Getting to Know Mentoring (5 cr)

Objective

The participant understands the importance of mentoring and knows how to use it as a method of skill development.
The participant masters the different forms of mentoring and knows how to evaluate their usefulness in different mentoring situations and relationships.
The participant is able to evaluate and apply different mentoring methods in different mentoring situations and relationships.
The participant can analyze the key factors of a quality mentoring process.
The participant knows how to plan a mentoring program and process.
The participant is able to critically search for up-to-date information about mentoring and produce a coherent, reflective essay about it.

Content

Knowledge base of mentoring
Methods and forms of mentoring
Mentoring methods
Organizing a mentor program

Location and time

A nonstop course that can be started according to one's own schedule during the year 2025.

Materials

Reppu-moodlen materiaalit.
Kupias & Salo. Mentorointi 4.0.

Teaching methods

The course is completed as independent study in the Reppu online learning environment. The course includes multiple-choice assignments as well as a final assignment, which is assessed by the course instructor.

Employer connections

The course assignment is carried out in the workplace.

Exam schedules

Nonstop-exams at Reppu-environment.

Completion alternatives

To be arranged with the teacher.

Student workload

3 cr = 81 hours of student's own work.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The course is passed when the participant understands and can explain the significance of mentoring as a method for developing competencies and masters its knowledge base. They are proficient in utilizing different forms of mentoring and can assess their applicability in various mentoring situations and relationships. The student is skilled in various mentoring methods and can apply them in their work, and they understand, can explain, and can design a quality mentoring process and program.

Content scheduling

Knowledge base of mentoring
Mentoring approaches and forms
Mentoring methods
Planning a mentoring program

Further information

Tekoälyn käyttäminen kokoavassa tehtävässä on sallittu, mutta siitä ja sen roolista tulee kertoa työssä selkeästi. Tekoälyn käytön ilmoittamatta jättäminen tulkitaan vilpiksi. Väärinkäytöksestä seuraa KAMKin ohjeiden mukaisesti opintojakson hylkääminen ja opintojakson tai tehtävän uudelleen suorittaminen.

Hyväksiluku- ja AHOT-tapauksissa ota suoraan yhteys opintojakson opettajaan.

Evaluation scale

Hylätty/Hyväksytty

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The course is approved when the participant understands and is able to explain the importance of mentoring as a method of developing competences and controls its knowledge base. He manages and is able to utilize different forms of mentoring and knows how to evaluate their usefulness in different mentoring situations and relationships. The student masters various mentoring methods and is able to utilize them in his work, and he understands, is able to explain and knows how to plan a high-quality mentoring process and program. The student is able to search for current expert information on mentoring and report the information in a reflective essay.

Further information

Opintojakson kurssiavaimen saa ottamalla yhteyttä opintojakson opettajaan, Tuula Rajanderiin.