On a learning curve

  Legislation and documents   Competence goals:   10. You understand how legislation obliges teachers to work in higher education.   11. You know which documents guide teaching, guidance, and assessment.   Teachers' work in vocational education and Universities of Applied Sciences is governed by the relevant legislations: Act of Vocational Training and the University of Applied Sciences Act. These laws include e.g. information on given degrees and their structure and length, the size/extent of the studies, learning goals of the studies, degree certificates and teacher qualification requirements to name few.  The contents and competence objectives of the courses leading to degrees are described in the curricula. Universities of applied sciences decide on the curricula and content of their courses. Curricula also has details on assessment and together with the learning goals guides teachers on their course planning. In the following I will examine some l...

    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 environ...