Strengthen Your Study Skills and Study Ability at TAMK Parvi (1 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The main goal of the course is to help the students strengthen their study skills and study ability. After completing the course, the students:
- are aware of the learning and well-being support services offered at TAMK Parvi and know how to utilise them in order to support their studies.
- recognise their own learning and studying methods and know how to develop their study skills
- can identify different ways to increase and maintain study ability and well-being
- know how to promote their own well-being
- are able to identify communal working methods as way of supporting well-being.

Content (course unit)

During the study period, the students participate in at least 6 activities of their choice at TAMK Parvi reflecting on what they have experienced and learned in a learning diary. The Parvi calendar for activities and events may be found in the Student’s Handbook on the designated TAMK Parvi page.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

The course will be graded as a pass when the students:
- know how to resort to the services of TAMK Parvi to support their own studies
- have found suitable study methods for themselves and improved their study skills
- have attempted to enhance their own study ability and well-being
- have participated in individual and/or communal activities supporting well-being.

For passing the course it is required that the student participates in TAMK PARVI activities in accordance with the requirements and instructions of the course, they reflect on what they experienced and learned in the learning diary, and return the diary by the agreed date.
If the student has not sufficiently participated in PARVI activities and/or returned the learning diary according to the instructions, and has not supplemented his performance as agreed, the course will be assessed as failed.

Location and time

Opintojakso järjestetään jatkuvana opiskeluna 15.8.2023 - 15.5.2024 välisellä ajalla.
Mikäli opiskelija ei saa tänä aikana opintojaksoa suoritettua, voi hän täydentää sitä opettajalta saadun ohjeen mukaisesti.

Exam schedules

Ei tenttiä. Mikäli opiskelija ei saa opintojakson aikataulun mukaisesti osallistuttua Parven aktiviteetteihin ja kirjoitettua oppimispäiväkirjaa, voi hän täydentää suoritustaan opettajalta saadun ohjeen mukaisesti.

Assessment methods and criteria

Opiskelija etenee itsenäisesti opintojakson toteutusaikana osallistumalla valitsemiinsa Parven aktiviteetteihin Moodlesta löytyvän ohjeen mukaisesti. Lisäksi opiskelija palauttaa oppimispäiväkirjan opintojakson päättymispäivämäärään mennessä. Opettaja arvioi suorituksen hyväksytty/hylätty.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

This course is only in Finnish. The name of the English course is Improve Your Study Ability at TAMK Parvi.

Learning materials

Opintojakson Moodle-ympäristön aineisto

Student workload

Osallistuminen Parven aktiviteetteihin 6 kertaa (6 x noin 1,5 = 9 tuntia). Oppimispäiväkirjan kirjoittaminen jokaisen osallistumisen jälkeen = 18 tuntia. Yhteensä 1 op = 27 tuntia.

Content scheduling

Opiskelija etenee itsenäisesti 15.8.2023 - 15.5.2024 välisellä ajalla ja osallistuu Parven aktiviteetteihin vähintään 6 kertaa. Opiskelija pitää aktiivisesti oppimispäiväkirjaa ja palauttaa sen opintojakson päättymispäivään mennessä.

Completion alternatives

Opiskelija voi Moodlessa olevan ohjeen mukaisesti valita, mihin Parven aktiviteetteihin osallistuu ja missä muodossa hän oppimispäiväkirjansa palauttaa.

Further information

This course is only in Finnish. The name of the English course is Improve Your Study Ability at TAMK Parvi.