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Evaluation methods (5 cr)

Code: KG00CR88-3001

General information


Enrollment

14.11.2022 - 15.01.2023

Timing

19.01.2023 - 31.05.2023

Credits

5 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

2 op

RD proportion (cr)

3 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Master's Degree Programme in Development and Management of Social Work and Health Care

Teachers

  • Kaija Loppela

Student groups

  • YKEJO21

Objective

Students know and understand how to compare various evaluation approaches and how to apply appropriate methods of evaluation throughout the evaluation process and also in research and development activities.

Content

Evaluation research, evaluation approaches and methods, for example process evaluation, inclusivity evaluation and realistic evaluation.

Teaching methods

Lectures, learning dialogues, different learning tasks and exercises

Student workload

135 hours work

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students know how to describe various evaluation approaches and methods.


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Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students know how to compare various evaluation approaches and methods and can also analyze how to use of them in research and development activities.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students know how to analyze, also critically, various evaluation approaches and methods. They can analyze, also critically, how to use of them in different research and development situations and activities. Student shows ability to implement evaluation research in practice.

Qualifications

No previous studies are required.