MAJO4200 Research Theory and Methodology Course description

Emnet fokuserer på jordmorfagets vitenskapsteoretiske tradisjoner og forskningsmetodiske tilnærminger til praksisnær forskning og fagutvikling. Studenten skal få innføring i jordmorfaglig relevant forskning, med ulike design, samt konsekvenser av ulike teoretiske perspektiver for jordmorfag og jordmorutøvelse (del A).

Videre gis det en teoretisk bakgrunn for de ulike deler av forskningsprosessen, og studenten får praktisk erfaring med ulike forskningsdesign, forskningsmetoder, formulering av problemstilling, samt presentasjon og diskusjon av forskningsresultater (del B).

Kunnskapsbasert jordmorpraksis vil være et gjennomgående tema.;

Individual home examination, 5 hours. Exam questions are in English. Students may submit their exams in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English. 

Studenten må være tatt opp på mastergradsstudiet i jordmorfag.

Etter gjennomført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert i kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:;

Kunnskap

Studenten kan

• drøfte de sentrale vitenskapsteoretiske tradisjonene som jordmorfaget bygger på
• identifisere og analysere sentrale forskningsetiske problemstillinger

Ferdigheter;

Studenten

• kan anvende de mest sentrale metodene i kvalitativ og kvantitativ forskning
• kan tolke kritisk og drøfte resultater fra kvalitative og kvantitative analyser
• kan gjennomføre systematisk kunnskapssøk

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

• kan bidra til kunnskapsbasert praksis gjennom kritisk analyse og vurdering av relevant forskningsbasert kunnskap
• kan formidle vitenskapsteori, forskningsspørsmål, forskningsmetode, empiriske funn og betydning av ny kunnskap til eget fagområde
• kan analysere og reflektere over forskningsetiske og vitenskapsteoretiske problemstillinger

Emnet vil benytte varierte, studentaktive arbeidsformer.

Arbeids- og undervisningsformene omfatter forelesninger organisert som blandet læring («blended learning»), omvendt undervisning («flipped classroom»), gruppeoppgaver digitalt og på seminar, selvstudier og arbeidskrav.

Emnebeskrivelsen finnes kun på engelsk. Velg engelsk versjon av nettsiden for å se fullstendig emnebeskrivelse.

Admission to the study program

The Bachelor's Programme in Social Education is a three-year programme of professional study (180 credits). Students who complete the programme are awarded the Bachelor’s in Social Education, which forms the basis of applying for authorisation as a social educator in accordance with the Act relating to Health Personnel. The programme description has been drawn up in accordance with the National Regulations relating to a Common Curriculum for Health and Social Care Education and the Regulations on National Guidelines for Social Education Programmes adopted by the Ministry of Education and Research. The programme was established under the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges and the Regulations relating to Studies and Examinations at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University.

According to the Regulations on National Guidelines for Social Education Programmes, the purpose of the education is to be an evidence-based and practice-oriented programme of professional study in the field of health and social care that qualifies graduates to practice health, care and welfare services in a lifespan perspective. The programme is also to ensure competence and attitudes that form a basis for equal provision of services for all groups in society, including the status of the Sami as an indigenous people and their rights to linguistically and culturally adapted services. The candidate is expected to have knowledge of impairments and societal conditions that create disability, and particular expertise in habilitation and rehabilitation, health promotion and health care. The candidate is also expected to have knowledge of complex needs and intellectual disabilities.

The programme qualifies students to cooperate with service users, next of kin, other service providers and parties to promote self-determination, participation, mastery of functional skills, health and quality of life. The education is intended to provide society with candidates that have the professional expertise necessary to ensure that disabled people have the same opportunities for personal development and self-realisation as others. After completing the programme, the candidates are expected to have a high level of ethical awareness, good communication and cooperation skills, and be capable of working in a goal oriented and systematic manner to provide services characterised by critical and innovative thinking.

This is a multidisciplinary programme that combines knowledge from the health sciences, psychology, educational pedagogy, and social sciences including law. The programme provides a systematic introduction to ethics, health promotion and health care, habilitation and rehabilitation, and inclusion and rights. Critical thinking, evidence-based practice and facilitating change and development are vital elements in the programme. Safeguarding participation and the rights of disabled people, particularly persons with intellectual disabilities, are recurring themes in the programme. The programme facilitates the development of multicultural competence, respect and tolerance.

The programme's academic profile is based on evidence-based and interdisciplinary change work with an emphasis on applied behaviour analysis.

Relevance to working life

A bachelor's degree in social education qualifies students for work in public and private health and care services, as well as in educational institutions such as kindergartens and schools. Social educators can also work in more specialised services such as substance abuse services, mental health, habilitation and rehabilitation, child and adolescent psychiatry, the educational and psychological counselling service, etc.

Relevance to further education

The Bachelor's Programme in Social Education qualifies students for admission to several master's programmes. Master's programmes in health and social care are particularly relevant. Some master's programmes in pedagogy may also be relevant.

Teaching and learning methods include lectures, discussions, individual reports and workshop/seminars. Students read selected texts in advance for each day of class, and everyone is expected to participate in class through questions and through joining in discussion.

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• 4 individual written assignments submitted digitally, each with a maximum length of 6000 characters, including spaces. References are to be included in the 6000 characters.