Practising Transformative DevelopmentLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Students have internal capacities for understanding and working with complexity. Students can relate and respond to inner - often hidden - elements of systemic change. They can reflect their own and others’ thoughts, emotions and values in order to change the way they are in the world and with others. Students can combine different modes of knowing when working with complex challenges. They can build trust, take risks and cope with uncertainty and conflicting perspectives. Students can collaborate in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.
To achieve these objectives the students will learn transformational skills for sustainable development, reflective capacity and intellectual skills needed for co-creating sustainable solutions.

The course focuses on these competencies: learning to learn, self-awareness and collaboration, critical and future-oriented thinking, internationality and multiculturalism.

Content

- Inner capacities of leadership, learning and innovating
- Inner Development Goals (IDGs)
- Transformative development challenges

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Successful completion of the course requires that all tasks set for the course have been completed successfully. The tasks and their evaluation criteria are presented in more detail at the beginning of the study period.

Further information

Note! This course focuses on students’ personal development and experiential learning throughout the whole MaSS program, providing a structure for deep level learning. Competencies are built through each student’s individual practices and with the support of a peer group (team work).