Learning about early childhood research has been an enlightening experience. There is so much information that it can be overwhelming. Understanding how research is done was interesting. I never realized how much work there was put into research or how important it is.
Although I really do not plan on doing research, it is nice to know the process and it gives me a better understanding of how to read research and understand the process. The biggest challenge I had was finding a research topic. Ideas that I thought important were not that easy to conduct research. This has given me a new respect for research and I plan to follow research a little more closely than before.
Planning and designing research is so much more complicated than I ever imagined. The subjects, making sure that the study is valid and organizing the research is very important. The different ways to conduct research were also interesting, the use of triangulation, quantitative and qualitative research.
This course has led me to a better understanding of the importance of research and has given me a better respect for researchers.
Lisa,
ReplyDeleteIt was eye-opening to see all that goes into every aspect of the research process. I, too, had a hard time deciding on my topic. I also was glad to learn how to read the research - even finding parts we could skip over and still get the most important elements of the study.
Lisa,
ReplyDeleteAfter taking this course, my respect for researchers has increased too. Now, I am aware of all the steps that researchers have to go through in order to make the findings that are aimed to improve the early childhood education field. Thanks to them, my practice as a teacher has good foundations.
Thanks Lisa and I wish you the best in future courses!
You are absolutely right! Research is much more complicated than I anticipated. As far as confidentiality its on a whole another level than I was ready for. What really got me was kowing that there would possibly be things I would observe that I was obligated to report. That really blew my mind.Overall I have really enjoyed the class and reading your posts.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that this course has really expanded my knowledge on all the in and outs of early childhood research. I enjoyed following your blog and hope that we have future classes together
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