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Facilitating Pedagogical Groups (4 cr)

Code: BE00BS11-3014

General information


Enrollment
05.05.2025 - 11.05.2025
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.09.2025 - 17.10.2025
The implementation has not yet started.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4 cr
Local portion
4 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
SeAMK Social Services and Elderly Care
Campus
SeAMK Seinäjoki, Kampustalo
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
12 - 26
Degree programmes
Bachelor of Social Services
Teachers
Pirita Hakoneva
Groups
SOS25A
Bachelor of Social Services, Full-time studies
SOS24B
Sosionomi (AMK)
SOS24C
Bachelor of Social Services, Full-time studies
Course
BE00BS11

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Student become familiar with group dynamics. They know what factors affect starting, maintaining and endind a group process. Students recognise needs for pedagogical group activity. They know how pedagogical group activities can help a client or groups of clients learn new skills and knowledge, prepare for new stages in life and promote their personal development. Students learn to construct a pedagogical or counselling-based combination of activity, taking clients' needs into consideration. Students are able to define aims, contents and methods for the activity. They are aware of the importance of encouraging dialogue and participation during the process. Students learn to conduct client group sessions using pedagogical methods. Students know how to promote group members'participation and how to help solve conflicts constructively.

Content

- group dynamics and the group process
- pedagogical group methods in the work of Bachelors of Social Services
- planning and implementing pedagogical action
- conducting goal-oriented group sessions and evaluation of the action

Materials

Literature presented at the beginning of the course. Also literature selected by the student.

Teaching methods

Lectures, group guidance practises, independent studies, essay.

Employer connections

Does not include practical training.

Completion alternatives

Accreditation of learning or recognition of competence.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The students
- are able to name regularities of group dynamics and to recognize factors, which influence in beginning, maintaining and closing a group process
- are able to name different needs for pedagogical group activities
- can create a pedagogical or supervising entity of actions and are able to give reasons to the goals and to the pedagogical methods
- have capacities to describe their individual actions and actions of the group in group supervising situations
- know how to describe the factors which strengthen learning and participation in group situations

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The students
- are able to review regularities of group dynamics and to give reasons to factors, which influence in beginning, maintaining and closing a group process
- are able to review and give reasons to different needs for pedagogical group activities
- can create a pedagogical or supervising entity of actions and are able to evaluate to the goals and to the pedagogical methods
- have capacities to reflect their individual actions and actions of the group in group supervising situations
- know how to reflect the factors which strengthen learning and participation in group situations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students
- are able to review regularities of group dynamics multi-dimensionally.
- are able to evaluate the factors, which influence in beginning, maintaining and closing a group process
- are able to differentiate needs for pedagogical group activities
- can create a pedagogical or supervising entity of actions and are able to analyse the goals and the pedagogical methods
- have capacities to reflect their individual actions and actions of the group in group supervising situations
- know how to evaluate the factors which strengthen learning and participation in group situations.

Qualifications

most part of the module Knowledge Base in Social Work

Further information

The student should note that there are practical sessions at the school during the course, which require attendance.

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