Development and Knowledge Production

Structure Type:	Course
Code:	KF21TUTKE13
Type:	Compulsory
Level:	Master
Credits:	5.0 points
Responsible Teacher:	Zechner, Minna
Teacher Team:	Zechner, Minna ; Tiilikka, Tiina
Language of Instruction:	Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum	Semester	Credits	Start of Semester	End of Semester
YSOSKO-2016	1 spring	5.0	2017-01-01	2017-07-31

Learning Outcomes

Student is able to plan and implement a development process.

Student's Workload

104 hr (lectures and distant learning)

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No previous studies are required.

Phases of development: justification, organisation, implementation and evaluation

Various models for the development process: linear, spiral and spaghetti

Tools for needs analysis, e.g. actor matrix, the actors' interpretation matrix, focus group technique, electronic query tools.

Recommended or Required Reading

For example:
Esimerkiksi:
Kananen, Jorma (2014) Toimintatutkimus kehittämistutkimuksen muotona. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulun julkaisuja.

Kemmis, Stephen McTaggart, Robin, Nixon, Rhonda (2014) The action research planner: doing critical participatory action research. London: Springer.

Toikko, Timo & Rantanen, Teemu (2009) Tutkimuksellinen kehittämistoiminta. Tampere: Tampere University Press.

Tökkäri, Virpi (2012) Käsittämätöntä!: mielekkyyden luomisen keinot ja funktiot työyhteisön kertomuksissa. Acta Electronica Universitatis Lapponiensis 95. Rovaniemi: Lapin yliopisto.

Vilkka, Hanna (2015) Tutki ja kehitä. Jyväskylä: PS-kustannus.

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and distance learning

Assessment Criteria

Grade 1-2
Student is able to describe different types of development and knowledge production processes.

Grade 3-4
Student is able to compare different types of knowledge production and development processes and evaluate them in relation to the task or situation at hand.

Grade 5
Student is able to analyse critically different types of knowledge production and development processes and apply them in practise.

Assessment Methods

Grading is based on a student assignments, the scale of 1-5.

Work Placement

Study module contains no practical training.

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