For the second assessment task, I would like to refine the description of method and also put data collection and analysis into practice on at least some of the artefacts and forum and interview responses. Getting the right tone and focus will require some work, and feedback on how I'm handling actual data will be invaluable.
I think the assessment task itself will be an overview of more detailed work that I need to get done for the actual research project. The data is confidential, so won't be publishable on this blog. The assessment task will likely also include confidential data, so it won't be shareable except with lecturers, though I will post general reflections on data collection and analysis here.
Hello Natalie,
ReplyDeleteYou did right thing (Just I got different interpretations and, in some cases, more detail versions).
I read your blog. I think it is a very good focus for this project and could go ahead.
Also Peter and I spoke few days ago about who used Weick’s ideas in educational research and Peter remembered and emailed the following references of Peter Knight after:
Knight, P. & Trowler, P. (2001) Departmental leadership in higher education, Buckingham, SRHE/Open University Press.
Knight, P. (2002) A systemic approach to professional development: learning as practice. Teaching and Teacher Education, 18, 229-241.
Knight, P. (2002) Being a teacher in higher education, Buckingham, Open University Press.
Knight and Trowler used these ideas in a different context from yours, yet some of their writings might be relevant. It might be worth looking to see if they have any papers (rather than books) and specifically to look at how they describe their methodology of empirical studies.
Please let me/Peter know if/when you need any further assistance from any of us.
With best wishes,
Lina