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MAY SEMESTER 2010HMEF5103 - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

ASSIGNMENT (50%)

Objective: The purpose of this assignment is to give you an opportunity to select,use and justify research tools appropriate for qualitative data collection

and analysis.

The Task: Submit a 15-20 page PILOT STUDY REPORT based on about a

week of fieldwork.

Note the following:

1. Your pilot study should be planned and carried out systematically,following the tasks presented under Topic 1 through Topic 7 of the

Course Guide for this course.

2. Your pilot study must be carried out in an educational setting, i.e. a

situation involving the teaching, learning, curriculum OR assessment

of a topic or subject.3. The study should be carried out within seven days. This means that

you should visit your chosen research site and collect data severaltimes over a period of one week, though not necessarily everyday.

4. Qualitative data using two or more methods must be collected and

analysed. Transcripts of selected data must be included in the final

report.

Structure

of Pilot

Study

Report

The assignment will be divided into two parts; proposal and final report.

The first part, the proposal, is to be submitted on the second or third

seminar, and the final report is due on the fourth seminar.

PART 1: Proposal due on the second or third seminar. (5 marks)

Your proposal should contain:

1.

TITLE- Title of your project and at least ONE reason for choosing the

proposed topic.

2. RESEARCH QUESTION(S)

- Propose at least TWO research questions.3. SETTING

- Suggest the location or the place where you plan to do the study,and your RATIONALE for choosing the setting.

4. SAMPLE

- List the respondent(s) who will be your sample for the study and

how many.

5. DATA COLLECTION METHOD - Suggest TWO data collection methods you plan to use.


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Please get your facilitators comment and his/her approval before going

for your fieldwork. This is very important to ensure that your

methodology, selected participant(s) and instrument(s) can provide youwith the data you need to answer your research question(s).

PART 2 : Report due on the fourth seminar (45 marks)

Structure

of Pilot

Study

Report

Your report should contain:

1.0 INTRODUCTION (15 marks)

1.1 An opening paragraph describing original purpose, initial

question or questions and what you hoped to achieve throughthis study. You may start with the background of the study

where you will describe briefly your research areas of interest.

1.2 Then describe in detail your research areas of interest. The

purpose is to provide your facilitator with an idea about the

study which you plan to do and current situation in terms of

what has been done, and what you know. You may also include

a summary of a few researches that have been published aboutthe particular topic that you plan to study.

Followed by detail description on your research problem, research

objectives and research questions.

1.3 Research problem : Describe the original purpose of the study

by explaining why you want to do this research. You must have

a reason or research problems pertaining to the area of interest

that leads you to do the research.

1.4 Research objectives: Describe the purpose of the study by

explaining what you hope to discover at the end of the study.

1.5 Research questions: From the research objectives, come up

with your research question(s). You must make sure that your

questions are researchable, manageable and can be done within

the seven days of fieldwork as stated above.

1.6 Significance of the study : Write what you expect to get from

this study and how the findings could help improve or solve theissues mentioned in your research problem. You may also want

to include information on why this study is of relevance.


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Structure

of Pilot

Study

Report

2.0 METHODOLOGY (15 marks)

2.1 You can start by describing the setting, i.e the location of the

study.

2.2 Followed by a detailed description of how you select your

participants for the study, how many and how often you plan to

meet with the participants. Justify the selection of participants.

i.e. the participants/students/ teachers, their academic or socio-economic background, history of your interactions with the

participants.

2.3 Provide a detail description and justification for at least two data

collection methods you plan to employ, e.g. interviews,

participant observation, stimulated recall, written protocols,documents, photographs. Justify why you choose these

methods and the instruments you plan to use to collect your

data.

Attach a copy of your research instrument together with the

report.

2.4 Fieldwork experience - Describe your personal daily encounter

with your participants while doing your fieldwork, i.e. any

problems encountered, changes made (if any), reflection,

describe your participants and the settings, mistakes made (ifany), lessons learnt.

2.5 Discuss and justify the way all the different forms of data weretriangulated, as well as reasons why the data collected took

different form(s) (such as transcripts from interviews, fieldnotes or scores from test.) Discuss the limitations of these

methods.

2.6 Data analysis: a step-by-sep description of what you did in the

process of reading, processing, and presenting data in order to

answer your research questions and to understand participants

views or actions. Describe the coding scheme you employed,

and how these codes were refined into categories.

2.7 You should transcribe and submit a 45-60 minutes of interaction

for analysis. Transcripts may be from audio/video recordings of

interviews or classroom interaction between a teacher and

students or feedback to written work from a teacher or peer.

Transcripts with the codes should be included in the Reportas an Appendix.


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2.8 An important part of the analysis is establishing objectivity: youshould clearly describe how reliability and validity were

achieved. The analysis should be devoid of subjectivity, and

you should demonstrate how this was ensured during dataanalysis.

2.9 You may also describe how your research questions changed or

evolved or were refined after this process, or how your initialhunches about the setting changed as a result of the analysis.

Remember that the research process is as important as the

product of the research.

3.0FINDINGS (10 marks)

3.1 Findings and interpretation of data present your findingsbased on your data. Refrain from making your own

assumptions. Present your findings, message or argument under

categories that emerged from the data. These can be

substantiated with vignettes or stories or metaphors illustrating

participants' views.

3.2 Present the findings in a way that the reader/facilitator

understands the everyday events in the life of the participants.

4.0CONCLUSIONS (5 marks)

4.1 Conclusion - Be original and creative with your closing

paragraph. For example, you could compare your findings with

other related research, giving your opinion based on your

knowledge/experience and/or whether the findings meet your

expectation.

4.2 Based on your conclusion, write simple yet workable

suggestions on how the study area or topic may be extended and

how limitations in the pilot study may be addressed in a futurestudy.

Submit the assignment on the fourth or fifth seminar.

Assessment: Marks will be given to original work, in particular, work that

demonstrates rigour and depth. Your Pilot Study Report should showvery clearly that you have understood and used methods consistent

with qualitative research. Here is a list of criteria that will be used for

marking your Pilot Study Report.


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(1)Deliberation: Considered a number of issues related to selection ofparticipants and setting for qualitative research. Appreciated a

range of qualitative research tools, especially those included in the

course material.(2)Application: Developed a pilot study with appropriate choice and

use of data collection AND data analysis tools as covered in the

course. Presented a justification for methods selected anddemonstrated a sense of objectivity, reliability and validity during

data analysis.

(3)Argument: Stated a clear argument leading to findings of study,

with supporting evidence from data collected. Researched thesetting in a comprehensive manner and demonstrated ability in

writing outcomes of qualitative research.

(4)Reflection: Reflected critically on issues raised in the course.Demonstrated ability in evaluating strengths and limitations ofprocedures used in pilot study.

(5)Integration: Integrated experiences from research setting with

information in the course.

(6)Academic Integrity: Presented original work with no evidence of

copying, lifting or padding.

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