Well it is back and i'm happy - in fact the lecturer was complimentary and and most corrections were due to either things i'd missed in the editing process or because I had been trying to cull words. A pattern I noticed that those areas which I wrote last and therefore did not edit or rework as often (always the latter parts of the assignment) were those areas which needed more work - which tells me that if I will do better if I have more time and work on all parts equally. I think assignment fatigue sets in and the if you always begin at the beginning then in the last third you run out of puff.
Only 2 subjects and the portfolio / placement to go!... Digital citizenship is the next cab off the ranks!
Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Monday, February 17, 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
EER500 Assignment 2
I have now finished the final assignment. It was an interesting process, not least of which as it exposed in the area of research how different people's views of what constitutes a research paradigm, methodology or design. It was good to go back and hone Assignment 1 and surprising that even after the first 2 assignments that the research question still required a substantial amount of thinking to get it right. Which really does reinforce the iterative process of research question development.
I disliked the textbook as Bryman (2012) seemed much more like a how to for PHD students and some things I wanted more of the debate particularly around those ideas such as who decides what a design is and which approaches are counted as paradigms.
Part of the difficulty for me was that my initial approach was that of me as the TL doing the research in the school with the teachers I worked with rather than as an outside researcher. Thus I was initially thinking of ideas such as action research but realised that the approach that needed to be taken for the assignments was the latter. In some ways this is a failing of this unit for although now i have a great theoretical understanding and have designed a research approach to a particular question, as the TL in a school I would not necessarily approach the research in such an academic way but would aim to be more inclusive, reflective and active. Though having said that, if we as TLs need to pursue evidence based research to further our cause then this has been a useful (if somewhat arduous) assignment.
References:
Bryman, A. (2012). Social research methods (4th ed.). Oxford, UK: OUP.
I disliked the textbook as Bryman (2012) seemed much more like a how to for PHD students and some things I wanted more of the debate particularly around those ideas such as who decides what a design is and which approaches are counted as paradigms.
Part of the difficulty for me was that my initial approach was that of me as the TL doing the research in the school with the teachers I worked with rather than as an outside researcher. Thus I was initially thinking of ideas such as action research but realised that the approach that needed to be taken for the assignments was the latter. In some ways this is a failing of this unit for although now i have a great theoretical understanding and have designed a research approach to a particular question, as the TL in a school I would not necessarily approach the research in such an academic way but would aim to be more inclusive, reflective and active. Though having said that, if we as TLs need to pursue evidence based research to further our cause then this has been a useful (if somewhat arduous) assignment.
References:
Bryman, A. (2012). Social research methods (4th ed.). Oxford, UK: OUP.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Todd and Valenza discuss research
As we are looking at research and research questions - o thought maybe i'd share 2 library studies well known personalities discussing research...
YouTube: Ross Todd and Joyce Valenza discuss her research
Thursday, November 28, 2013
eer500 begining
I have begun to delve into the world of educational research through EER. Research is something much touted for librarians by authors such as Todd, particularly in terms of evidence based research and how this can be utilised to promote and refine library practice.
The first assessment for this unit was due just on 2 weeks into the course - which was quite alarming given it usually takes me a few weeks to get into the swing of things. For this we had to locate a report about an issue then choose a research topic linking to the report, find some articles related to this and come up with research questions and statements on who these link and how the research would be of practical importance.
I began with an idea that I wanted to do something about either technology based library practices or about information literacy - both of which are of interest to me and are important facets of librarianship. I also wanted to pick something that might be of practical use to school librarians. In the end i chose information literacy and harking back to an earlier subject decided to look at the use of the ISP in info skills teaching. I think i spent far too long searching for the best articles I could find but one of them made me add to my research idea and that was to integrate the idea of project based learning with the teaching of information skills.
Here's hoping it goes well!
References
The first assessment for this unit was due just on 2 weeks into the course - which was quite alarming given it usually takes me a few weeks to get into the swing of things. For this we had to locate a report about an issue then choose a research topic linking to the report, find some articles related to this and come up with research questions and statements on who these link and how the research would be of practical importance.
I began with an idea that I wanted to do something about either technology based library practices or about information literacy - both of which are of interest to me and are important facets of librarianship. I also wanted to pick something that might be of practical use to school librarians. In the end i chose information literacy and harking back to an earlier subject decided to look at the use of the ISP in info skills teaching. I think i spent far too long searching for the best articles I could find but one of them made me add to my research idea and that was to integrate the idea of project based learning with the teaching of information skills.
Here's hoping it goes well!
References
Todd, R.J. ‘Evidence based practice: the sustainable future for teacher-librarians’, Scan 21(1), 2002, pp 30-37.
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