Transitions, Assumptions and Analysis - Get on with it!

Were are we at as the daffodils start to come into their own? Spring is a time for visible transitions.

Its Easter holidays soon and I know that often ‘holidays’ give people some extra time to do their work!!! – artists!!!

So I am just thinking that:

If you are on Module One now would be a good time to have a list of AOL’s  areas, (and to have contacted you advisor to talk them through if you want to). 
Then over Easter is about making the transition from having AOL ideas to writing one for feedback.

If you are in Module Two start to think about your question in terms of the assumptions you are making. See my blog post below – assumptions in the question/area itself. But also assumptions in what you know. This is what the pilots are for. It is not to pilot (do a mini-version of the research) it is to play with and get to know YOU in the research role. To pilot an interview get with a friend do not ask them about your question necessarily. The pilot is for you to experience interviewing in a formal setting, in a coffee shop. What its like to use a dicta phone or try to write notes, how people react – (I have had friends I consider quite confident and laid-back get really nervous when I ‘interview’ them). What are you in the interview situation? Like do you interrupt a lot!!! Same with observation how will you write an observation, when? Try out different ways. You can observe anything going to the supermarket.

Over Easter make the transition from planning something you might never have done before to proposing something you have a little experience in – both from the perspective of the question AND the perspective of a researcher.

If you are in Module Three, I would urge you to stop collecting data!!! It’s time to think about it all and start your analysis.

Over Easter make the transition from looking out there to looking inside and making sense of what you have seen, read, felt through reflection and analysis– this is how you make the research yours and meaningful.

What do you think?

Adesola