Development and Knowledge Production (5cr)

Objective

Student is able to plan and implement a development process.

Content

Phases of development: justification, organisation, implementation and evaluation

Various models for the development process: linear, spiral and spaghetti

Tools for needs analysis, e.g. actor matrix, the actors' interpretation matrix, focus group technique, electronic query tools.

Qualifications

No previous studies are required.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Grade 1-2
Student is able to describe different types of development and knowledge production processes.

Grade 3-4
Student is able to compare different types of knowledge production and development processes and evaluate them in relation to the task or situation at hand.

Grade 5
Student is able to analyse critically different types of knowledge production and development processes and apply them in practise.

Materials

For example:
Esimerkiksi:
Kananen, Jorma (2014) Toimintatutkimus kehittämistutkimuksen muotona. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulun julkaisuja.

Kemmis, Stephen McTaggart, Robin, Nixon, Rhonda (2014) The action research planner: doing critical participatory action research. London: Springer.

Toikko, Timo & Rantanen, Teemu (2009) Tutkimuksellinen kehittämistoiminta. Tampere: Tampere University Press.

Tökkäri, Virpi (2012) Käsittämätöntä!: mielekkyyden luomisen keinot ja funktiot työyhteisön kertomuksissa. Acta Electronica Universitatis Lapponiensis 95. Rovaniemi: Lapin yliopisto.

Vilkka, Hanna (2015) Tutki ja kehitä. Jyväskylä: PS-kustannus.

Teaching methods

Lectures and distance learning