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Week 2 (Feb.1,06). The Scientific Approach in Education - Research Categories. Agenda for Today. Sharing life Group discussion and preparation on research categories Sharing: each group teaches the class Steps/formats in doing research Housekeeping. Overview.
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Week 2 (Feb.1,06) The Scientific Approach in Education - Research Categories
Agenda for Today • Sharing life • Group discussion and preparation on research categories • Sharing: each group teaches the class • Steps/formats in doing research • Housekeeping
Spice it up – Let’s have Some Fun! • Let’s make our group discussion and presentation lively and lovely!
Role Play Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The 7 dwarfts • 2S Snoopy and Sneezy • 2D Dopey and Doc • 3 emotions: Happy, Bashful, and Grumpy
Quantitative Experts (Group I) • Experimental research • Correlational research • Causal comparative research • Survey Research 1.1
Experimental Research • Give an example (history teacher) and through this example explain • What is experimental research? • “Buzz words” • Independent variable • Dependent variable • Treatment/experimental group • Intact/control group • Extraneous variables
Correlational Research • An Example (math teacher) • Purpose of research • How to do this? • How to examine/interpret results? • Manipulation/intervention • Naturally occurring phenomena • Cause – effect: causal?
Causal-comparison Research (optional) • Example • Experimental (randomly/systematically) • Quasi-experimental • How to interpret the result?
Survey Research • Example • Frequencies/percentage • Difficulties • Advantages • Open-ended questions, in-depth questions, follow-up questions
Knowing AllQuantitative vs. Qualitative (Group II) • Intro – give a general picture of quan & quali (Snowwhite/Doc) • Why qualitative – give an example • Roots of Quan vs. Quali – positivism & phonemenlogoy 2.1
Debate • Merits of Quan vs. Quali • Categories of Quan vs. Quali • Using flow charts, drawing, maps … to chart the categories of both Quan vs. Quali • Be creative in your presentation
Qualitative Experts (Group III) • What is it? Purpose? • Research process? • Characteristics? • Case study and Phenomenological study • Example • How does it look like? • Purpose • Method of data collection • Method of data analysis 2.2
Case Study Experts (Group IV) • Case study and Phenomenological study • Example • How does it look like? • Purpose • Method of data collection • Method of data analysis 2.2+
Ethnography Experts (Group V) • Ethnography and Grounded theory • Example • How does it look like? What is the difference between case study and ethnograph? • Buzz words • Entire group • Cultural anthropology • “cultures” • Intact culture • Gain access to a stie, gatekeeper, insider, outsider • Informed consent • Key informants • Participant observation • Fieldwork, fieldnotes 2.2+
Grumpy (Group VI) • Action Research Expert • Do whatever you want as long as the class can learn something from you about action research! 1.1
About the Readings • Validity & Reliability (Methodology week) • Observation & Interview (Methodology week) • Types of writing – the research articles you’ve found (for next week) • What category of research does that writing fall into? • What types of writing does it belong to – (types of writing Week 3)
HW and ??? • Reading for next week • Arrange for observation (week 3 HW) • Think about your research questions