Opetussuunnitelmat

Objective

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.

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.


EUR-ACE accredited degree programmes
- Investigations and information retrieval
- Engineering practice
- Communication and team-working

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
- Research-based development activities:- setting a development task, choosing development methods, collecting and analysing data, assessing the reliability of research-based development activities
- Preparation of a thesis topic proposal

Oppimateriaali ja suositeltava kirjallisuus

Dodd, S-J. & Epstein, I. 2012. Practice-based research in social work: a guide for reluctant researchers. London; New York: Routledge.

Bryman, A. 2012. Social research methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press cop.

Yin, R. K. 2018. Case study research and applications : design and methods. Los Angeles: Sage.

Ethical principles and ethical review in human sciences. 2020. Finnish National Board on Research Integrity. www.tenk.fi/en

Responsible conduct of research and procedures for handling allegations of misconduct in Finland. 2012. Finnish National Board on Research Integrity. www.tenk.fi/en

Teaching methods

Individual learning tasks
Group work
Lectures
Seminar attendance

Vaihtoehtoiset suoritustavat

The course can be completed in accordance with the degree regulations.

Student workload

- lectures, course work and thesis seminar attendance 80 h
- studying the course materials and thesis instructions 25 h
- thesis topic suggestion 30 h

Total 135 h.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (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.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (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.

Assessment 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.