Pedagogy of experiential learning and adventure education 5 ECTS (Master´s level), Spring 2025

Key contents

  • Pedagogical development, agency, leadership
  • Experiential learning and adventure education in different communities and environments
  • Current discussions and research

Prerequisites

The participants of the course should be willing to listen, read, write and speak English.

Additional information

Humak’s Open UAS studies are only available for students who have Finnish personal identity code.


Why Study at Humak Open University of Applied Sciences?

Humak University of Applied Sciences operates in the whole of Finland and is the country’s biggest educator in the following fields: youth work, organizational work, work community development, adventure and outdoor education, cultural management, and interpreting and linguistic accessibility.

Humak has about 2400 degree students and about 160 experts in various positions. Finland’s unique open university of applied sciences system and Humak’s extensive online training make high-quality academic studies available to everyone with affordable costs regardless of students’ background. Thousands of students take advantage of our wide selection of online courses every year.

Studies Open University of Applied Sciences. Master´s level course.
Method of instruction Online course
Language of instruction English
Study period 10.03.2025-16.05.2025
Schedule and mode of delivery Online course. Webinars (Zoom), independent study, individual and group assignments, a learning and/or development task. Webinars are mandatory.

  • 19.03.2025 at 15.00-18.00
  • 02.04.2025 at 15.00-18.00
  • 16.04.2025 at 15.00-18.00
  • 07.05.2025 at 15.00-18.00
This Master’s level (EQF 7) course equals 5 ECTS (1 ECTS credit point equals about 27 study hours).
NB! Humak’s Open UAS studies are only available for students who have Finnish personal identity code.
Registration period 18.11.2024 klo 8:00 – 26.02.2025 klo 23:59:00 (EET)
Contact person Anita Saaranen-Kauppinen (firstname.lastname@humak.fi)
General information Contact Open UAS student administration for matters regarding registration, payment, certificates:
avoinamk@humak.fi
tel. +358 29 451 9230

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to

  • Examine professional and work environments from the pedagogical perspective
  • Understand the perspectives of experiential learning and adventure education in pedagogical development work
  • Critically examine current research and discussions around learning, competence, development, and growth
  • Develop pedagogical expertise, actions, activities, practices and communities in different environments
  • Develop competence in reflection