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Syllabus PRACTICUM FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES MA STUDENTS - 54749
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Last update 03-08-2016
HU Credits: 4

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: conflict management & resolution

Semester: Yearly

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Maya de Vries

Coordinator Email: dvrmaya@gmail.com

Coordinator Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00-11:00, 5424

Teaching Staff:
Ms. Maya De Vries

Course/Module description:
The students will conduct an internship during the academic year. the internship will take place in various organizations: The Israeli Parliament, Israel Broadcasting Authority, The Jewish Agency and more.

The course will be divided to class meetings and personal meetings with the lecturer.

We will discuss at your position as "researcher" who are working in the research filed, research action and qualitative research methods.


Course/Module aims:
The main goal of the course is to provide the students a meaningful experience in the labor market, while implementing the theoretical knowledge and conducting an empirical research.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. The student will know how to conduct a qualitative research using various research tools.

2. The students will be giving a meaningful experience at the labor market.

Attendance requirements(%):
100%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lecture
Discussion

The course will have class meetings and "one-on-one" meetings.

Course/Module Content:
Entry to organizations field

The role og the group in the organization and in the internship

Organizaion in a post-modern world

Theory and Method:
Discourse analsys
Multi-cultural approach
Ethnographic methods: interviews and observation
Research action

Ethical issues in academic research


Qualitative research methods.



Required Reading:
TBA

Additional Reading Material:
TBA

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 20 %
Project work 50 %
Assignments 20 %
Reports 10 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %

Additional information:
2 Internship reports- 10%
Research plan - 20%
Final paper- 50%
Active particiaption in class- 20%
presence in all meetings
 
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