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Building Research Creativity, Producing Research Work and Drawing up Findings
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:31:07
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_112 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; Civil Rights | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Aivars Stankevičs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Logic and Sociology of law at the Bachelor’s study programme level. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To promote students’ understanding of the essence of innovative scientific research, pedagogical theories and principles by developing basic skills and abilities of pedagogical work. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The essence and forms of innovative scientific research. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Selecting a topic for the Master’s thesis, substantiation thereof. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Regulation and policy of science. The essence of scientific truth. The process of scientific truth: sensual observation – thinking in concepts – logical thinking. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Philosophical, logical, socio-psychological, and sociological context of scientific truth. Specifics of the structure of scientific truth concentrated in theory. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Specifics of formulating the subject of Master's thesis. Substantiation of the topicality, novelty, aims, tasks, hypothesis, object and subject, research methods of the Master’s thesis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Basic requirements for the structure of the theoretical and practical part of Master’s thesis. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | The essence of pedagogy. The interaction of education and upbringing. Teaching and learning. Pedagogical relations, upbringing. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Inheritance of Comenius’ experience in contemporary educational theories. Formation of pedagogical relations. Conflicts in upbringing and resolution of such conflicts. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The essence and forms of innovative scientific research. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Selecting a topic for the Master’s thesis, substantiation thereof. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Regulation and policy of science. The essence of scientific truth. The process of scientific truth: sensual observation – thinking in concepts – logical thinking. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Philosophical, logical, socio-psychological, and sociological context of scientific truth. Specifics of the structure of scientific truth concentrated in theory. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Specifics of formulating the subject of Master's thesis. Substantiation of the topicality, novelty, aims, tasks, hypothesis, object and subject, research methods of the Master’s thesis. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Basic requirements for the structure of the theoretical and practical part of Master’s thesis. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | The essence of pedagogy. The interaction of education and upbringing. Teaching and learning. Pedagogical relations, upbringing. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Inheritance of Comenius’ experience in contemporary educational theories. Formation of pedagogical relations. Conflicts in upbringing and resolution of such conflicts. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students have two independent works: 1. Independently draft the design of one’s Master’s thesis. 2. Upbringing (group work) – coordinated with the lecturer. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The following will be assessed in the first independent work: • formulation of the social demand for the research direction (object); • identification of expected difficulties (including political conjuncture). The following will be assessed in the second independent work: • group work as a whole; • presentation of the work. Student examination will be assessed according to the RSU Academic Regulations I. The examination is expected at the end of the study course, summarizing the things learned during the course and final assessment consists of three assessments (two independent works and examination assessment – the grade of the exam shall be decisive). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After completing the study course, students will acquire knowledge of the essence and specifics of expression of the scientific truth achieved in the individual research work, as well as the basic skills of pedagogical work and will be able to contribute to the creation of new research/knowledge. Students will acquire knowledge in didactics, thus learning the principles of learning and the art of teaching. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After completing the study course, students will know how to present the results of their research according to the requirements and to take ethical responsibility for them. Students will understand the essence of basic skills of pedagogical work, models of formation of pedagogical relations. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After completing the study course, students will be able to apply the theoretical and empirical knowledge acquired during the research to a high level of competence and to integrate knowledge of different fields in their work with the specifics of law/jurisprudence. Students are able to apply the acquired knowledge in further study process and in the practice of law specialists by also using various non-standard solutions. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A.Vilks, L.Vilka. Socioloģisko pētījumu kontekstuālās problēmas: Otrais pārstrādātais un papildinātais izdevums. – Rīga: Drukātava, 2009. | ||||||||
| 2 | Šteinberga, A. Pedagoģiskā psiholoģija. Rīga: RAKA, 2013. | ||||||||
| 3 | Zinātniskā rakstīšana un pētījumu rezultātu izplatīšana. Rīga: RSU, 2018. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A.Vilks. Politiskā pūļa latvietis. – Rīga: N.I.M.S., 2014. | ||||||||
| 2 | A.Vilks. Traģēdija X. Pirmā grāmata. – Rīga: N.I.M.S., 2014. | ||||||||
| 3 | Pētniecība: teorija un prakse, red. Mārtinsone K., Pipere A., Kamerāde D. Rīga: RaKa, 2016. | ||||||||
| 4 | Pētniecība: teorija un prakse, red. Mārtinsone K., Pipere A., Kamerāde D. Rīga: RaKa, 2016. | ||||||||
| 5 | Philips E., Pugh D. How to get a PhD: A Handbook for students and their supervisors. Open University Press, 2015. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Pētniecisko darbu aktualitāti pamatojošas žurnālu, laikrakstu publikācijas, kā arī interneta materiāli. | ||||||||
