Foresight-Based Development (3 cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Students have adopted a reflective, research and development-minded approach to work. They have research and development competence pertaining to the anticipation of service and competence needs. Students are able to define the idea and role of foresight-based development in health and social services. They are familiar with methods used in the anticipation of service and competence needs. Students examine social, legal, political, economic and ethical perspectives of foresight work. They know how to plan, implement and evaluate foresight processes. Students know how to inform decision-makers and the public of the results of the foresight processes. They are able to suggest improvements based on the results. They are able to evaluate and report on development projects in the social field.

Content

- anticipation of competence and service needs
- foresight methods
- social, legal, ethical, political and economic perspectives
- using the results of foresight work
- project evaluation and report

Teaching methods

Verkkototeutus

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The students
- have ability to recognize reflective, research- and development-minded work orientation
- have capacities to describe and define the basic idea of foresight-based development
- are able to recognize the ways how foresight-based development can be used
- have ability to describe different reporting methods and information channels

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The students
- have competences to apply reflective, research- and development-minded work orientation
- have capacities to compare different applications and uses of foresight-based methods in service development
- have ability to make use of different reporting and informing concepts to different actors

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students
- have capacities to broadly apply reflective, research- and development minded work orientation
- have capacities to critically compare different solutions of foresight-based development and analyze their usefulness in service development
- are able to report and inform in varied ways of the development results to different actors