Empowering Social Services for Diverse Adults and the Elderly (5 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- recognise the need for diverse services for adults and the elderly
- identify and further develop the best practices and empowering methods to meet the needs of diverse adults and the elderly
- describe service development done in co-operation with diverse adults and the elderly

Location and time

Please refer to the Timetable Engine at https://lukkarit.laurea.fi/ for the schedule information. Laurea reserves the right to modify the timetable.

Materials

Learning material will be announced in the beginning of the study unit

Teaching methods

Implementation method: Class room teaching
learning environment: Canvas
guidance and communication practices: Via canvas discussion environment or e-mail

Partly automated implementation:

The study unit is completed partly independently following a schedule for returning assingments / by a given deadline. In addition to independent studying, the study unit includes scheduled teaching or guidance online. Recordings of the teaching sessions can be viewed on Canvas afterwards. The study unit does not include working in pairs or groups. You will not receive individual feedback for assignments from the teacher: feedback is based on checking the accuracy of the assingments, giving out model answers after the assignments have been returned, and giving peer feedback.

Daytime learning:

A Canvas learning environment is used to support the implementation, but it is important to take part in teaching and guidance on campus according to schedule. The study unit includes working in pairs or groups. You will receive individual feedback for assignments from the teacher, and working life or peer feedback may also be utilised.

Any use of artificial intelligence must be reported

Employer connections

Possible RDI cooperation will be announced in the beginning of the study unit

Exam schedules

Based on the degree regulations (2024), the student accepted for the implementation is required to confirm his/her participation by showing activity at the start of the study in the following way:

[Instructions: choose either option 1 (ready text to be used) or option 2, where you enter the way of showing activity yourself]

[Option 1:] In order to demonstrate activity, the student must be present at the first contact lesson or notify the teacher in charge of his/her absence to confirm his/her participation in the study. Registration will be rejected if the student does not report his/her absence at the start of the study or the reason for the absence cannot be considered justified. Another student can be taken in his place. The first contact lesson is [insert date].

[Option 2] In accordance with the degree regulations (2024), those who have been accepted for the study unit must confirm their participation [state the method, e.g. presenting in the discussion area; action may be required within a week of the start of implementation]. If the student does not confirm participation by acting in this way, his registration for the implementation will be rejected and another student can be taken in his place.

Completion alternatives

According to the degree regulations (2024), "Students are entitled to apply for recognition of prior learning regardless of where, when and how the competence has been acquired. ... At Laurea, there are two different procedures for the recognition and accreditation of prior learning: a) accreditation of prior learning (competence acquired in higher education studies at another institution) and b) demonstration of competence (competence acquired in other ways). The recognition and accreditation of prior learning is initiated by the student themselves. The student is responsible for demonstrating and verifying their competence. The student is entitled to guidance for the recognition and accreditation of their competence." Further information in the student intranet.

You may also assess work-based learning as a way to acquire the competence needed. Read more in the student intranet.

Student workload

Workload of the study is measured in a way that to acquire the goal competence of the study, one credit corresponds to an average of 26.7 hours of work done by the student. The actual time needed varies e.g. according to prior competence.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information

The study unit corresponds to the requirements of Bachelor's level education.

The prerequisite for participation is always that the possible competence prerequisites according to the curriculum (previous study or similar competence) are fulfilled. The student is responsible for taking into account the prerequisite conditions. [If there are any skills that are not mentioned in the study information, describe them here.]

The quality of the study unit implementation has been assessed and the self-evaluation report is available for example in Canvas or Teams.