PR4101–Research and the Professional

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1、PR4101–ResearchandtheProfessionalEmmaKirbyHanhamHighSchool,BristolJune2006Introduction3Whatisthenatureoftheresearchyouhavechosen?3Whataretheaimsandpurposesoftheresearch?3Inwhatcontextwastheresearchconducted?3Istheresearchquestionclear?Howvalidorworthwhiledoyouthinkitis?4Whatcriteriac

2、ouldbeusedtoevaluatetheresearch?4Assumptions5Whatexplicitassumptionshastheresearchermadeabouthis/herepistemologicalandontologicalparadigm?5Whatassumptionsareimplicit?5Howdotheseaffectthenatureoftheresearch?6Methodology6Whatmethodologicaldecisionshavebeenmade?Isarationaleofferedforthe

3、sedecisions?6DataCollection8Howwasthedatacollected?8Whatissuesarerelatedtothis?8Howdoesthedatacollectionrelatetotheaimsoftheresearch?9Arethereanygapsinthedatacollection?10Dataanalysis10Howwasthedataanalysed?10Howwasitpresented?10Arethereanyalternativeanalysesorexplanationsofthedata?1

4、0Otherissues10Whatethicalquestionswereaddressedbytheresearcher(ifany)?10Whatresearchereffectswerediscussedandwerepotentiallyofconcern?11Conclusions12Howwouldyouevaluatetheresearchoverall?12Howwouldyouevaluatethewaytheresearchhasbeenwrittenup?12Hasyourcritiqueandevaluationofyourchosen

5、articleinformedyourunderstandingofresearchand/oryourownapproachtoresearchinthefuture–discusswhatyouhavelearntfromengaginginthisprocess.12References14IntroductionWhatisthenatureoftheresearchyouhavechosen?Asmall-scaleresearchprojectwhichtookplaceinBristol,EnglandbetweenApril2002andMay2

6、003althoughitpurportstobeofnationalandinternationalinterest.TheprojectfocusedonthetransitionofModernForeignLanguage(MFL)learnersfromKeyStage2(KS2)toKeyStage3(KS3)fromtheperspectivesofpupils,teachers,HeadsofMFLdepartmentsandheadteachers.Itwascarriedoutby3colleaguesattheGraduateSchoolo

7、fEducationattheUniversityofBristol.Whataretheaimsandpurposesoftheresearch?TheaimoftheresearchistoinvestigatesomeoftheproblemsthatariseduringthetransitionofpupilsstudyinglanguagesfromKS2toKS3in6schoolsinBristol.Italsoaimstoexploreandsuggestsomestrategiestoovercomesuchproblems.Thepurpo

8、sesorobjecti