Multicultural work and community work (5 cr)
Code: 7081243-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 26.07.2019 - 14.10.2019
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 26.08.2019 - 03.11.2019
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Unit
- Health and Well-being
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 10 - 20
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Social Services
- Teachers
- Heidi Ristseppä
- Sirppa Kinos
- Course
- 7081243
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
30.9.-21.10.2019 (weeks 40 - 43).
Weekly assignments (see Optima):
- Our neighborhoods
- 2 - way integration
- Multicultural work
- Social capital and social network map.
Objective
Student
- is able to participate in societal influencing with clients and other collaboration partners
- is able to network and cooperate in multidisciplinary and multicultural settings
- understands cultural differences and is able to cooperate in multicultural settings
- is able to counsel groups professionally
Competence objectives of study unit
Students
- are able to network and cooperate in multidisciplinary and multicultural settings
- understand cultural differences and take them into account in client work
- are able to participate in international communication and interaction
- are able to support participation of citizens and to take part in societal influencing together with clients and other social partners.
Content
Content
- sociocultural work
- regional work
- networking
- gender sensitivity
- counselling of groups
- societal influencing
- immigrant work
- employment services
Materials
All material available online.
Teaching methods
Online course, including individual assignments and peer evaluation.
Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development
Online pedagogy, collaborative learning, own reflection in theoretical learning diary.
Completion alternatives
An alternative to the weekly assignment 1.:
Participation in the seminar CHALLENGES IN EMPLOYMENT OF IMMIGRANTS 3.10.2019 (Turku) or comparable seminar.
Student workload
Weekly assignments 1-4 (3 ECTS).
Theoretical learning diary (2 ECTS).
Evaluation methods and criteria
Assignments 1-4 approved/ failed (2 ECTS).
Theoretical learning diary 0 (failed) -5 (excellent) (3 ECTS).
Failed (0)
Students
•are unable to network and cooperate in multicultural settings
•don´t understand cultural differencies and take them into account in client work
•are unable to participate in international communication and interaction
•are unable to support participation of citizens and to take part in societal influencing.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)
Students
•have challenges in networking and cooperating in multicultural settings
•have challenges in understanding cultural differencies and taking them into account in client work
•have challenges in international communication and interaction
•have challenges in supporting participation of citizens and participating in societal influencing.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4)
Students
•are able to network and cooperate in multicultural settings
•understand cultural differencies and take them into account in client work
•are able to participate in international communication and interaction
•are able to support participation of citizens and to take part in societal influencing.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Students
•are able to network and cooperate in multicultural settings, as well as evaluate and develope them
•have deep understanding in cultural differencies and take them into account in client work
•are able to participate in international communication and interaction
•are able to support participation of citizens and to take part in societal influencing and evaluate them.