Pedagogical and socio-pedagogical competences are looked at and studied as the focal competences of community and adventure educators. Students gain experience in applying participatory and activity-based methods in the environment of their choice.
Topics covered:
- learning theories
- participatory pedagogy
- social pedagogy
- youth participation and youth work
- appreciative interaction
- participatory and activity-based methods
- mind-set, will, motivation and feelings in learning
Requirements
- Active participation in lectures
- Independent on-line studying and assignments
- Group and individual tasks during the lectures
- Group assignments
- Final assignment
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 2000 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.