Research MethodsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Description of the learning period: This learning period will improve students’ ability to collaborate in working environment, innovate, his/her ethic understanding and learning skill. With the help of the learning period the student learns to develop the working processes, communication and communication technics, produce new information and manage research- , development and innovative projects, adapt principles of professional ethics in his/her actions as well as to evaluate and develop the own expertise. After having completed this learning period the student is able to:Recognize and determine research- and development objects and evaluate realistically their possibilities and strategies taking the historical and cultural background into the consideration. Select the most appropriate development and research strategy in cooperation with the specialists. Effect, coordinate, manage and evaluate the entire research/ development project and report the results according to scientific criteria both orally and in writing. Adapt comprehensively and combining analysis methods of qualitative and quantitative research and draw conclusions basing on the material to solve the development problem. .

Content

Research- and development need, research- and development strategies, research process, scientific report