Culture and Way of Life
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | SOSPST50 |
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| Type: | Compulsory |
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| Level: | Bachelor |
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| Credits: | 5.0 points |
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| Responsible Teacher: | Järvi, Helena |
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| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
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Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester
| Curriculum | Semester | Credits | Start of Semester | End of Semester |
| SOSALA-2015 |
1 spring |
5.0 |
2016-01-01 |
2016-07-31 |
| SOSALA-2016 |
1 spring |
5.0 |
2017-01-01 |
2017-07-31 |
Learning Outcomes
Students learn to examine relationships between individuals, communities and societies at global, national and local level. They become aware of and describe meanings that cultures and ways of life can have in the construction of the individual's identity. Students learn to explain the concepts of multiculturalism and diversity. They learn to describe and analyse relationships between minorities and majorities, describe the global migration and, especially, refugeeism as a general phenomenon and individual experience. Students learn to describe discrimination, prejudice and racism, and identify underlying factors. They examine their national and ethnic identity and preparedness to encounter ethnic and cultural diversity. They independently seek and evaluate the reliability of information about multiculturalism, ethnic minorities and global migration. Students become aware of different perspectives and justifications pertaining to these issues and use the existing knowledge to form an informed opinion.
Student's Workload
133 hours
- 52 hours in the classroom
- 55 hours of independent study
- 26 hours of learning at work
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
previous studies are not required
Contents
- states and nations, forms of ethnic and cultural diversity, cultural differences, majorities and minorities
- global migration, immigration, refugees
- the concepts of multiculturalism and diversity, alternatives to a multicultural society, acculturation, contact and conflict theory
- national and ethnic identity, stereotypes and prejudices, orientalism, racism
- the effect of immigration and minority role on the individual's identity
- levels of examining difference
- multicultural competence and cultural sensitivity
Recommended or Required Reading
Teacher's material in Moodle. Students will receive a list of literature or documentary material to choose from at the beginning of the course.
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
multimodal learning, including classroom hours, independent study and worklife learning
Assessment Criteria
Scale 1-5.
Grade 5:
Students analyse the global processes that underlie migration and refugeeism. They critically evaluate the concepts learnt during the course. Students are able to connect individual people's experiences as members of minorities with the social background factors. Students independently find options for worklife learning and connect their worklife observations with the concepts studied during the course. Competently using the concepts, students extensively reflect on their ethnic identity and the factors that influence its development. Students express their aims concerning the development of their intercultural competence; they use the concepts learnt during the course and justify their aims extensively.
Grade 3:
Students competently describe the concepts learnt during the course, for example discussing migration and refugeeism caused by global processes. They find plenty of information about relationships between ethnic groups and use the information to present and justify their opinions. With help of the concepts learnt during the course and based on literature and worklife learning, students analyse the experiences of a person belonging to an ethnic minority. Students act independently and in a responsible manner during the worklife period, making observations on the themes discussed and reflecting on them. Using the concepts learnt during the course, students reflect on their own ethnic identity and the factors that influence its development. Students describe and justify concrete aims of how to develop their intercultural competence.
Grade 1:
Students recognise and locate global processes, which cause migration and refugeeism. Students recognise the contents of the concepts learnt during the course, know about alternatives to a multicultural society and acculturation and are for the main part able to describe the relationships between ethnic groups in Finland and in their locality. Students are able to find up-to-date information about relationships between ethnic groups and are aware of different perspectives and value justifications. Students are able to formulate and justify an opinion on one of the issues discussed. Based on literature and worklife learning, students can describe the experiences of a person belonging to a minority. They can describe their own ethnic identity and factors connected with its development. Students can name a concrete aim of how to develop their intecultural competence.
Assessment Methods
group and individual assignments, group exam, independent analysis of literature and independent reflection on learning at work and on the student's competence
Work Placement
the course includes practice
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