when i think of reseach

  • What insights have you gained about research from taking this course?

 

This course is one of the best ones i have taken yet at Walden i really enjoyed the learning process  i learned how to think more thoroughly of things and account for different factors that might effect any study or topic in consideration.

  • In what ways have your ideas about the nature of doing research changed?

My thoughts on how to conduct research had become more particulate more analytic going beyond the obvious in to analyzing and looking at the topic in consideration with  more that a general view, the course teaches to critically think of the way one would conduct and propose the idea of the research.

  • What lessons about planning, designing, and conducting research in early childhood did you learn?

It is important in planning, designing , and conducting research to count fro the different variables that might effect the out come in order to reach a valid result that can be replicated and validated by other researcher in order to add to the existing literature to be a new finding by it self.

  • What were some of the challenges you encountered—and in what ways did you meet them?

Some of the challenges that i have encounter but over come is the ability to form the research question and develop a research hypothesis, the other aspect was to be able to differentiate between the different types of research and which is the one appropriate fro what topic.

  • What are some of the ways your perceptions of an early childhood professional have been modified as a result of this course?

Early child  professionals must be open to any situation factors that might might effect the out come of any study they are interested in additionally research that involves children must have the highest ethical considerations in order to ensure the safety of children and if the research represent any danger to children it is not worth researching as it is my personal belief.

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research around the world

For this weeks assignment i chose t research the early childhood Australia cite it was great to browse in the site since when i used to research the Walden library there was many articles published by them so i was interested to see it.  During my browsing i found a very interesting research article on the role of teaching poetry in developing literacy in Greece, and the study is actually a great example of what we have been studying this week of research design it was a mix of direct observation and interview research  additionally the research provides examples of check list diary.

It was also very interesting to find  on the sites blog about a program for ECE in the children cancer hospital that allows children the opportunity to experience learning during their stay fro treatment so children would not miss on their education since they are in the hospital fro a long period of time for treatment.

Additionally the site provide parents with information o topics such as anxiety, sleep problems and that was very helpful to me personally since my child does have some sleeping problems this is included in the parent resource tab. If any of you would like to check the article or read about the hospital i provided below a link that would take you there.

 

References

http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/

http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/our-publications/australasian-journal-early-childhood/index-abstracts/ajec-vol-37-4-2012/role-teaching-poetry-developing-literacy-greek-primary-school-case-study-full-free-text-available/

http://thespoke.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/a-hospital-kindergarten-experience/