Student´s wellbeing and life skills (2 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Content scheduling

The course will take place at the end of autumn 2025 from September to October.

Objective

The aim of the course is for you to become aware of the factors affecting your well-being, develop your self-esteem and find ways to cope with and prevent challenges.

Competences
Learning to learn
Ethics

You will assess your own well-being and life skills, and develop your self-esteem and ways of functioning in environments that are relevant to you, such as in your studies. You will reflect on your own actions, thoughts and feelings, taking into account your values and the principles of your profession.

Content

The main focus of the course is on the factors affecting student's well-being and life skills, the challenges related to them, and the ways to alleviate and prevent them. In terms of challenges, particular attention will be paid to stress and anxiety and mood disorders. In terms of means, the focus will be on approaches such as compassion-centred or recovery-oriented approaches. Attention will be paid to the awareness of one's values, to enabling actions in line with values and to being consciously present.

Location and time

The groups will meet on Thursdays 4.9. - 9.10. 2025 from 16-18 pm remotely or possibly in contact meetings at the Dynamo campus, if there are enough people willing. Each group will have about 10 students.

Materials

Grandell, R. 2015. itsemyötätunto. Tammi.

Juote, M., Rasanen, L., Heimonen, S. & Björkqvist, T. 2018. Pieni myötätunto-opas. Ikäinstituutti.

Teaching methods

The course is based on students compassion mentoring program. Student attends group meetings weekly and makes practices on his/her own and reflects themes independently.

Student workload

Familiarisation with the course as a whole and definition of personal objectives 5 h
Active participation in a compassion mentoring group 6 times and independent tasks related to the theme of the session 22 h
Keeping a learning diary, reading the literature and reflecting on your own experience 27
total 54 h

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Accepted
Student identifies factors that promote and challenge well-being and life skills. Student will find ways to develop self-esteem and habits in environments that are relevant to him/her. Student will describe his/her values and the principles of his/her profession by naming their actions, thoughts and feelings.

Further information

The assessment of the course is based on the student's self-assessment in relation to the course theme and his/her own experience and learning, as well as the teacher's assessment of the reflection task.

To complete the course, you must attend the compassion group meetings. Compassion groups are facilitated by 2nd - 4th year students of social and health care.