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MAKRE4070 Research Design and Project Description Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Forskningsdesign og prosjektbeskrivelse
Study programme
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Cancer Nursing
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history

Introduction

Language of instruction: Norwegian and English

This course covers the research process from the planning phase until completion of the master’s thesis, including literary searches and referencing, formulation of research questions/hypotheses/issues, choice of research method and development of a project description, as well as ethical assessments relating to the student’s own work. Formal requirements for the project description are also covered to enable the student to complete the project description for their master’s thesis by the end of the course.

Recommended preliminary courses

Etter fullført emne har studenten følgende læringsutbytte definert som kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

  • har fordypet innsikt i vurdering av elevers læringsprosesser og i bruken av ulike vurderings- og kartleggingsverktøy på individ- og samfunnsnivå
  • har inngående kunnskap om fagdidaktisk, pedagogisk og annen relevant forskning og teori og vitenskapelige tenkemåter
  • har utvidet kunnskap om begynneropplæring sett i lys av den digitale samfunnsutviklingen;

Ferdigheter

Studenten

  • kan analysere teorier og metoder med relevans for begynneropplæring og bruke slik innsikt i forsknings- og utviklingsarbeid og for å fremme elevers tenkning, utvikling og læring
  • kan søke ny kunnskap fra nasjonal og internasjonal forskning, analysere og forholde seg kritisk til ulike teorier og metoder, bruke slik innsikt i profesjonsutøvelsen og til å reflektere over og begrunne ulike sider ved denne
  • kan observere, analysere og vurdere elevers læring og utvikling på en selvstendig og kritisk måte, gi læringsfremmende tilbakemeldinger og gjøre nødvendige endringer i opplæringen som ivaretar elevenes behov

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

  • kan analysere og vurdere faglige, profesjonsetiske og utdanningspolitiske problemstillinger med relevans for begynneropplæring og videreutvikle egen kompetanse, justere egen praksis og bidra til både kollegers og skolens faglige og organisatoriske utvikling
  • kan bidra kunnskapsmessig til fagutvikling innenfor begynneropplæring i grunnopplæringen
  • kan bruke sin kunnskap med faglig integritet og etisk bevissthet

Required preliminary courses

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

  • can develop a research question for their master’s thesis
  • can independently describe relevant academic frame of reference and/or context as a foundation for a project plan for the master’s thesis

Skills

The student

  • can plan a research project and write a project description in a precise scientific format and language
  • can carry out extensive and systematic literature searches relating to their own project description, summarise and discuss the findings of others, and cite sources correctly
  • can reflect upon ethical issues related to the project

General competence

The student

  • can analyse and deal critically with various sources of data and use them in scholarly arguments
  • can critically assess relevant ethical norms and values related to the chosen method in the project plan
  • can assess whether a research project requires various forms of registration or approval in accordance with the applicable legislation

Teaching and learning methods

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. The teaching will be given digital and physical, in addition to blended learning with seminars on campus during the course. Work and teaching methods include digital and physical lectures, individual literature studies and written work, oral presentations, group discussions and supervision. Up to two hours of guidance is given on the project description.

Course requirements

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:

  • compulsory attendance and participation at seminar days for your own specialisation
  • presentation of own student’s project description for the master’s thesis with subsequent discussion in a plenary session
  • held the role of opponent, providing feedback on one or more fellow students' project plan (peer assessment/opponent)

Assessment

A project examination in the form of a project description for the student's master’s thesis, individual or in groups, depending on whether the thesis will be written individually or in a group. Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 20%). For group assignments, one overall grade is awarded for the whole group.

Resit examination: If the student fails the assignment, he/she will be given opportunity to submit a reworked version.

If the course is taught in English, students can also choose to write/conduct the examination in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish).

Permitted exam materials and equipment

Fagplanen tilhørende dette emnet er lagt på emne M1GBO4100 Begynneropplæring 1.

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Tre sentrale temaer i emnet Begynneropplæring 2: Den forskende og reflekterende lærer er samfunn og utdanning, vurdering og endring og utvikling med relevans for arbeid på 1.-4. trinn.

Grading scale

Ingen

Examiners

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

Overlapping courses

Se fagplanen.