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    SAFETY COMPETENCE AND PEDAGOGICAL WELFARE (1 + 2 CR)   COMPETENCE GOAL S: 9. You understand the importance of pedagogical well-being in teaching and guidance.   12. You understand how to create a safe study environment.   Safety in education  Working safely and providing students a safe learning environment is one of teacher's core competences. Different aspects of safety Safety can be psychological, physical, social, and legal in nature - or all of them at the same time. It is important to understand that, from an individual's point of view, security is often formed through the emotional experience associated with it. Therefore, a person can feel insecure even about things that do not pose an actual threat to him. (Source: https://www.oamk.fi/emateriaalit/osaamisen-kehittaminen/turvallisuusosaaminen/käsitteet ) When we are discussing physical safety , we have to consider a physically safe operating environment and work equipme

  COMPETENCE IN GUIDANCE AND SPECIAL PEDAGOGY   Competence goal 6.    You understand the principles, methods and practices of guidance in higher education.   Competence goal 8.    You understand the importance of special support and student welfare services in education.     Assessment criteria   6a) You examine the principles of guidance in the teaching of your own field.  6b) You will examine the use of guidance and accepted practices in the teaching of your own field.  6c) You use your own experience, scientific literature or other reliable sources of information in your reflection.  8a) You examine student welfare services and student well-being in the education of your own field.   8b) You examine specific support measures in teaching and mentoring your own field.     Educational equity   In Finland (and other Nordic countries) the educational system is based on educational equity. Educational equity not only provides students equal opportunity to study