Curricula

Objectives

Purpose of the course
The purpose of the course is to familiarise you with the basics of development and research activities and support the writing of the bachelor's thesis. This course is meant to be studied with the course HL00CL55 Legal Research 2 crt and is directed only to the students of jurispudence.

Competences (Common competencies of Baschelor's Degrees by ARENE):
1. Learning to learn
- You are able to acquire, assess and appropriately apply the national and international knowledge base and practices of their field
- You also take responsibility for group learning and sharing what has been learned.

2. Proactive development
- You are able to apply existing knowledge in the study field in development and utilise research and development methods.

3. Ethics
- You are able to take responsibility for your own actions and their consequences and reflect on them in accordance with the ethical principles and values of your study field.
- You understand the principles of responsible conduct of research and adhere to them.

4. Internationality and multiculturalism
- You are able to monitor and utilise the international development of your study field in your work.


Course learning outcomes:
As a student, you know the different stages of the development processes that support the thesis. You are able to acquire reliable and up-to-date information on working life. You are able to choose a suitable development method (data collection and analysis methods) for your thesis. You are familiar with Jamk's thesis process and are able to prepare a thesis topic proposal. You know the principles of responsible conduct of research and act in accordance with them.

Content

- Development process: goal definition, research question or development task, acquisition of working life information, methods of data collection and analysis, assessment of reliabilityi
- Generic structure of the thesis, evaluation criteria, Research ethics and good scientific or artistic practice
- Preparation of a thesis topic proposal

Learning materials and recommended literature

Eskola, J. & Suoranta, J. 2014 tai uudempi painos. Johdatus laadulliseen tutkimukseen. Tampere: Vastapaino.
TAI

Tuomi, J.& Sarajärvi, A. 2018. Laadullinen tutkimus ja sisällön analyysi. Tammi.
TAI

Metsämuuronen, J. (toim.) 2006. Laadullisen tutkimuksen käsikirja. Helsinki: International Methelp.

JA

Metsämuuronen, J. 2011. Tutkimuksen tekemisen perusteet ihmistieteissä: Opiskelijalaitos. 2. laitos (4. laitoksen pohjalta). Helsinki: International Methelp.
OR

Vilkka, H. 2007. tai uudempi painos. Tutki ja mittaa: määrällisen tutkimuksen perusteet. Helsinki: Tammi.

Teaching methods

The course has themes. The themes include following steps that support the learning process:

1. independent study of the subject, following tasks and assignments
2. expert lectures related to the subject area
3. compulsory learning tasks done during the contact lessons
4. personal learning assignments

Guidance will be available during the course as follows:

1. Each contact lessons starts with an introduction and guidance to the theme and subject
2. Guidance and learning support for the learning tasks done in classroom
3. Evaluation of the learning tasks with the scale Failed/Passed or numeral scale
4. Peer feedback on the selected learning tasks
5. Written feedback on the learning platform according to the task descriptions.

Practical training and working life connections

This course has a research project, which can be done for a case organisation.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

The exams must be done during the course.

Alternative completion methods

This course applies Jamk practices on the recognition of the prior learning.
See study guide for details.

Student workload

Contact lessons 18h
Independent studies 40h
Exam and preparations 20h
Total 81h

Further information for students

Teacher's assessments
Self assessments
Peer assessments

Evaluation scale

0-5

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Adequate 1
Familiar stages of the development process. You know how to acquire working life and research information concerning your own field. You know the key development methods. You know the principles of responsible conduct of research and act in accordance with them..

Satisfactory 2
You are able to acquire working life and research knowledge in your own field . You identify opportunities to apply development methods. You know the principles of responsible conduct of research for your thesis and act in accordance with them.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

Good 3
You are able to independently acquire and evaluate working life and research information concerning your own field. You are able to choose a development method suitable for your thesis and justify your choice. You know the principles of responsible conduct of research and act in accordance with them.

Very good 4
You are able to independently acquire working life and research information concerning your own field and evaluate it critically. You are able to choose a development method suitable for your thesis and justify your choice. You know the principles of responsible conduct of research and act in accordance with them.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5
You are able to independently acquire and evaluate working life and research information concerning your own field. You are able to analyse the differences in development methods and justify the method choices you have made. You are able to evaluate development proposals and their implementation in working life You know the principles of responsible conduct of research and act in accordance with them.

Further information

Tämä opintojakso on vain juridiikan opiskelijoille, jotka täydentävät menetelmäosaamisensa Lainopilliset -menetelmät opintojaksolla.