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Future work in youth work (5 cr)

Code: YP00DU36-3001

General information


Enrollment

06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022

Timing

29.08.2022 - 19.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

2 op

RDI portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Civic Activities and Youth Work

Teachers

  • Katja Komonen

Teacher in charge

Katja Komonen

Groups

  • YPMI20SP
    Civic Activities and Youth Work, full-time studies
  • YPMI20KP
    Civic Activities and Youth Work, full-time studies

Objective

You understand the starting points of the future work and the social significance of proactive work.
You know a variety of future foresight data sources and methods.
You know how to collect, analyse, report and use future information for the development of both young people's wellbeing and the broader youth education sector.

Content

Why is future foresight important?
What is future working?
What kind of future information is needed for youth education?
What is foresight information?
What are foresight methods?
How can foresight methods and participatory methods be used to collect and build information about the future?
How can information on the future be analysed, reported and utilised in decision-making?

Evaluation scale

1-5