Participatory development projectLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

After completing the course, a participant understands the importance (the role) of pedagogical development in a community as part of academic work participates in the pedagogical debate within the community and encourages others to do so, toocan identify a meaningful topic for the development and choose appropriate development practices can justify pedagogical development solutions and relate issues arising during the project to broader theoretical perspectives

Content

A participatory development project is a plan, experiment, evaluation, or a similar process related to the development of one's own educational community. The project should reflect the involvement of the chosen community (collaboration in a group of colleagues, in a teaching planning group, in a community of guidance counsellors, in a team of researchers etc.) by linking it with research literature. The theoretical background for the participatory development project might be often drawn from the concurrent or previously completed course "Curriculum and Educational Development" or the course "Academic supervision and guidance."

Qualifications

Completing the course Teaching and learning in higher education (10 ECTS) or equivalent is recommended before starting this course. The course can be studied concurrently or after the courses "Curriculum and Educational Development" or "Academic supervision and guidance". 

Further information

The course is for academic  and professional  staff and doctoral researchers working at Tampere University. Participants are accepted for the course based on separately described selection criteria, as there are often more applicants than study places. Questions guiding the selections are answered during the Sisu registration.