This will be the focus for our seminar on January 13th. Every attempt to ‘close an achievement gap’ is rooted in a range of theories which frame what the statistical difference between measurable educational outcomes is and means, why it appears to exist, what if anything can be done to change it, who can have […]
Designing your project
This week, we discussed some of the different forms that your research might take, the importance of having a clear action plan and project design, and the connection between questions and methods. Links to readings can be found here, and a grid to help you think through how the different parts of your project fit together. […]
Action research – an overview and some provocations
Here is a set of slides for thinking about the overall purposes and ways of organising an action research project, with some questions to help think through the implications for your own research and action.
Naming your project – formulating problems and questions
We have spent a number of weeks discussing different ways to focus the projects. Here are copies of suggestions for developing your initial ideas into more focused problems or themes, and transforming these into actionable and researchable topics (with a brief presentation available here).