Community educators’ professional competencies (10cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass - Fail

Objective

Students
-Conceptualize community educators’ different work fields and duties (NGO and youth work, adventure education and workplace community development).
-Are familiar with community educators’ conceptual framework and value basis.
-Understand the core competencies of the degree programme in community education.
-Familiarize themselves with the basics, development and the present state of NGO and youth work, adventure education and workplace community development.

Accomplishment methods

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Content

- Community educators’ work fields 2 ECTS
- Introduction to youth work 2 ECTS
- Introduction to adventure education 2 ECTS
- Introduction to NGO work 2 ECTS
- Introduction to workplace community development 2 ECTS

Location and time

Helsinki campus, face-to-face learning situations on September 2025.

Self-paced online contents from September - December 2025.

Materials

Literature
Articles
Blogs
Videos
Podcasts

Teaching methods

6 days of face-to-face teaching on Helsinki campus on the following topics: identity, ethics and core competencies of a community educator, conceptualisation of different fields of work and tasks of community educators (NGO and youth work, adventure education and workplace community development). The topics covered in the face-to-face course will be explored through course assignments.

Employer connections

There are visiting lectures from different work fields of community education in this course.

Student workload

The overall course is 10 Ects. Course is divided into five sections, each 2 ects.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

To pass the course the student must:

-The student mus thave independently completed the sections: Introduction to Youth Work, Introduction to NGO Work, Introduction to Adventure and Outdoor Education and Introduction to the Workplace Community Development

-The student has attended a face-to-face study sessions

-The student has completed the course on time

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

On completion of the course, the student will be able to:

- Understand the core competencies of the degree programme in Community Education
- Can define the starting points of NGO and youth work, adventure and outdoor education and workplace community development
- Understand the foundations, development and the current status of NGO and youth work, adventure education and workplace community development.
- Outline the areas of work and responsibilities of a community educator

The course will be evaluated within one month of the end of the course.

To pass the course the student must:

- have independently completed the sections: Introduction to Youth Work, Introduction to NGO Work, Introduction to Adventure and Outdoor Education and Introduction to the Workplace Community Development
- has attended a face-to-face study sessions
-The student has completed the course on time