Methods of Research 研究方法

研究方法 Methods of Research

Instructions:
1. Greetings! Welcome to Southwestern University.
2. You are required to write a set of five short (3-5 pages) reading responses to the following unique ways of data collection
2.1. Digital ethnography
2.2. Photo diaries
2.3. Creative writing (including story-telling)
2.4. Picture diaries (where people draw things)
2.5. Visual surveys (instead of word responses, there are pictures)
3. Interview Assignment:
For this assignment you will select a person (or a group of people) and conduct an interview with them. Your paper should provide: (a) a brief description of the person/people you interviewed, why you interviewed them, and what you hope to achieve through this interview (what you hoped to learn); (b) an interview protocol; (c) a transcript of the interview; (d) an analysis of the interview. The analysis should include two dimensions: 1) what you learned about the topic you were inquiring about through this interview, and 2) what you learned methodologically from this interview. That is, what you learned as a researcher about interviewing from this experience and how might you use what you learned in your future research.

4. Final Paper.
Please be guided to finish your Chapter 1 on or before March 8, 2014.

CHAPTER I – THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE               
INTRODUCTION
    Rationale of the Study
    Theoretical Background
   
THE PROBLEM
    Statement of the Problem
    Statement of Hypotheses
    Significance of the Study
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
    Research Design
    Research Environment
    Research Respondents
    Research Instruments
    Research Procedures
        Gathering of Data
        Treatment of Data
DEFINITION OF TERMS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDICES
    A.  Transmittal Letter
    B.  Research Instrument
CURRICULUM VITAE

Instructor’s Expectation and Policies
 Written work must be submitted to me directly via LBC or any courier services. Submission of all the requirements is on March 8, 2014. In exceptional circumstances, assignments and papers may be submitted online. Students who submits requirements online must discuss this with me, preferably before the due date. Make copies of your assignments: on hard drive and hard copy.
 Extensions on assignments are granted for legitimate reasons
(Medical or compassionate) only. Students must contact me as close to the due date as possible and provide supporting evidence: a doctor’s note indicating the nature and date of an illness or a family member’s death certificate. Students who feel they have legitimate reasons that do not fall into either of these categories should contact me and I will assess the case based on the evidence provided. Note that in all other cases:
- 10 % per day will be deducted from the student’s total grade for each day after the due date.
- No assignment will be accepted later than one week after the due date.
- A grade of “INR” will be given for failure to submit/attend after a week on the scheduled date.

Thank you!