SUBJECT
Title
Required Elective Courses 1.
Type of instruction
practical
Level
master
Part of degree program
Credits
4
Recommended in
Semester 2
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
Aim of the course:
The course offers an opportunity for students to join ongoing developmental and clinical child psychological research. Thus they can gain professional experience in several tasks of different phases of developmental research. The primary goal of the course is to assure reliable professional background for thesis writing.
Learning outcome, competences
knowledge:
- advanced topic-specific knowledge (depending on the students’ field of interest)
- methodology – specific to the research topic
attitude:
- is open to history of developmental psychology and its theoretical debates
- is open and sensitive to the problems of methodology
- is open to solve open-ended problems
skills:
- is aware of the limits of her/his competence
- taking responsibility for tasks in the research team
- commonly used statistics
- specific skills depending on the research field (e.g. conducting experiment/investigation, creating experimental stimuli, learning new procedures, recruitment, etc.)
Content of the course
Topics of the course
- historical background
- theoretical issues and interpretational frames
- methodological issues
- commonly used statistics
- the most significant journals
- internationally acclaimed research teams
- fitted to the research topic
Learning activities, learning methods
- individual consultation
- consultation in group
- participating in the required tasks (from planning to writing)
Evaluation of outcomes
Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation:
requirements
- fitted to the individual interest and goals
mode of evaluation: grade 1-5
criteria of evaluation:
- fitted to the individual goals and requirements
Readings
Compulsory reading list
- a reading list developed by the research leader/supervisor and fitted to the requirements of the field and the students’ interest and goals
- a reading list developed by the student – fitted to her/his interest