Nordic Digital Curriculum for LGBTI Competencies in Higher Education Programs for Human Service Professions
The MAINTAID-ED project expands Nordic collaborative teaching through systematic co-creation. Building on successful Finnish-Norwegian-Swedish partnership that engaged students and educators in developing four teaching modules, the project now integrates Denmark and Iceland through focus group interviews with social work and nursing faculty and students. The sustainability framework employs Diffusion of Innovations theory to systematically spread educational practices across Nordic universities.
The dissemination encompasses national and Nordic pedagogical seminars and webinars targeting higher education teachers and curriculum developers. Train-the-trainer workshops enable educators to adapt content for local contexts. Long-term maintenance structures include systematic content update mechanisms integrating emerging research and policy developments, sustained open-access hosting, and partnerships with Nordic university networks.
- Status: Ongoing
- Granted year: 2025
- Category: Gender equality and welfare policyLGBTI
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Cooperation partners:
Tampere University, Finland
OsloMet, Norway
University of Gothenburg, SwedenGrant:
471 244 DKK
Contact:
Joa Hiitola, joa.hiitola@tuni.fi