RES03MK26HKI Participatory and Research-Oriented Development 3 (5cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

The students will be able to:
• apply research, development and innovation methods in a working life context
• implement the thesis with an innovative and reflective approach to social services and the community work setting
• understand the meaning of evaluation and analysis in research, development and innovation processes
• give and receive constructive feedback in the thesis process
• write a thesis manuscript

Content

Contents:
• Research, development and innovation methods in a working life context
• Implementation of a thesis in a social services and community work context
• Evaluation and analysis of research, development and innovation processes
• Constructive feedback in the thesis process
• Thesis manuscript

Location and time

All teaching sessions are held in Zoom. Individual supervision with thesis supervisor are organised in a manner agreed with the student and thesis supervisor.

Materials

Teacher's recorded videos and the following materials where applicable:
* Braun, v. & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology. 3(2), 77-101
* Campbell, A., Taylor, B. J., & McGlade, A. (2016). Research design in social work : Qualitative and quantitative methods. SAGE Publications, Limited.
* Jason, L. A., & Glenwick, D. S. (Eds.). (2016). Handbook of methodological approaches to community-based research : Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods. Oxford University Press, Incorporated.
* Jha, A. (2023). Social research methodology : Qualitative and quantitative designs. Taylor & Francis Group.
* Leavy, P. (Ed.). (2014). The oxford handbook of qualitative research. Oxford University Press, Incorporated.
* Naeem, M., Ozuem, W., Howell, K., & Ranfagni, S. (2023). A Step-by-Step Process of Thematic Analysis to Develop a Conceptual Model in Qualitative Research. International journal of qualitative methods, 22,.
* Navarro, Danielle & Foxcroft, David: Learning Statistics with Jamovi: A Tutorial for Beginners in Statistical Analysis.
* Pasque, P. A., & Alexander, E. (Eds.). (2022). Advancing culturally responsive research and researchers : Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods. Taylor & Francis Group.
* Silverman, R. M., & Patterson, K. L. (2014). Qualitative research methods for community development. Taylor & Francis Group.
* Williams, M., Wiggins, R. D., & Vogt, W. P. (2022). Beginning quantitative research. SAGE Publications, Limited

Teaching methods

Res03 contains:
- supervisory workshops
- seminars (participation, presentation of own thesis manuscript & serving as an opponent to one other manuscript)
- individual work (implementation of the thesis and writing the mansucript)
- (one individual guidance session with thesis supervisor)

Employer connections

A working life partner for student's thesis is highly recommended. The student should look for the working life partner themselves e.g. during their placement. It is worth noticing that connection to working life is one of the several evaluation criteria of the thesis. An agreement with working life partner must be signed using a form provided at Diak.

Exam schedules

Students will present their manuscript and serve as an opponent to one thesis work in one of the thesis seminars organised in the spring.

Completion alternatives

There are no alternative ways of conducting the study module.

Student workload

Participating in seminars and serving as an opponen approx 1 cr
Implementation of the thesis and writing the manuscript approx 4 cr