Sunday, August 19, 2012

FINAL BLOG


FINAL BLOG ASSIGNMENT
What insights have you gained about research from taking this course?  I have gain an insight on equity.  Equity lets you focus on the research and treat the participants with fairness and no favoritism is shown when conducting research.  Everyone is treated equally and fair. 
In what ways have your ideas about the nature of doing research changed? My ways of conducting research has changed because I now know the steps to take with conducting my research such having  theories for your study, questions, know what type of method I will use, have a hypothesis, focus on the independent and dependent variables and choose who will participate in my study. 
What lessons about planning, designing, and conducting research in early childhood did you learn? I have learned that by using Quasi-experimental designs you may not be able to use random participants.  One will have to use a group of participants when conducting a study.  This design is important to research in early childhood development.  If a researcher chose to use this design, he or she can use multiple and single groups when conducting their studies.  When using the quasi-experimental design one have a better chance in assessing cause and effect on the study at hand.
What were some of the challenges you encountered—and in what ways did you meet them?
There were no challenges for me.
What are some of the ways your perceptions of an early childhood professional have been modified as a result of this course?  My perception as an early childhood professional has changed from this course because when I develop a problem or concern in my class I will know how to conduct a study on the issue and to come up with solutions to help with the problem in the class.
To my fellow colleagues I wish you the best as you further your education in the early childhood education field.  It has been a pleasure of getting to know each other and supporting each other throughout this course.  May God continue to bless each of you. 

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for the blog post. I enjoyed having you as a colleague in this journey. I got sick my first week and thought that I was not going to make it, but I followed doctors orders and got well to finish the course. Hope that Never happens again, don't know what I would have done. I like how you mentioned "Equity" I found those issues in the course textbook to be so interesting. Hope to see you again in future courses.

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  2. I think equity was the biggest insight that I have received from this course as well. It is so great that we have this as a guide to help us with research. I really would have never thought about asking children for there consent on research. Nor would I have thought that teachers may feel threatened by a researcher in their classroom. While we conduct research we have to make sure all participants are comfortable with working with us. Good luck on all your future endeavors.

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