n.BA.FM.GLWAS.11HS (Basics of scientific methods and writing) 
Module: Basics of scientific methods and writing
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No.
n.BA.FM.GLWAS.11HS
Title
Basics of scientific methods and writing
Managed by
Stephan Küng
Credits
4

Description

Version: 2.0 start 01 August 2012
Study programme Facility Management
Courses/Weighting
Course Code Course title Weighting
n.BA.FM.WAS.11HS.V Scientific methods and writing 50%
n.BA.FM.LAM.11HS.V Personal learning and working methodology 50%
     
     
     
     
Status Compulsory module
*Type C Core course/module
Regulations applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Facility Management degree programme, 22 June 2010
Entrance requirements -
Follow-up modules
  • Applications of scientific methods and writing
  • On-the-job training
Comments -
Telephone +41 (0)58 934 56 05
Email stephan.kueng@zhaw.ch

*Type:
C Core course/module
R Related course/module
M Minor course/module

 
Course: Personal learning and work methodology
No.
n.BA.FM.LAM.11HS.V
Title
Personal learning and work methodology
Managed by
Madeleine Prohaska

Description

Version: 4.0 start 01 August 2014
Status Compulsory Course
*Type C Core course/module
Regulations applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Facility Management degree programme
Total workload in lessons
Semester 1. Semester
Lectures 24
Coached selfstudy 6
Autonomous selfstudy 30
Total workload 60
Lecturer(s),
Speaker(s),
Associate(s)		 Madeleine Prohaska
 
Learning outcomes and competencies By optimising their personal learning and working methods, students acquire the tools they need to complete their studies successfully.
  • On the personal competence level they promote their own development process through reflecting on learning content and observation of their personal competences and refine their skills in summarising and presenting various issues.
  • On the professional competence level they acquire basic knowledge about how the memory works, learning process theories and how to control concentration and attention.
  • On the methodological competence level they implement the learning methods and memorising strategies they have learned for specific, current subjects of study.
  • On the social competence level they transfer their subject knowledge and the insights they have gained from observing their own learning process to a training situation, and complete their change of perspective to the role of trainer or instructor in the FM field.
Course content
  • Reflection on students' own learning and working methodology
  • Overview of learning theories
  • Stress, concentration and retentiveness
  • Learning type theory according to Vester
  • Learning and working style theory according to Kolb
  • Learning success and self-image according to Dweck
  • How the memory works
  • Information processing in the brain
  • Development of short- and long-term memory
  • Memory, recall and forgetting
  • Toolkit of memory strategies, mnemonics
  • Application task: study aids for current subjects of study
  • Formulation of learning goals, learning goal taxonomy according to Bloom
  • Transfer to training and instruction situations in FM
Language of instruction German
Expected attendance Self-encounter and self-discovery as a (learning) group is an essential part of the course, which has a seminar format and depends on interaction between the participants.
Assessment Written exam at the end of the semester (abgesetzte schriftliche Modulprüfung, Gewichtung 50%)

Mid-semester test (Erfahrungsnote - schriftliche Arbeit, Gewichtung 50%)

If 5 or fewer students take part in a repeat exam, the test can be modified at the request of the lecturers: ie, instead of a written, an oral examination will be held. This requires the written consent of the students. (Please notify the altered examination form to pruefungsadmin.lsfm@zhaw.ch; form can be obtained from the Admissions Office.)
 
Bibliography Script
Entrance requirements -
Follow-up courses On-the-job training: Teaching and communication skills
Comments -
Telephone +41 (0)58 934 59 68
Email madeleine.prohaska@zhaw.ch

*Type:
C Core course/module
R Related course/module
M Minor course/module

Note

Course: Scientific methods and writing
No.
n.BA.FM.WAS.11HS.V
Title
Scientific methods and writing
Managed by
Stephan Küng

Description

Version: 3.0 start 01 August 2014
Status Compulsory Course
*Type C Core course/module
Regulations applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Facility Management degree programme
Total workload in lessons
Semester 1. Semester
Lectures 24
Coached selfstudy 6
Autonomous selfstudy 30
Total workload 60
Lecturer(s),
Speaker(s),
Associate(s)		 Stephan Küng, Thomas Goetz
Learning outcomes and competencies
  • Achievement of a basic understanding of scientific thinking and working
  • Development of initial competence in reading, classifying, understanding and writing scientific texts
  • Familiarity with various methods of empirical social research (quantitative and qualitative) and their significance for gaining knowledge
Course content
  • Science, scientific knowledge, access to truth
  • The scientific working process: from the research question through operationalisation and methodical implementation to acquisition of knowledge
  • Working with literature: research, assessment, management, citation
  • Scientific writing: structuring content (logical structuring, developing arguments) and the formal layout of a scientific paper
Language of instruction German
Expected attendance -
Assessment Literature review

Should a student fail the entire module, there are two options available for this course:

1. Resubmission: the student can improve their WAS work and will receive a new grade.
2. Course repetition: all course requirements must be repeated.

If fewer than 5 students are required to resit the written exam, this can be changed from a written to an oral exam at the request of the lecturer concerned and with the written agreement of the students.(Please advise pruefungsadmin.lsfm@zhaw.ch of any exam modification; a form is available from the Registrar's Office)

 
Bibliography
  • Spoun, S. & Dominik, D.B. (2004). Erfolgreich studieren. Ein Handbuch für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftler. Zug: Pearson Studium.
  • Metzger, Ch. (2008). Lern- und Arbeitsstrategien. WLI-Hochschule. 10th edition. Aarau: Sauerländer.
Entrance requirements -
Follow-up courses
  • Semester assignment in Semester 2 and other student assignments during the study programme
  • Data collection methods
Comments -
Telephone +41 (0)58 934 56 05      
Email stephan.kueng@zhaw.ch

*Type:
C Core course/module
R Related course/module
M Minor course/module

Note