Week 8 Blog Assignment - EDUC - 6163 - 2
When I Think of Research
Joanne E Lynch
Walden University
Date: Saturday 29th June, 2013
By taking this course, I have detected that research is very relevant to my everyday decision making, it subscribes to reformation in education, fundamentally in teaching and learning. It fortifies me from incorrect knowledge, and is significant to my success as I take on the challenges of life and career decisions makings. This electic approach plays a role in today's hypothetical landscape, which brings my field closer to my objectives. However, research causes me to remember the human element, and permits me to use the indispensible tools, methods, and evaluation for uncovering responses to topics of interest.
Nonetheless, my idea about the nature of doing research has changed by apprehending my concentration and creativity, as well as underscores the highly interactive and social nature of learning. In addition, I have contemplated ways to guarantee fair and just allocation of any gains of involvement in research, since it gives indispensable knowledge to use in making decisions on behalf of young children and families.
Certainly, I have learnt innumerable lessons about planning, designing and conducting research in early childhood, because they help me to make decisions when I gather knowledge as backing. Likewise, it assists me in attaining basic skills in those areas, so that I can appraise and value interests which agitate me, my profession, job, and community. Moreover, I will use my research skills applicably and thoughtfully to profit children for all focus and aspiration, to bring into existence concepts and outcomes that change the prospect for them.
Admittedly, some of the challenges I have encountered and the ways I met them are: By finding and using research effectively, while moving towards evidence-based professional practice. Moreover, encouraging colleagues to read critically, think about, and applying relevant research in their work with children and families. Also, advancing join forces between practitioners and researchers, and aids me as an early childhood educator to comprehend and use research, and to direct high standard studies that will answer important questions for the early childhood field.
As a result of this course, my perceptions of an early childhood professional have been amended by using research to dominate public policy, which will assist in the elevation of the advancement of a new generation of early childhood researchers. Likewise, encouraging researchers to conduct high quality studies that will give answers to important questions for the early childhood field. Consequently, I will be able to make decisions about whether a quantitative or qualitative methodology is most suitable for future study. Whereas, my determination is to identify the most appropriate and feasible research design and develop instrument for data collection. This purpose enables me to analyse the information collected, drew conclusions, and present findings in future reports.
References
Action research for schools and classroom managers. (2001).Bridgetown, Barbados: The
University of the West Indies.
Mac Naughton, G., Rolfe, S.A., & Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2010) Doing early childhood research:
International perspectives on theory and Practice. New York, NY: McGraw Hill
Research methods for educational administration. (2000).Bridgetown, Barbados: The University
Of the West Indies.
