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Kehittämis- ja tutkimustoiminnan perusteet (5 cr)

Code: SX00BU37-3058

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2019 - 15.12.2019

Timing

01.01.2020 - 13.03.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Hyvinvointi

Campus

Myllypurontie 1

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

0 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Lauri Narinen

Teacher in charge

Lauri Narinen

Groups

  • SXG18S1
    Degree Programme in Social Services päivä

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

Location and time

Contact teaching:
Thu 16/1 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA5025
Thu 23/1 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA2019
Wed 29/1 a 8:45 - 12:00 MPA4008
Wed 5/2 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA2022
Mon 17/2 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA6010
Mon 24/2 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA4010
Wed 26/2 at 8:45 - 12:00 MPA5024
Mon 2/3 at 13:00 - 15:30 MPA5020 Exam
Thu 5/3 at 13:00 - 14:00 MPA6011 Feedback

Materials

Litterature:
1) Normand Baillargeon: A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defence (Ch. 1 - 4)(Also in Finnish)
2) Nancy Cartwright & Eleonora Montuschi: Philosophy of Social Science: new introduction (chapters 3, 7, 9 and 14).
3) Pdf documents

Exam schedules

Mon 2/3 at 13:00 - 15:30 MPA5020 Exam

RE-EXAMS:
SU202003, Mon 23.3. at 16.30 – 20.00, enrollment 19.2. – 8.3.
SU202005, Mon 4.5. at 16.30 – 20.00, enrollment 2.4. – 14.4.

Student workload

Contact teaching:
Thu 16/1 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA5025
Thu 23/1 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA2019
Wed 29/1 a 8:45 - 12:00 MPA4008
Wed 5/2 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA2022
Mon 17/2 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA6010
Mon 24/2 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA4010
Wed 26/2 at 8:45 - 12:00 MPA5024
Mon 2/3 at 13:00 - 15:30 MPA5020 Exam
Thu 5/3 at 13:00 - 14:00 MPA6011 Feedback

Further information

Contact teaching:
Thu 16/1 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA5025
Thu 23/1 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA2019
Wed 29/1 a 8:45 - 12:00 MPA4008
Wed 5/2 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA2022
Mon 17/2 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA6010
Mon 24/2 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA4010
Wed 26/2 at 8:45 - 12:00 MPA5024
Mon 2/3 at 13:00 - 15:30 MPA5020 Exam
Thu 5/3 at 13:00 - 14:00 MPA6011 Feedback

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

Further information

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