MJ4020 Introduction to Research Methodology Course description

After completing the course and INTER1200, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence (INTER1200 addresses the learning outcomes marked with two asterisks (**)):

Knowledge

The student

• have knowledge about the importance of appreciative communication with children, adolescents and their parents/guardians**
• can explain children and adolescents’ right to participation in decisions that concern them**
• can explain the importance of explorative approaches in cooperation with children and adolescents**
• can describe the standardised tools used to assess children’s activity, participation and quality of life
• can describe habilitation as a area of knowledge and reflect on the possibilities and challenges relating to interprofessional and intersectoral processes, both in the minicipal- and in the spesialist health service

Skills

The student can

• carry out a conversation about everyday life with children and adolescents**
• have appreciative communication with parents/guardians**
• obtain information about public health at the municipal level, and discuss factors that affect public health and that can explain social inequality in relation to health
• assess factors in a working or school environment that promote and impede the health of employees/pupils, and that affect the possibility of participation
• propose measures that promote public health and social inclusion among children in a diverse society, and discuss the measures in light of behavioural theory and ethics
• plan and justify measures that promote health and work inclusion in a diverse society
• reflect on how a person’s life experience and cultural background can be expressed through body expressions and movement
• supervise physiotherapy students in the role of supervisor/instructor
• suggest and justify measures in interprofessional habilitation and reflect on the impact it may have on participation in arenas which are important to the indivudual

General competence

The student

• can present the implementation of and experience gained from a practical training project
• can reflect on their own role in explorative conversation with children, adolescents and their parent/guardians**
• understands the importance of interprofessional cooperation with children, adolescents and their parents/guardians**

Etter gjennomført emne skal studenten ha oppnådd følgende læringsutbytte:

Kunnskap

Studenten

• har inngående kunnskap om både samfunnsvitenskapelige og humanistiske metoder og analysemåter i journalistikk- og medieforskningen.
• har avansert kunnskap om forskningsetikk
• forstår sammenhengen mellom forskningstema og valg av forskningsdesign

Ferdigheter

Studenten

• kan selvstendig planlegge og gjennomføre datainnsamling og analyse
• kan foreta forskningsetiske vurderinger
• kan utforme et prosjektdesign, som kan gå inn i en prosjektskisse for masteroppgave

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

• kan vurdere egen og andres forskningsmetode kritisk
• har forståelse for den vitenskapelige prosessen, inkludert forholdet mellom teori og empiri

Undervisningen består av forelesninger og seminarer. I seminarene vil studenten få praktisk trening i metodearbeid og akademisk skriving. Tilnærmingen er tverrvitenskapelig og det vil bli gitt eksempler på hvordan ulike metoder kan kombineres. Emnet forutsetter høy grad av studentaktivitet i form av presentasjoner, kritisk lesning av andres tekster, oppgaveløsing og studentarbeid.

Project-based exam in groups of 2-3 studentsbasedon the project based practical training within upbringing, working life and public health Scope: 1,400 words (+/- 10%). The exam period takes place in parallel with teaching activities during most of the semester.

Resit assessment/exam: If a student fails the exam, they will have the opportunity to submit a reworked version once.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

A-F.

All exam papers are assessed by two examiners. At least 20% of the exams will be assessed by an external examiner. The external examiner’s assessment should benefit all students

10 credits overlap with FYSIO2200 and MENDI2200