course group. The messages sent with the announcements function are automatically shown to all course participants.

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

The following conditions must be met in order to get an accepted grade for the course:
PART 1:
- An approved mark for the self-study itslearning course (80% correct answers in all tests).
PART 2:
- Attendance at 3 lectures at minimum+ reflection on learning
- Attendance at 2 workshops at minimum + reflection on learning
- Participation in at least 2 events + reflection on learning
PART 3:
- final course assignment
- peer comments on the final course assignment

The final course mark will be made up of two parts:
PART 2: Participation in lectures, workshops and events: 50%.
PART 3: Final course assignment and providing peer comments: 50%.
A pass mark for the course requires at least grade 1 for both PARTs.

PART 2 will be marked as follows, with a maximum of 14p:
- Attendance at lectures (3-6 lectures): 3-6 points
- Participation in workshops (2-3 workshops): 2-3 points
- Attendance at events (2-5 events): 2-5 points
Based on the number of points, the student will receive a grade of 0, 1, 3 or 5 for PART 2.
- 11-14 p = 5
- 9-10 p = 3
- 7-8 p = 1
- 0-6 p = 0

PART 3 will be assessed according to the criteria defined in itslearning. Students will be awarded a grade of 0, 1, 3 or 5 for PART 3.