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CEP421A17HKI (DSS-D) Placement (13cr)

Code: CEP4213A13S-3001

General information


Enrollment
19.08.2017 - 17.09.2017
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
18.09.2017 - 22.12.2017
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
13 cr
Local portion
13 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Campus
Helsinki
Teaching languages
English
Teachers
Sami Kivelä
Course
CEP4213A13S

Unfortunately, no reservations were found for the realization CEP421A17HKI (DSS-D) Placement CEP4213A13S-3001. It's possible that the reservations have not yet been published or that the realization is intended to be completed independently.

Objective

The student:
- Is able to analyse the context of the placement organisation and its relationship to that context and its users, especially young people
- Is able to evaluate the organisation in relation to its empowering approach to persons, groups and/or communities, especially young people
- Is able to relate strategies of youth and community development to the
placement context
- Is able to examine the role of faith and spirituality in local groups and in
strategies for change
- Is able to develop, plan and implement a small scale project using youth and community development
- Develop understanding of the role of a professional worker in strategies for
change
- Is able to understand the use of the Bible in professional diaconal work and community building
- Is able to evaluate the role of the church (locally or nationally) in the dialogue between church and society and critically relate it to the Finnish context
- Is able to evaluate their role in implementing the chosen strategy

Content

- Models, methods and strategies of community development work
- Participatory work and user empowerment
- Use of analysis and research in local practice
- Use of the Bible in professional diaconal work and community building
- Dialogue between church and society
- Belief and spirituality in local communities
- Accountability in professional work
- Leadership of local change processes as a professional task
- History of the church in Finland and its contemporary diversity and the role of lay movements as a case study of participation and church and society work

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