Study Guide

Objective

The students will be able to:
• understand different youth cultures
• understand relevant legislation and policies affecting young people
• understand different challenges faced by young people in society
• understand different actors and services in youth work
• understand preventive, outreach and rehabilitative youth work

Content

Contents:
• Youth cultures
• Relevant legislation and policies affecting young people
• Challenges faced by young people
• Actors and services in youth work
• Preventive, outreach and rehabilitative youth

Teaching methods

-Students become familiar with definition of youth work and different youth cultures.
-Youth services are introduced.
-Students learn relevant legislation and youth policy.
-Students are introduced with preventive, outreach and rehabilitative youth work.
-Students develop understanding on the challenges that the youth face in the society.

-This is an online course. All sessions take place in Zoom.
-Study module starts with an orientation. Attendance to the orientation is a prerequisite to start the course.
-Students complete a learning assignment that includes a field visit or an online interview with a youth work professional.
-Lectures, supervision, assignment and provision of learning material support student´s learning.
-There is a final workshop in the end of the study module.

Materials

Learning material is available in WYO Diakle.

Completion alternatives

Alternative way of completing the study module is only possible upon specific circumstances/criteria (i.e. sickness etc.). Personal reasons such as travel and work are not considered as acceptable criteria.
Alternative way of completing the study module must be agreed with the responsible teacher and/or study guidance counselor two weeks before the beginning of the study module the latest.
The alternative way of completing WYO study module is individual assignment.

Assessment methods and criteria

More information available at:
https://www.diak.fi/en/assessment/ (initial stage)

More detailed assessment criteria of the study module is available in WYO Diakle.

Evaluation scale

0-5