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The Process of Development Activities (5 cr)

Code: BG00BD76-3007

General information


Enrollment

14.11.2022 - 15.01.2023

Timing

01.09.2022 - 24.05.2024

Credits

5 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

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

Teachers

  • Mari Salminen-Tuomaala
  • Katriina Kuhalampi

Student groups

  • YKLAS22

Objective

Students analyze their need for information and know how to use library and information services and other sources of information in their field. Students are familiar with the systematic information seeking process and they know how to evaluate and apply the information. Students are able to plan and implement processes in research and development. They can justify the points of view they have taken.

Content

Evidence baced action and data search
Types and kinds of information
Evaluating information
Conceptualizing information seeking problems
Sources of information and databases
Reading, using and writing references
Stages of development work: planning, realizing, evaluating and implementing.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory 1-2:
Students are familiar with systematic information seeking and with important national and international sources of information. Students know how to describe the stages of a development process and how to implement it.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3-4):
Students know how to seek information from most databases and how to read them critically. Students know how to compare and implement development processes, justifying their choices.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5):
Students are aware of reliability factors concerning existing information. They are able to critically evaluate national and international research and to form an overall picture of data.
Students evaluate and analyze development processes and their own contribution.

Qualifications

No previous studies are required

Further information

RDI-points 5 cr