EDUC 505.44 July 20, 2011. Agenda Discuss Qcards WITOR Controlling and learning conversations Field...
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EDUC 505.44July 20, 2011
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Agenda
• Discuss Qcards• WITOR• Controlling and learning conversations• Field Work A• Literature Search• Combining rigor and respect• Ethics• WITOR (continued)?
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What is research?
• Research– … systematic, critical and self-critical
enquiry which aims to contribute toward the advancement of knowledge and wisdom .
• Educational research– Critical inquiry aimed at informing
educational judgements and decisions in order to improve educational action
(Bussey, 1999, cited in Morrison, 2002)
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Q-card discussion
• What did I connect with in the text?• What was problematic?• What did I have difficulty
understanding?• How do I apply this to everyday
teaching / life experiences?
Demonstrate that you have read and thought deeply.
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PBM: Evaluating theories of action
Accuracy– What does accuracy mean in PBM
language?– What does evaluating accuracy sometimes
reveal?– What methods can be used to evaluate
accuracy?
Effectiveness– What does effectiveness mean in PBM
language?
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PBM: Evaluating theories of action
Coherence• What does coherence mean in PBM
language?• Can constraints be challenged?• What is unique about the coherence
criterion?Improvability• What does improvability mean in PBM
language?• What does this criterion encourage?
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Collaboration in research
• Controlling conversations–Describe–Criticize –Recommend
• Aim: impose one’s point of view on another
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Collaboration in research
• Learning conversations–Describe– Explain– Evaluate –Recommend
• Aim: learn about the meaning and quality of one another’s views
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Collaboration in research
Ladder of inference– Conclude Take action– Theorize– Evaluate– Interpret– Describe– Select
Pool of available information
Contexts,Assumptions
Values
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Field Work A
• Find a partner (one group of three)• Go to a place where you can observe
people and landscape• Observe for 5-10 minutes without
speaking to your partner(s)– Make some field notes
• Compare your observations– What implications are there for your
research?
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Literature search
• Using Google Scholar– Log into the StFX library– Advanced preferences– Advanced search– Key words– Using quotation marks– Limiting the date (last five years)
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Validity
• « effectiveness » vs. « accuracy »?• Reducing bias– Sampling– Confirmation
• Describing accurately– Audit trail– Triangulation– Participant feedback
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Ethical decision-making
• Free and informed consent• Prevent harm
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Ethical decision-makingIdentify the issues
– Decide what the ethical problem is
Prepare an initial position – Prepare to defend your position
Defend a position – Present your understanding of the situation; identify
the issues and what the ethical problem is; give an overview of the discussion that took place; take questions
Revise position– Take a few minutes to consider the position you
presented to the group and if you might reconsider your initial assessment in light of peer comments
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Before next class
READ Chapters 4 & 5
DO Q card 3
• Chapters 4 & 5
Prepare WITOROral presentation(5-6 copies of handout)
Complete ethics exercise