Contemporary Social Work Research (5 cr)
Code: 7Z00EL07-3004
General information
Enrolment period
01.08.2022 - 31.08.2022
Timing
16.09.2022 - 30.12.2022
Credits
5 op
Virtual portion
3 op
RDI portion
4 op
Mode of delivery
40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Online learning
Unit
Social Services
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Social Services
Teachers
- Eija Lähteenmäki
- Päivi Heimonen
- Merja Sinkkonen
Person in charge
Merja Sinkkonen
Groups
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22YESO
Objectives (course unit)
Student
- knows how to evaluate current research in social work
- can analyze critically the challenges and opportunities of research
- can analyze the causes of social problems and risks
Content (course unit)
Critical review, analysis and evaluation of current research in social work
Issues to be deal with include immigrants, long-term unemployed, homeless, poor and other separately agreed groups
Writing a professional article
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
Knows current research topics in the social work. Identifies issues related to deprivation and injustice and handles these in a professional article.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
Knows the main current research topics in the social work and identifies the causes of social problems and risks. Identifies and analyzes issues of deprivation and injustice in a professional article
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
Knows and is able to interpret and evaluate current research in social work, critically analyze the challenges and opportunities of research, and analyze the causes of social problems and risks. Critically analyzes issues of social deprivation and injustice in a professional article
Assessment scale
0-5