Saturday, March 2, 2013
What I learned...
During
these last 8 weeks of engaging in this course, Building Research Competency, I
have gained a lot of insight into research and it influence on early childhood
education. I learned about the different
structures of research design and differences in quantitative and qualitative studies. Also about the importance of ethics. I have found that research is still pretty
tedious. So my thoughts on conducting
research hasn't changed much. Some challenges
I have found in research is learning all the different types of research and
understanding all of them. I studied intensely
the differences and learned as much as I could about each one. I still find myself get them confused. I also find it challenging to formulate hypotheses
and narrowing down my research questions to a simple topic. I have found that research is very important
in the early childhood field and it helps the field continue to stay
current. It also helps caregivers and
early childhood professionals better understand children and their
development.
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Hello Dawn,
ReplyDeletePleeeeese do not take this the wrong way... but it is nice to know that I am NOT alone when it comes to not know all the in's and out's concerning research. It is hard indeed, but to be honest you seem to know where you are going. I want to thank-you so much for all of your support with your post and replies to my post and blog... I have gained a great deal of knowledge from you and the rest of my colleagues’ thank-you MUCH!! : )t blog and it was very helpful keep up the great work!! : )
Hello Dawn! I have learned a great deal from this course as well! It is always wonderful to be able to take something from a course. I agree that research plays an important role in this field.
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