Haaga-Helia’s pedagogical vision
Lead paragraph
Pedagogy is a key part of Haaga-Helia’s operations. Our pedagogical vision is a summary of how we implement pedagogy at Haaga-Helia.
Haaga-Helia’s pedagogical vision is founded on dynamic competence. Haaga-Helia’s pedagogy connects learning with work life in a communal manner. We create and apply new researched information and skills; we are building a sustainable future.
Students are at the heart of Haaga-Helia’s pedagogy. Flexible and diverse learning paths and environments form a purposeful and high-quality learning process.
The learning process is based on the cornerstone of competence. By focusing on competence we strive for anticipatory and development-oriented work-life competence in a new, more creative way. We also support the recognition and acknowledgement of competence.
Pedagogy
Students are active agents at Haaga-Helia
- We guide students to obtain competence, learn work-life skills and readiness for developing and researching work life.
- Our pedagogy takes students’ goals and potential into account.
Pedagogy is active and communal and it develops students’ competences
- The learning process is connected to developing the work life through research.
- We implement pedagogy in diverse cooperation with work life and by integrating learning with research, development and innovation activities.
Team teachers
Team teachers are the core of our method
- Together, teachers mould teacherhood.
- The teams are flexible and evolving.
- The work of the teaching personnel combines teaching with commercial activity and RDI work.
Sharing of competence and knowledge
- The teacher teams consist of experts from different fields.
- Each teacher supports the joint development efforts through their own competence.
Creation of new information and methods
- Teachers, in cooperation with students and representatives of work life, research and develop work life.
- Guidance takes place in teaching, supervision of thesis work, and work life projects.
The vice president in charge of teaching and the director in charge of competence areas are responsible for the strategic implementation and monitoring of Haaga-Helia’s pedagogical vision. The director of the School of Vocational Teacher Education is responsible for the development of the personnel’s competence. Haaga-Helia personnel are responsible for the operative implementation of the pedagogical vision.
