Aim of the course: This two-day course invites students in various stages of their doctoral thesis to think through, write and process the ethical questions and themes in their own ongoing research projects. It provides a compact knowledge package on ethical issues concerning the research design, data collection/field work and writing-up phases. The course consists of lectures, discussion & student presentations in class and a pre-assignment.

Learning outcomes: After the course, students will
- be better equipped to think about and deal with ethical issues at different phases of their research projects
- have skills to discuss and identify issues concerning the ethics both in relation to research participant and the academic community (treatment of participants, informed consent, data lifespan, publication and ethical reporting)
- have knowledge on the key guidelines concerning ethical conduct and know where to go for further information
- have practical tools and means for the writing-up of ethical question in the doctoral thesis.
- have access to an information package on ethics

Course Schedule:

Tue 31.01.2012, (Room: Virta Ls. 120)
10.15-11.00     Welcome and a summary on themes raised in the pre-assignments
11.00-12.15    Ethics, researcher skills and the doctoral process
12.15-13.15    lunch
13.15-14.30    Data sets, research questions and ethics
14.30-14.45    coffee break
14.45-16.00    Ethical questions at different phases of the doctoral process:  Feedback and supervision

Tue 07.02.2012, (Room: Virta Ls. 120)
10.15-11.15    Ethical questions at different phases of the doctoral process: data collection, facing/dealing with participants & data, writing-up
11.15-12.00    Securing the data lifespan: The ethics of recycling and data archiving
12.00 - 13.00    lunch
13.15-16.00    Discussion on students' research projects and ethical questions

PLEASE NOTE: Students are selected on a first-come, first served -basis. Those accepted to the course are required to send in a pre-assignment (max one page A 4) through Moodle (course password will be sent by email).  Dead line for pre-assignments is Mon 23.01.2011.

THE PRE-ASSIGNMENT: Please include the following in short:
1)    Your name & discipline
2)    Your research topic
3)    Potential ethical issues you have encountered or anticipate to encounter as part of your doctoral research and solutions you may already have in mind
4)    Any issues relating to research ethics you wish to be discussed during the course
5)     Please indicate in case you are willing to present some key ethical themes concerning your own doctoral work (2+1 ECTS to those presenting)

Goals:

1.To begin, proceed, digress, summarize and end a presentation, and to respond to questions in an effective manner
2.To convert written into spoken English: stylistic differences
3.To practice correct pronunciation and intonation
4.To deliver a talk in a relaxed manner using effective visual aids, but without reading
5.To analyze one's own presentation and (in groups) others' presentations in a supportive, affirmative manner, including attention to body language and visual aids.

Contents:

March 1, 2012 (common to both groups):

9:00-10:30 Structure of English presentations; Introduction and Conclusions-tips

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:30  Language performance issues

11:30-12:10   Lunch

12:10-14:00   Preparing and Using Visuals: Tips and Concerns

14:00-14:20   Coffee

14:20-16:00   Training for the Question-and-Answer period at conferences

March 22, 2012 (group 1) ; March 29 (group 2):

9:00-10:30  Individual Presentations + Judges feedback and evaluation

10:30-10:45  Break

10:45-11:30  Individual Presentations + Judges feedback and evaluation

11:30-12:10  Lunch

12:10-14:00  Individual Presentations + Judges feedback and evaluation

14:00-14:20 Coffee

14:20-16:00  Individual Presentations + Judges feedback and evaluation

NB! Course is full, no more enrolment. Students will be selected on the basis of enrolment order.

Goal:

This course will give you practical tips and strategies for writing scientific articles in English. Designed as a two-day workshop, the main objective of this course is to learn to identify and produce the most important elements in English academic writing. The first day offers a series of exercises and points to ponder, whereas the second day offers the students an opportunity to apply these tips and strategies in an "Editing Clinic". During the second day, the students will be taught a ten-step editing process that they will apply to texts in class.


Material: Booklet handed out by the instructor.

Contents:

January 26, 2012:   

9:00-9:45  Online sources: Scientific, clear, transparent

9:45-11:00 Drafting, Differences between Finnish and Anglo-American traditions

11:00-11:30  Components of a Scientific Article, The Sequence of Writing

11:30 Lunch

12:15 Problems, Transitions, Tenses

14:00 Coffee break

14:15 Old Information and New Information, Nouns and Verbs for Academic Writing

15:30 Self-editing
16:00 End of the day

Scientific Writing: The "Editing Clinic": Revising English Texts

February 9, 2012

The students select a scientific text from their field and also bring in two to three pages of their own writing (5 copies of these pages). These texts will be evaluated in class.

9:00-10:30 Introduction to editing. Practice of editing on the "ideal" article in your field

10:30-10:40 Short break

10:40-11:30 Editing
11:30-12:10 Lunch  (40 min.)

12:10-14:00 Editing groups

14:00-14:20 Coffee break (20 min.)

14:20-15:25  Editing Groups

15:25-16:00  Course Discussions (Questions and Answers)

16:00   End of the course

NB! Enrolment has ended. Enrolled students will be notified about admittance.

Aim of the course:
The aim of the course is to familiarise students with the characteristics of texts and documents in various disciplines of social sciences and to introduce them with an array of methodological approaches commonly used in their analysis. At the end of the course students should be able to understand the characteristics of different types of documents used in social sciences, their production, distribution and dissemination processes and methodological choices for their analysis.

Course description:

This is a two-day course addressed to doctoral students in various fields of social sciences who are using documentary sources in their research. By documents, we refer in this course to "natural" documents produced in processes of social interaction. Thus, texts generated during the research process (e.g. interviews, questionnaires) are not discussed in this course. The course will cover the following areas of expertise: history, political sciences, printed mass media texts and documents created in the interaction between different participants.

A seminar will also be organised, providing 4-5 students with the opportunity to present and get comments on particular methodological aspects related to the use of documents in their own research. Those interested to present in the seminar will provide a 3-4 pages abstract of their research, with particular emphasis on methodological issues to be discussed in the seminar. Send abstract to oana.apostol at uta.fi.

A maximum number of 25 participants will be admitted to the course.

The course consists of five lectures and a seminar.

Lecture structure is the following (preliminary titles):

19.3.2012 (Pinni B 3076)

9:15 - 11:00     Introduction to documentary sources in social sciences research
    Lecturer: Researcher Oana Apostol
11:15 - 12:00     Parliamentary documents as data
    Lecturer: Professor Pertti Alasuutari

2.4.2012 (Pinni B 3076)

9:15 - 10:00     Archival documents, published sources, and interviews: a historian's view on research processes
    Lecturer: Senior researcher Benedikt Schoenborn
10:00 - 10:45     Texts in interaction
    Lecturer: Senior assistant Maarit Alasuutari
11:00 - 11:45    Processing and interpreting printed media texts
    Lecturer: Researcher Oana Apostol
11:45 - 12:30     Lunch
12:30 - 13:00    Student paper 1
13:30 - 14:00    Student paper 2
14:15 - 14:45    Student paper 3
14:45 - 15:15 Student paper 4
1 more paper also possible if needed

Students' evaluation: pass/fail. Active presence and an essay to be completed after the course ends = 2 ECTS. Presenting their work at the seminar + 1 ECTS.

Contact person: oana.apostol at uta.fi

Time: 14.3. - 16.5.2012, Wednesdays at 15.15.-17
Place: University of Tampere, B-building (Medisiinarinkatu 3), large auditorium.
Volume: 2.0 ECTS
Aim: To familiarise students with various aspects of scientific communication.
Form of education: Lectures 16 h

Participants: Open to all. Especially recommended for postgraduate students and students enrolled on the MD PhD Program for Medical Students.
Enrolment: It is preferred that participants enrol by 7.3. by an e-form https://elomake3.uta.fi/lomakkeet/6964/lomake.html

Language: English
Mode of completion: Completion of a lecture diary to be handed in by email or post
Person responsible: Professor Seppo Parkkila
Feedback: Written feedback from students

Lecture schedule and topics

The lectures are held at the University of Tampere, B-building (Medisiinarinkatu 3), large auditorium. N.B. There is no lecture on April 11 and April 18.

14.3.2012

15.15-15.20 Opening of the course
Professor Seppo Parkkila (University of Tampere)

15.20-16.05 Writing a scientific article from biomedical research
Professor Seppo Parkkila
            
16.15-17.00    Statistical reporting
Lecturer Heini Huhtala (University of Tampere)


21.3.2012

15.15-17.00 Tables and statistical graphics    
Raili Salmelin, PhD (University of Tampere)

28.3.2012

15.15-17.00 Producing better English text
Lecturer Robert Hollingsworth
(Tampere University Language Centre)

    
4.4.2012    

15.15-17.00 Speech communication and public speaking
Lecturer Elinita Mäki (Department of Speech Communication and Voice Research)


25.4.2012

15.15-17.00 The role of the editor in scientific publishing
Docent Timo Partonen, MD, PhD (The National Institute for Health and Welfare, Editor-in-Chief
of Annals of Medicine)


2.5.2012       

15.15-16.00    Research article publishing: Open Access
Head of Department Anne Lehto (Tampere University Library)

16.15-17.00     Basic principles and publication forums of qualitative research
Academy Professor Pertti Alasuutari, D.Soc.Sc. (University of Tampere)
 

9.5.2012

15.15-16.00 Scientific lectures, congress abstracts and posters
Professor Seppo Parkkila

16.15.-17.00 Science communications
Head of Press and Information Office Katja Kannonlahti 
(University of Tampere)


16.5.2012

15.15-15.45 Two forms of doctoral dissertation
Professor Kaija Seppä (University of Tampere)

15.45-16.15 Publishing a doctoral dissertation
Head of Publication Centre Outi Sisättö (University of Tampere)

16.15-17.00 Doctoral dissertation - practical aspects
Professor Markku Kulomaa

enrolling via electronic form

Goals:

1.To begin, proceed, digress, summarize and end a presentation, and to respond to questions in an effective manner
2.To convert written into spoken English: stylistic differences
3.To practice correct pronunciation and intonation
4.To deliver a talk in a relaxed manner using effective visual aids, but without reading
5.To analyze one's own presentation and (in groups) others' presentations in a supportive, affirmative manner, including attention to body language and visual aids.

Contents:

March 1, 2012 (common to both groups):

9:00-10:30 Structure of English presentations; Introduction and Conclusions-tips

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:30  Language performance issues

11:30-12:10   Lunch

12:10-14:00   Preparing and Using Visuals: Tips and Concerns

14:00-14:20   Coffee

14:20-16:00   Training for the Question-and-Answer period at conferences

March 22, 2012 (group 1) ; March 29 (group 2):

9:00-10:30  Individual Presentations + Judges feedback and evaluation

10:30-10:45  Break

10:45-11:30  Individual Presentations + Judges feedback and evaluation

11:30-12:10  Lunch

12:10-14:00  Individual Presentations + Judges feedback and evaluation

14:00-14:20 Coffee

14:20-16:00  Individual Presentations + Judges feedback and evaluation

NB! Course is full, no more enrolment. Students will be selected on the basis of enrolment order.

Teacher: Professor Manfred Max Bergman, University of Basel

Aim of the course: This course will deal with when, how, and why to mix qualitative and quantitative methods within one research design.

The first part will cover research design issues, as well as theoretical assumptions and justifications for mixed methods. Also practical problems and solutions to mixed methods research are explored.

The second and third part will deal with the qualitative and quantitative perspective in a mixed methods research design, respectively.


Learning outcomes: After the course students will

- understand the principles of mixed methods research
- identify the possibilities and limitations of mixed methods research
- have a clear idea about which design - mono or mixed methods - is most appropriate for the participants' project


Course description and timetable: The course will follow the outline below. Participants will be able to work on their own research and data.

Wed 9 May 2012

Classroom Pinni B3107

9-11: Overview of research methods and design

11-12: break

12-14: Mixed methods research and design

14-16: Problems and limitations in MMR

Thu 10 May 2012

9-11: Qualitative research and MMR (Classroom Pinni B4113)

11-12: break

12-16: Qualitative exercises and student's projects (Computer classroom 40 (Pinni B0040))

Fri 11 May 2012

9-11: Quantitative research and MMR (Classroom Pinni B4113)

11-12: break

12-16: Quantitative exercises and student's projects (Computer classroom 40 (Pinni B0040))

Students' evaluation: pass/fail. Pre-assignment + active participation = 2 ECTS. Students presenting their work at the seminar will receive + 1 ECTS.


Enrolment: Enrolment in Nettiopsu, enrolment time  14.3. -  18.4. Students are selected on first come-first serve -basis.

Pre-assignment:
Send a short message by email to: tohtorikurssit.yti@uta.fi by the end of the application period. The pre-assignment is part of the enrolment, the enrolment is not completed without pre-assignment.

Write:

1.    Name, subject/department
2.    The topic of your own research and a short description (theme, questions, research design, methods)
3.    What do you understand with mixed methods
4. Are you willing to present your work to other students (+ 1 ECTS)

 
Preferred readings:

Day 1

- Tashakkori & Teddlie (2007). The new era of mixed method. Journal of Mixed Methods Research.
- Bergman (2011). On Concepts and Paradigms in Mixed Methods Research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research.
- Bergman (2008). Advances in mixed methods research. SAGE

- Bergman (2010). The politics, fashions, and conventions of research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research.

Day 2

- Tashakkori & Teddlie (1998). Mixed methodology: Combining qualitative and quantitative approaches. SAGE.

Day 3

- Creswell & Plano Clark (2006). Designing and conducting mixed methods research. SAGE.

- Bergman (2011). The good, the bad, and the ugly in mixed method research and design. Journal of Mixed Methods Research.