Personal Development as a Professional Facilitator of LearningLaajuus (7 cr)

Objective

The purpose of the course

During this course, you will set yourself objectives related to teacher education and professional development, follow the progress of your studies, participate in the discussion of your learning circle, and finally assess the outcomes of your studies.

Course competences
In this course you will develop your reflection skills, agency skills and interaction skills.

Reflection skills means
- Teachers’ ability to recognise and critically assess their values, attitudes, ethical principles and work methods as a facilitator of learning.

Interaction skills refers to:
- Teachers’ capacity to work in different interactive relationships and partner networks in an ethically sound manner.

Agency skills refers to
- Teachers’ proactive approach to set aims for their own professional development.
- An ability to make appropriate and pedagogically sound decisions related to their work.
- An ability to participate in a joint knowledge building
working in partner networks to develop teachers’ and their organisation’s practices.

The learning objectives

On this course, you will set personal learning aims related to teacher education studies to develop your professional agency as a facilitator of learning. You can evaluate your competences in relation to aims set and those of the teacher education as well as set new goals for your professional development. You will assess and reflect your own learning process and give feedback to peers to support their learning.

Content

Tasks related to a personal competence development plan (CDP), reflective learning diary, peer and self-evaluation, participation in small group (learning circle) work, portfolio work and final assessment discussion.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The criteria for assessing the approved level are as follows:

Reflection skills:
You are capable of evaluating your learning process and competences in relation to your own objectives and those of the teacher education.

Agency skills:
You set yourself objectives related to teacher education, develop your professional agency as a teacher and are able to set new goals for your professional development.

Interaction skills:
You can document your learning process for others and give feedback to other students to support their learning.