Love, relationships, and social development (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

Having completed the course, the student
- is familiar with and recognises the principles of social action and interaction
- understands the multidimensionality of love and affection as a phenomenon of educational psychology
- can apply educational psychology to the development of social and emotional skills

Execution methods

Flexible implementation online.
Getting familiar with the research (select two articles from the Article Bank) and performing the mandatory literature (select three publications from entities 1, 2 and 3) by writing an essay based on the research articles and literature.

Independent work: 133 hours.

Accomplishment methods

Getting familiar with the research and performing the literature part by writing an essay.

Content

The course contents include the research-based analyses of love and affection from the viewpoint of educational psychology, especially questions of romantic love, its phases of development, its crises, and the origins and prevention of the crises. In addition, the course provides basic knowledge about the social adjustment of human activity, the factors affecting individual and group behaviour, and the core phenomena of social psychology.

Materials

Getting familiar with the research (select two articles from the Article Bank) and performing the mandatory literature (select three publications from entities 1, 2 and 3) by writing an essay based on the research articles and literature. Article Bank: The perspective of growth, development and support Love and relationships Positive pedagogy and learning Well-being and success at work Drawing from the Arctic Sustainability in Educational Psychology Literature: Select three works from entities 1, 2 and 3. You may also choose a Finnish work if you are familiar with Finnish.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Scale (essay):

Satisfactory (1-2)
0 The student is not familiar with the core concepts of human social activity and interaction or the characteristics of research within the subject area. The student’s educational psychological understanding of human social development and the student’s ability to apply educational psychological knowledge are weak. The essay demonstrates serious weaknesses or mistakes, or includes considerable misunderstandings.
1 The study attainment demonstrates that the student is familiar with the core concepts of human social activity and interaction and theory construction within research on love and attachment phenomena, and identifies the educational psychological perspective on research on human social development. The essay is overly concise, superficial, or responds poorly to the assignment specifications. The essay presents items of information in a list-like manner or the items presented remain unconnected from each other, or phenomena are addressed in an overly one-sided manner, and the essay includes no reasoned applications or conclusions.
2 The study attainment demonstrates that the student has the ability to apply the core concepts of human social activity and interaction and the ability to apply the basic characteristics of theory construction related to research on love and attachment phenomena. The student understands the educational psychological perspective of research on human social development. The essay demonstrates the student’s ability to apply knowledge and to draw conclusions.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3-4)
3 The study attainment demonstrates that the student has the ability to identify the set of concepts of human social activity and interaction and the related structures and models of theory construction within educational psychology. The student is able to organise and reason about research on love and attachment phenomena as well as the characteristics of such research as part of the discussion within educational psychology and educational sciences. The student identifies causal relations, distinguishes between relevant and irrelevant information, and compares and contrasts information. The essay responds well to the assignment specifications and demonstrates comprehension of the subject as well as analysis and reasoning skills.
4 The study attainment demonstrates that the student has the ability to combine ideas and sets of concepts and to gain new insights. The student is able to move from the specific to the general and to examine social and ethical phenomena of education and training in the framework of educational sciences. The student is able to make generalisations and summarise the relevant information and to create hypotheses and new openings.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5)
5 The study attainment demonstrates that the student has the ability to make assessments based on reasoned arguments. The student is able to present arguments pro and contra positions, and to create criteria as well as to assess and test them. The student is able to analyse the key characteristics of concept formation in educational psychology on the basis of research on human social activity and interaction, and love and attachment phenomena. The essay grasps the big picture of the topic and knowledge is applied multidimensionally or situated in different contexts. The essay demonstrates an independent approach and insight. The essay forms a coherent whole and demonstrates capacities for reasoned, independent thought or critical reflection. The essay is well written or well executed.

Further information

Luennot tallennetaan. Sanna Hyvärinen vastaanottaa esseet. Lukiolaisille 2op Rakkauspsykologian osuus (Korkeakouluviikko).