Teaching and Educational Interaction (OPEN UNI), The Summer University of Northern Ostrobothnia

Prerequisites and co-requisites: ay410084P Education as an Object of Scientific Research (5 ECTS)

Recommended optional programme components: The course is part of the Basic Studies in Education (25 ECTS)

After the course, the student is able to:

• identify and understand the basic concepts and core processes of learning and learning facilitation
• describe the significance of teachers’ or learning facilitators’ pedagogical thinking, actions, and interaction in educational, instructional, and guidance contexts
• apply and further develop professional skills both as a facilitator of learning and as a learner who works constructively as part of a group
• apply theoretically grounded principles to the design of learning models and learning environments
• apply theoretical knowledge to teaching and guidance situations arising from practical working-life contexts.

Generic skills: The course supports the development of students’

• analytical, critical, and creative thinking skills, particularly in relation to learning, pedagogical thinking, and educational issues, and
• skills related to well-being and self-development, including reflection on one’s own practices and constructive participation in group work.

Online teaching. The course is implemented in Moodle learning environment. Lectures and other contact teaching 24 h, independent working 111 h.

In applicable parts:

Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. & Cocking, R. R. (1999). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. National Academies Press. (E-kirja Oulun yliopiston kirjastossa: https://oula.finna.fi/Record/oy_electronic_oy.9917601112606252; edellyttää kirjautumista Oulun yliopiston käyttäjätunnuksella).
TAI Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. & Cocking, R. R. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. National Academies Press. (osoitteessa https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9853/how-people-learn-brain-mind-experience-and-school-expanded-edition)
TAI Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. & Cocking, R. R. (2004). Miten opimme: Aivot, mieli, kokemus ja koulu (A. Penttilä, suom.). WSOY.

Hakkarainen, K., Lonka, K. & Lipponen, L. (2004 tai uudempi painos). Tutkiva oppiminen: Järki, tunteet ja kulttuuri oppimisen sytyttäjinä. WSOY. (vuoden 2001 painos käy myös).

Jyrhämä, R., Hellström, M., Uusikylä, K. & Kansanen, P. (2016). Opettajan didaktiikka. PS-kustannus. (myös e-kirjana Oulun yliopiston Ellibs-palvelussa; edellyttää kirjautumista Haka-tunnuksella)

Kansanen, P. (2004 tai uudempi painos). Opetuksen käsitemaailma. PS-kustannus. (myös e-kirjana Oulun yliopiston Ellibs-palvelussa; edellyttää kirjautumista Haka-tunnuksella)

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2018, Luvut 4–8). How people learn II: Learners, contexts, and cultures. The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24783 (julkaisu löytyy myös osoitteesta https://www.nap.edu/read/24783/chapter/1)

Uusikylä, K. & Atjonen, P. (2000 tai uudempi painos). Didaktiikan perusteet. WSOY.

Online seminar and course essay. Assessment criteria are:

• 0 = Based on the work, it cannot be concluded that the learning outcomes have been achieved. The content of the work is fragmented and is not essentially related to the subject area and contents of the course.
• 1 = The learning outcomes of the course have been tolerably achieved. In the work the contents of the course have been covered very superficially and in scattered manner. The use of references is weak.
• 2 = The learning outcomes of the course have been satisfactorily achieved. In the work the contents of the course have been dealt with somewhat superficially, and the connections between things remain to some extent unclear and independent reflection to some extent incomplete. The use of references is mostly satisfactory.
• 3 = The learning outcomes of the course have been well achieved. In the work the contents of the course are well managed, and the handling of the contents is reflective and well related to each other. The use of references is mainly in good level and in accordance with the instructions.
• 4 = The learning outcomes of the course have been achieved in an obviously commendable manner. The handling of the contents of the course is somewhat analytical and systematically managed, including well-founded independent thinking, also showing mastery of general academic skills. The use of references is mostly very good.
• 5 = The learning outcomes of the course and more general academic learning outcomes have been achieved excellently. The contents of the course are managed very well, and the handling of the contents of the course is structured and analytical, including justified, appropriate, and critical self-reflection. The use of references is mostly excellent.

0–5

Language of instruction: Finnish

Target group: Open University students, classroom and subject teachers, health professionals

Person responsible: Veli-Matti Ulvinen