ACDMS22HKI Asset-based Community Development (5 cr)
Code: ACD0005B22S-3001
General information
Enrollment
01.03.2022 - 30.04.2022
Timing
02.08.2022 - 31.08.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
2 op
Mode of delivery
60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning
Campus
Helsinki
Teaching languages
- English
Teachers
- Heini Sajalin
- Jouko Porkka
- Hanna Rautio
Teacher in charge
Jouko Porkka
Objective
After completing this course, the student is able to
- identify Asset-based Community Development theories and methods
- apply Asset-based Community Development methods in practice
- analyse and apply different communal and empowering methods
- analyse and evaluate participatory approaches to community development
- implement the practitioner research in community development
Content
- Models of communal work: biography, exposure, social analysis, conviviality, use your talents
- Asset-based community development theories and practices
- Asset-based community development and the sustainable future
- Inclusivity in Asset-based Community Development
- Youth participation in community development
- Capacity building and empowerment
- The role of local faith-based actors in community development
Teaching methods
Online teamwork, lectures, field visits during the intensive week in Finland.
Online teamwork, lectures, field visits during the intensive week in Finland.
TIME-BOUND ACTIVITIES: 3.8.2022 at 12:00-15:00 (Finnish time) Kick-off workshop in ZOOM, 8.-13.8.2022 at 9:00-17:00 Intensive week in Finland,
31.8.2022 at 12:00-15:00 (Finnish time) Final workshop in ZOOM.
Location and time
3.8.2022 at 12:00-15:00 (Finnish time) Kick-off workshop in ZOOM
8.-13.8.2022 at 9:00-17:00 Intensive week in Finland
31.8.2022 at 12:00-15:00 (Finnish time) Final workshop in ZOOM
Qualifications
Minimum B1 English
Further information
Asset-based Community Development Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) will be offered jointly by Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (Germany), Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg (Germany), University of Tartu (Estonia), University College Cork (Ireland) and VID Specialized University (Norway).
The inspiring programme consists of lectures and collaborative online teamwork with an intensive week in Finland in August.
The course is suitable for both Bachelor and Master students.
Further information
The course is organised jointly with Diak’s international partner institutions as an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme.
Evaluation scale
Hyväksytty/Hylätty