Opinto-opas

Objective

Students will be able to identify and evaluate important development needs of working life and the clients who use their services. They will have a command of the premises and concepts of R&D and service design, and be able to apply them in the service and product development processes of their fields of study. Students will know how to search for, critically evaluate and justify the appropriate research data and professional codes of conduct for their areas of study. They will be able to think critically, know the basics of concept and theory formulation, and understand the significance of the theory of knowledge to development work. Students will base their activity on good ethical standards in R&D.

Content

•Approaches, nature and process of R&D and service design
•Searching for information (databases)
•Critical thinking and reasoning
•Principles of concept and theory formulation
•Theory of knowledge
•Evaluation of professional practices and existing R&D activities in one’s own field
•R&D planning
•R&D ethics

Materials

A. Alexandrova: A Philosophy for the Science of Well-Being, luvut: Introduction, 4, 6, appendices
T E. Damer: Attacking Faulty Reasoning, luvut 1 - 4 (PDF)
TENK: Hyvä tieteellinen käytäntö ja sen loukkausten käsitteleminen (PDF) (also available in English)
Lecture material
Other material will be announced in classes

Teaching methods

Lecture
Learning assignment
Literature

Exam schedules

Ke 3.10.2018 klo 10 TENTTI
Uusinnat: marraskuu 2018 ja tammikuu 2019

Student workload

Contact teaching 36 h.
Exam 2 h.
Assignment presentation and discussion 4 h.
Independent learning
= learning literature and lecture material
= making the learning assignment

Content scheduling

Ma 27.8. 12.30 S102 General Introduction and Learning Assignments
Wed 29.8. 10.00 S102 The scientific grounding of social services: the paradigm
Tue 4.9. 12.30 S102 Theory and concept formation
Fri 7.9. 10.00 S102 The inmportance of theory in the R&D of social services: Case: Well-Being
Mon 10.9. 12.30 S102 Critical thinking: the basics of research practice
Wed 12.9. 12.30 S102 Scientific knowledge and theory of knowledge
Mon 17.9. 12.30 S102 Research ethics
Fri 19.9. 12.30 S102 Planning and the process of R&D
Mon 24.9. 10.00 S102 Preliminaries for method selection
Wed 3.10. 10.00 S102 EXAM
Wed 10.10. 10.00 S209 DISCUSSION
NOTE! Library information search workshop: Date will be announced later!!

Further information

- Mahdollinen opintojaksoon liittyvä AHOT-hakemus tulee tehdä ennen opintojakson toteutukselle ilmoittautumista. Opintojakson AHOT-hakemukseen liittyvissä kysymyksissä ota yhteyttä AHOT-vastuuopettajaan.
- Mikäli opiskelijalla on erityisen tuen päätös, joka vaikuttaa opintojakson suorittamiseen, tulee opiskelijan olla yhteydessä opintojaksototeutuksen vastuuopettajaan heti ilmoittautumisajan päätyttyä.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Student is able to:
- Display learning in core content
- Use individual professional concepts correctly
- Find information for a specific situation
- Distinguish between non-theoretical and theoretical information
- Act in individual professional situations as instructed
- Display learning in his professional field
- Show that he has achieved the targets for core competence
- Follow safety instructions
- Display learning in the ethical principles of his professional field
- Operate as a member of a student group

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student is able to:
- Display an understanding of concepts and professional knowledge in the field
- Assess and limit the amount of information needed
- Operate well in typical professional duties and contexts
- Operate in a multicultural environment
- Operate safely
- Act according to professional ethics
- Operate in a student group

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student is able to:
- Use concepts and knowledge in his field systematically
- Assess and use various information sources
- Apply professional information in professional assignments
- Work in various duties in a variety of operating environments
- Act independently and responsibly in professional contexts
- To take safety issues into consideration in his action
- Argue his choices on the basis of professional ethics
- Organise the activities of a group of students

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Student is able to:
- Display learning in core content
- Use individual professional concepts correctly
- Find information for a specific situation
- Distinguish between non-theoretical and theoretical information
- Act in individual professional situations as instructed
- Display learning in his professional field
- Show that he has achieved the targets for core competence
- Follow safety instructions
- Display learning in the ethical principles of his professional field
- Operate as a member of a student group

Assessment methods and criteria

Participation
Learning assignment, 0 - 5
Exam, 0 - 5

Further information

Students and their teachers/tutors will go through other recommended courses in their individual study plan (ISP) discussions.