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Contemporary Social Work Research (5 cr)

Code: 7Z00EL07-3005

General information


Enrolment period

07.06.2023 - 30.08.2023

Timing

01.08.2023 - 18.12.2023

Credits

5 op

Virtual portion

2 op

RDI portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Online learning

Unit

Social Services and Health Care

Campus

TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Master's Degree Programme in Social Services

Teachers

  • Eija Lähteenmäki
  • Päivi Heimonen
  • Merja Sinkkonen

Groups

  • 23YESO

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