Study Guide

Objective

- You can support and create possibilities for older people to participate in the development of services and activities
- You can define research-based development activity as a theoretical framework and approach
- You can recognize and realistically assess the development needs of working life
- You can produce new knowledge and reform practices by combining expertise from different fields
- You can proactively plan and implement new client-centred, sustainable and economically profitable solutions through research-based activities
- You master various research and development methods in the implementation and critical assessment of research-based development activities
- You are able to manage the search, implementation and establishment of sustainable solutions and activities in your work community
- You comply with the principles of good scientific conduct and promote their application in your work community

Content

-Research-based development activity
-The theoretical and methodological basis of research-based development activity
-The theoretical framework of research-based development activity
-Purpose, aim and objectives
-The models guiding the process of research-based development activity
-The methods of information acquisition and production, the methods of inclusive development activity, the methods of analysis, assessment methods and standardisation methods.
-Reliability and research ethics