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Master’s Thesis
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:07.11.2022 10:15:47
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_058 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 18.00 | ECTS: | 27.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Pedagogy; Adult Pedagogy | Target Audience: | Pedagogy | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inese Paiča | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 0 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Study courses acquired: "Research Methodology", "Professional Activities". | ||||||||
| Objective: | Improve the understanding of research and the skills of magistrates to develop their own research project, including detailed justification and implementation process, planned data collection and processing procedures; assess potential risks and threats of the planned study; describe the ethical aspects of the study. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Developing the subject of the study and determining the topicality | Lectures | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Search, select, analyse and develop a study project of relevant literature, including a study justification, a review of literature and a detailed description of the study methodology; assess the risks and threats of the planned study; describe the ethical aspects of the study; present the project. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Thesis introduction, literature review, methodology description; project presentation, its visual aspect and verbal aspect. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Master’s thesis) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Understand, compare and critically evaluate different theoretical guidelines and research results in relation to the subject of the study; understand the requirements for the development of the Master's work. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Formulate research challenges, select and critically assess literature sources according to the topic, justify the focus and problem of the study, define the purpose of the study and the question(s)/hypothesis(s), choose a study methodology that is relevant to the purpose of the study, describe the planned data analysis methods in accordance with the ethical rules of the study, assess the risks and hazards of the potential study. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Plan independently a study in line with the basic principles and ethical standards of research and present a study project. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone, K. un Pipere, A. (Zin.red.) (2021). Zinātniskās darbības metodoloģija: starpdisciplināra perspektīva. Rīga: RSU | ||||||||
| 2 | Kristapsone, S. (2020). Statistiskās analīzes metodes pētījumā. Rīga: Biznesa augstskola "Turība" | ||||||||
| 3 | Mārtinsone, K. un Pipere, A. (red.) (2019). Zinātniskā rakstīšana un pētījumu rezultātu izplatīšana. Rīga: RSU (otrais papild. izd) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone, K., Pipere, A., Kamerāde, D. (red.) (2016). Pētniecība. Teorija un prakse. Rīga: RaKa | ||||||||
| 2 | Trainor, A., & Graue, E. (Eds.). (2013). Reviewing qualitative research in the social sciences. Routledge. | ||||||||
| 3 | Kroplijs, A., Raščevska, M. (2010). Kvalitatīvās pētniecības metodes sociālajās zinātnēs. Rīga: Raka. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Saskaņā ar izvēlēto pētījuma tēmu | ||||||||
| 2 | Journal of Supervision | ||||||||
| 3 | Journal of Clinical Supervision | ||||||||
| 4 | Journal of Supervision and Training | ||||||||
