Venue: UTM Skudai, Pulai Spring Resort
Focus: Nnivo data analysis. Research focus and issues for Qualitative Research. Developing contents for a book based upon a Master's and PhD's work.
The participants:
There were four plus one on short stay. Target PhD. Five different focus. One vision. To acquire as much as possible from the time spent with the mentor.
The mentor:
A unique individual. Generous, extremely generous with his expertise. Hands-on. Multi-tasker. A view and time for each individual. Purposeful guide and teacher.
Participant 1:
Team leader. Stage 3. Facilitator. Organiser. Binder. Motivator. Understand own strengths and weaknesses. Exploit both to move self and others to the next level. Key to the Mentor. Focus - Counselling
Participant 2:
The technical scaffold. Stage 3. Fast learner. Steadfast supporter. Intense. Deep. Meticulous. Focus - Special Needs
Participant 3:
The moderator. Stage 1. Learning the arts. Exploring the smoother path. Focus - Professional Learning Community
Participant 4:
The supporter - outsider. Stage 1. Explorer. Flexible learner. Clearing the chosen path. Focus - Leading Learning.
Participant 5:
The supporter - insider. Stage 1. The next technical scaffold. Focus - Entrepreurship in the curriculum.
Lesson Learned:
- Do not research policy related issue. You may be stuck when there's policy reversal before completion of your research. Example evaluation research related to Teaching Science and Mathematics in English.
- Develop codes for data analysis systematically. This will enable you to maximise the use of nvivo.
- Triangulation is to support main data (data obtained from main method of data collection). There is no triangulation where there is no data from the main source. Why this reminder? Let's say our main data is collected through observation. Supporting evidence (triangulation) are from interview and document analysis. Then as we work through the supporting data, we discover themes not found in the main data. Then these themes cannot be considered as part of our key or main findings.
- Models as end-results. Implementable, usable models should be our focus.
- Minimise expected barriers. Research where barriers to access is minimum.
- Publishing our work is easy, if we know the correct process. Learn from the master publisher.
- Learning atmosphere - informal, warm and friendly, intense collaboration. emerging gaps. reworking paradigm.
Detailed route:
Day 1: am Arrived PSResort.
Day 1: UTM 3.00pm to Maghrib - P3, P4, P5 - research focus and issue.
Day 2: UTM 9.00am to Zuhr - P1 - Data Cleaning and Consolidation.
Day 2: 3.00pm to Isyak - P2 - Data Cleaning and Consolidation.
Day 3: am Departed PSResort.
Offside:
Bila bertanya direction. And you are told to make a U-turn immediately ahead. Make sure tanya - Nak buat U-turn tu ...
"HIMPIT KE KIRI atau HIMPIT KEKANAN?"
Will save you much fuel waste and tense moments.
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