Basics of Research and Development (5 ECTS)

Code: SX00BU37-3071

General information

Enrollment: 30.11.2020 - 13.12.2020; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 01.01.2021 - 14.03.2021; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 ECTS

Mode of delivery: On-campus

Campus: Myllypurontie 1

Teaching languages: English

Degree programmes: Social Services (in English)

Teachers: Lauri Narinen

Course: SX00BU37

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Learning outcomes

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 (depending on corona Zoom can be used):

Tue 12/1 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA4011
Wed 20/1 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA4015 - DATA SEARCH TRAINING
Fri 29/1 at 12:45 - 16:00 MPA5018
Wed 3/2 at 8:30 - 11:45 MPA5018
Fri 12/2 at 8:30 - 11:45 MPA5018
Fri 19/2 at 8:30 - 11:45 MPC4012
Thu 25/2 at 8:30 - 11:45 MPA4015

Thu 4/3 at 9:00 - 11:30 MPA4011 Exam

Learning materials and recommended literature

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). This one is an eBook.

3) Pdf documents handed out by teacher in OMA

Exam dates and retake possibilities

Thu 4/3 at 9:00 - 11:30 MPA4011 Exam

RE-EXAMS:
SU202104 Tue 20.4. at 16.30 – 20.00, enrollment 15.3. – 30.3.
SU202106 Tue 8.6. at 16.30 – 20.00, enrollment 28.4 - 15.5.

Student workload

Further information for students

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