Basics of the Didactics of Health Education (OPEN UNI)

Prerequisites and co-requisites No

Recommended optional programme components No

Upon completing the course, the student is able to:

• comprehensively examine the individual and communal starting points of health promotion and health education
• to plan health education teaching contents, teaching methods, learning environments and evaluation
• choose health education contents and subject didactic teaching methods, plan different learning environments and learning materials and compare their suitability from the point of view of achieving learning goals

Self-pased The course does not include scheduled teaching, but the assignments have designated deadlines that must be met during the course.

Materials, articles and publications distributed during the course.
 * toim. Jeronen E., Välimaa R., Tyrväinen H. ja Maijala H. (2009) Terveystietoa oppimaan ja opettamaan. * toim. Peltonen H. ja Kannas L. (2005) Terveystieto tutuksi - ensiapua terveystiedon opettamiseen. * Halinen I., Hotulainen R., Kauppinen E., Nilivaara P., Raami A. ja Vainikainen M-P. (2016) Ajattelun taidot ja oppiminen. Acquiring course books is not necessary for completing the course, but they complement the knowledge and skills to be acquired.

The course is completed through independent learning assignments, instructional videos, participation in group discussions, and online coursework.

​The student must successfully complete all independent assignments and group discussion assignments assigned in the Study Course. More detailed evaluation criteria can be found in Moodle.

Timing The course is held in the autumn semester

Target group Open university students, school teachers and subject teachers, health care professionals, minor subject students in all .