Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
190500407100SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH -ICompulsory476
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Features and basic foundations of scientific research; identification of problems in social work areas; meaning and ethics of social work research, research process; To ensure the competence of students in subjects such as research methods and techniques.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Neşide Yıldırım
Learning Outcomes
1Analyze the sources of social problems
2Plans research and applications related to social problems
3Explains the research process and techniques
4Determines the purpose, subject, importance, universe, limitations and sample of the research.
5Determines the hypotheses and variables of the research
6Makes content analysis of the research
7Evaluates, reports, explains research data
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
No
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Characteristics of scientific research, meaning and ethics of social work research; qualitative and quantitative research, research process, methods and techniques: definition of the problem, research; purpose, hypothesis, variable types, universe and sample, data collection techniques; processing, resolution and interpretation of data; writing the research report; evaluation of findings
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Meeting students, informing about the course process
2Selection of research topic Information about the features of the table of contents
3Sketching the contents page Relevant literature review
4Evaluation of the table of contents with students Starting to prepare interview and/or survey questions
5Completion of the home page(s) Beginning to write the first chapter: the subject, purpose, importance, limitations of the research, methods and techniques, universe, sample
6Continuing to write the first part Initiation of interview and/or survey
7Completion of the first part
8Visa
9Completion of the interview and/or survey application
10Starting to write the second part (filling in the title and sub-titles of the main topic)
11Starting to write the third part (results and comment)
12Evaluation of interview and/or survey results
13Interpretation of tables/figures Writing the bibliography
14Finalizing the reports Evaluation of the general course of the course Delivery of reports
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination160
Report Preparation120
Performance120
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities50
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination133
Final Examination144
Attending Lectures14228
Report Preparation6954
Report Presentation2510
Self Study14228
Reading14342
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)169
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