Objectives and competences
The goals of the course are
-Applied use of knowledge which a student has gained during the study, gaining communication skills, teamwork, etc.
-On completion of the course, the student will be able to carry out a simple applied research and scientifically present the results.
-Get familiar with the structure and concept of research work based on practical cases of researches
-Understand the role of research work for avoiding fake news.
Key competences:
-get theoretical knowledge of research and preparing research reports
-ability to use research methods in simple practical research as well as to interpret and present results concisely
Content (Syllabus outline)
A student who has already joined research work in one of the laboratories in the framework of the course “Introduction into research work” under the mentorship of higher-education teachers, assistant teachers and researchers in laboratories continues with his/her work on a chosen research project. Depending on the chosen topic and method of work, students learn about and deepen their knowledge of research work. Students apply the theoretical knowledge they gained in the 1st and 2nd year of study to a concrete logistical problem.
In addition they get to know:
-Concept and structure of scientific papers
-Practical examples of fake news and ways to avoid it in research
-Practical examples of extraordinary and unappropriate research papers (in logistics)
-Application of selected research methods within research papers
Learning and teaching methods
This course uses a range of teaching methods including lectures, discussion groups, videos and films, case studies, student presentation, tutorials and independent study of students.
Part of the lectures and tutorials is in a classroom while the rest is in the form of e-learning (e-lectures and e-tutorisla may be given via video-conferencing or with the help of specially designed e-material in a virtual electronic learning environment).
A student must do a certain amount of hours of practical research work in a laboratory at the FL. On completion of work under the supervision of a mentor, a student prepares a report or an article, which he/she presents publically.
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of the course the student will be able to:
integrate theoretical knowledge of all courses of the study programme and use it to perform the given assignments,
carry out simple aplicative research,
solve the given logistical problem, discussed in an article, which usually serves as a basis for a diploma work.
Find sollutions for logistics challenges and tasks
understand importance or research for avoiding fake news,
scientifically present and comunicate on research with different stakeholders,
problem solving: find potential sollutions for given assignment (logistics challenges)
Readings
Goddard, W. & Melville, S. (2001). Research methodology : an introduction (2nd ed.). Lansdowne : Juta.
Osnovna literatura so znanstveni članki in knjige po izboru mentorja./The main literature are research
articles and books selected by the mentor.
Prerequisits
A student must be enrolled in the 3rd year of study.
A student must have completed the course “Introduction into research work”.
Additional information on implementation and assessment Report assessment.70%
Public presentation.30%
