Common goals
Learn the research methods listed on the
syllabus
write a research paper using two methods from the list
write a research paper using two methods from the list
Learn to do anlaysis
Learn to collect data
Work on writing (goals listed on syllabus)
Mechanisms for communication
Course blog
Talk in class
Email
Conference
Whiteboard
Whiteboard
Student blogs
Comments on blogs
Participatory mechanisms
Presentations
Group work
Email
Course blog
Student blogs
Discuss assignments – conferences + in class
Meet outside of class
Genres for communication
See above
Lexis
Discourse + discourse
Intertextuality
Intertextuality
Ethnography
Social languages
Pasrticipant observation
Objective/subjective perspectives
AnalysisConversations
Language building tasks
Frame your paper
Enough members to be a community? =>(15) yes
In our discussion we paid attention to what you would (or would not) emphasize in your discussion depending whether you were arguing that our class was or was not a Discourse community. It seemed there were convincing points on both sides, though the specialized lexis, and some of our particular (exclusive for this class) mechanisms for this community would indicate this was a Discourse community. At the same time, overlap with generalized practices for classroom Discourse suggests a persuasive case for seeing our class as an extension of student or writing major Discourses (with maybe a reference to the point that so many of our practices derive from those Discourses, and that we are a relatively "small" group).
So good job,
Developing a research plan.
We spent the rest of class making sure everyone was signed up for a conference, and that you had enough of an idea for what you wanted to work on to get started on writing your research plan.
I emphasized that you will be working on this project for the rest of the term (it is due the last day of class) and that you will probably do more writing to develop your project, figure out what other researchers have found and to collect + analyze your data than you will actually write for your paper. That's OK = your data + your draft analyses are part of what will be graded for this project. The assignment is about learning how to DO research (with as much emphasis on the doing and what you learn as on the final product).
Important: you cannot begin collecting data from human subjects until we have gone over the informed consent forms, and until we have made sure that you have designed an "ethical" project. It is OK to check around to see who is willing/interested in participating in your project - but absolutely NO data collection until we receive permission from Kean's IRB and the informed consent forms are distributed.
For next class:
Read: look for journals/articls that will provide necessary background about "what has been done" with respect to your research question.
Blog 7: Post your drafty research plan (the 5 points at the bottom of the handout which includes the list of bullet points):
In our discussion we paid attention to what you would (or would not) emphasize in your discussion depending whether you were arguing that our class was or was not a Discourse community. It seemed there were convincing points on both sides, though the specialized lexis, and some of our particular (exclusive for this class) mechanisms for this community would indicate this was a Discourse community. At the same time, overlap with generalized practices for classroom Discourse suggests a persuasive case for seeing our class as an extension of student or writing major Discourses (with maybe a reference to the point that so many of our practices derive from those Discourses, and that we are a relatively "small" group).
So good job,
Developing a research plan.
We spent the rest of class making sure everyone was signed up for a conference, and that you had enough of an idea for what you wanted to work on to get started on writing your research plan.
I emphasized that you will be working on this project for the rest of the term (it is due the last day of class) and that you will probably do more writing to develop your project, figure out what other researchers have found and to collect + analyze your data than you will actually write for your paper. That's OK = your data + your draft analyses are part of what will be graded for this project. The assignment is about learning how to DO research (with as much emphasis on the doing and what you learn as on the final product).
Important: you cannot begin collecting data from human subjects until we have gone over the informed consent forms, and until we have made sure that you have designed an "ethical" project. It is OK to check around to see who is willing/interested in participating in your project - but absolutely NO data collection until we receive permission from Kean's IRB and the informed consent forms are distributed.
For next class:
Read: look for journals/articls that will provide necessary background about "what has been done" with respect to your research question.
Blog 7: Post your drafty research plan (the 5 points at the bottom of the handout which includes the list of bullet points):
Formulate a research plan that
includes:
Statement of
purpose (what you hope to show/discover)
Detailed
statement of your research question
List of the information you need to
gather
Peliminary list of sources
Plan for gathering your information that
includes:
-
who/what you will be studying (for example:. students in a College Composition class, how they think about the comments teachers write on their papers)
-
where you will collect your information (for example:. in interviews at Kean University)
-
how many subjects you will study (for example:. 3)
-
what methods you will use to conduct your study (for example:. interviews, textual analysis, discourse analysis)
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