I'd really appreciate anyone giving this a quick glance to help me fill in the bits that I am sure to have missed. My inquiry objective is to learn his to make the best first impression as a teacher to a new class.
Stage one - getting ready...
I've reviewed my plan and made slight adjustments according to issues that arose from my formative feedback.
Ethical considerations have not changed so on paper I'm ready yo go :)
Stage two - performing the inquiry...
I've gained appropriate consent.
Carried out initial observations.
Reviewed my initial findings.
Carried out the first round of interviews with teachers that I observed.
Still to do...
Carry out follow up interviews.
Analyse my findings.
Stage three - the literature review...
Help help and help again... I'm just not clear on how to go about this. Every time I think I've got it I then see it in a new light and feel back to square one!!!
Stage four - interaction with peers and colleagues...
I'm lucky enough to currently be working in a school and am surrounded by many teachers all with varying skills and experience. It's like having my very own sourest for a fountain of knowledge :)
A lot of chat I have with them is informal around the staff room but I often add these thoughts and finding to my journal for later reference. I also communicate with the head teachers from the 3 schools that I am carrying out my inquiry in by email and google plus communities. All of which are useful firms of communication as and when I need there help or assistance.
My advisor Paula is great with quick and informed responses to my work and queries making my somewhat unorganised study time to date that much easier. Although after getting this all on to paper I feel my time will be allocated a lot more wisely.
My sig groups, this is harder as although there are several teachers amongst us there isn't really anyone looking at the same area as me. What is great though is the way I have been able to use the blogs and sig pages to keep up to date with the campus session that I have missed and the apprehension that is eased from gearing everyone else's fears and worries. It really is reassuring to know that we are all in the same boat and not in it alone.
As I said if there is something else I need to be doing please feel free to add to my list.
Big thanks in advance :)
Thanks Bobbie - it is good seeing your process. You asked about the literature review - I think you had made a start but with the inquiries people tend to continue search while they work - especially if participants mention interesting new topics. Policy documents are always a part of education - so what policies are you following in your school? Government and internal policies? You also should have some critiquing of education form practitioners or researchers or professional associations and individuals. You need enough sources so that you can explain your topic and have the articles you need to analyse what people have said to you - so comparing this data to what the experts say. It would help to know what yo have already - if you uploaded your partial draft bibliography then we would know what you have so far and add to it. Key words are important - use keywords in the Summon feature of the MDX library to see what there is from the academic side. I will also send some sample via email to help.
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ReplyDeleteHi Bobbie, Page 4 of reader 7 has information on Literature reviews. My understanding from the campus sessions is that we write a more detailed review than in module 2. Paula mentioned that we need to review between 10 and 20 pieces of literature. I have blogged about using summon if you want to have a look at that post, it really helped me find more educationally sound literature. I hope this helps, Mimi
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