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Scientific Research Practices
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LUSDK_062 | LQF level: | All Levels | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology | Target Audience: | Social Welfare and Social Work | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Lolita Vilka | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Department of Welfare and Social Work | ||||||||
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| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not applicable | ||||||||
| Objective: | To consolidate theoretical social work with children and youth and social research methodology skills, acquire organizational, coordination and evaluation skills, implementation of the research project and implementing organizations programs for children and youth. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction. Purpose of the course unit and study outcomes; assessment and evaluation criteria. Short introduction of content. Discussion about individual and group tasks. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Practice outcomes assessment. Individual autcomes identification and practice portfolio content | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Research project and research report | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Get acquanted with practice placement institution | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Communication with the organization’s services and support customers call. An exploratory study | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Survey instrument, and data collection, recording | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Individual and group reflection | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Presentation of research report, portfolio | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual research project and practice programme, feedback and self- reflection, portfolio. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in workshops / reflections meetings - 40% Research report, Portfolio - 60% | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test (Semester) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Will be able to integrate knowledge about children, youth, their environment to own research project and professional practice; | ||||||||
| Skills: | Will be able to plan research according to chosen methodology and field organization needs; will be able to apply ethical principles to social work research; will be able to collect and analyze research data in collaboration with the practice field organization; will be able to present research results to professional audience; will be able to develop social work with youth practice. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will develop personal competencies: social work ethics and social justice, values and knowledge, ethics, boundaries; intercultural aspects of work with children and youth, multicultural competence. | ||||||||
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