ERIS1306 Well-being work as a basis for students’ ability to study (5 cr)
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Description
The course presents collective student welfare work, especially in the context of lower secondary and general upper secondary schools, introduces internal and external co-operation networks from the perspective of promoting the well-being of students and seeks to outline special needs teacher’s co-operation networks.
Educational phenomena include school engagement, absenteeism, bullying and dropping out of education. Activities promoting well-being at school and preventing students’ study problems are introduced.
Students become acquainted with school welfare plans and models in practice and make a plan to develop a school welfare model.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to
- conceptualize the principles of collective and individual welfare work and build capacities to develop the welfare work at schools
- perceive school as a systemic organization
- identify different job descriptions of special needs teachers in schools’ internal and external cooperation networks
- identify and describe various phenomena related to student well-being (e.g. school engagement, absenteeism, early school leaving, bullying, teacher well-being) and apply interventions in this regard
- organize the teaching of students whose learning is arranged grade-independently
- recognize the importance of teacher's professional identity and strengthen it
Study materials
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