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Peer Learning and Cooperative Learning Support students' Transversal Skills Development in Interprofessional and Multicultural Context

This blog will focus on peer and collaborative learning as tools to acquire generic skills in a multi-professional and multicultural context. The reader will be able to understand the importance of these pedagogical methods for skills development and how to use them in practice.

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27.6.2025

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The blog is aimed in particular at teachers, education professionals and students interested in pedagogy and multidisciplinary cooperation.
By reading this blog you will learn:
• What peer learning and collaborative learning mean
• How these methods support the development of generic skills in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment
• What is good practice in the application of these methods
• Benefits and challenges of these methods
Iinformation and practical examples of peer and collaborative learning can be used, for example, in training design, teaching development and your own learning process. An understanding of these methods will help to create a more effective and inclusive learning environment.

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Fields

Education

Humanities

Language

English

Author(s)

Eija Raatikainen, Katriina Rantala-Nenonen, Niina Eloranta, Tuuli Häärä, Tara Pihlajaniemi, Mira Pridham ja Mari Raatikainen

Publisher

Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu