Cultural anthropology, scientific methods and project work

- theory and philosophy of science.
- qualitative and quantitative research methods in the Social Sciences.
- field work and field work methodologies.
- academic writing, use of sources and source critisism.
- ethics and privacy.
- group processes and group dynamics.
- the planning av organizing of a social scientific research project.

Knowledge
The student
- has extensive knowledge about philosophy and theory of science, and academic (report) writing.
- has some knowledge about the maintaining of quality in the cooperation with children to achieve knowledge development.
- knows and can reflect upon ethics and privacy when collecting and analyzing research data.
- has extensive knowledge on group processes and group dynamics.
- can update his or her understanding of the meaning of cultural diversity within the field.

Skills
The student
- can use qualitative and quantitative research methods in different cultural settings.
- can evaluate the cooperation with children in the development of knowledge on child care and welfare.
- can reflect upon ethical dilemmas and privacy legislation relevant for social scientific research.
- can find, evaluate and refer to information and relevant litterature and present this in a relevant and clarifying manner.
- can plan and organize a social scientific survey or inquiery.
- present av social scientific survey or inquiery in a written report.
- can participate in group assignments and describe actual group processes and group dynamics.

General competence
The student
- can communicate the grounds for choices and decisions.
- can make use of social scientific research methodology and the results of social scientific research.
- can make critical reflections on knowledge and knowledge production and communicate theories, questions and solutions both in speech and writing and through other relevant forms of communication.
- can exchange views and experiences on innovation and development of good practice.

Lectures, litterature searches and the use of relevant results from research and field development, group assignments, supervision, project work, written assignments, reports ande oral presentations.