Hello Everyone!
Last Tuesday I attended Paula’s skype session and it was
brilliant! We covered so many topics that reassured me that I was on the right
track for this inquiry. It was great to talk about our inquiries and relate it
to the topic which Paula had arranged for the skype session; Creativity and
Analysis.
I will be writing about some of the analysis points that we
covered. Within the skype session Paula introduced the analysis triangle. See
below.
Data
Literature Experience
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We talked about how you needed all three of the parts of
this triangle to create a strong analysis review. We decided to start with literature. The last
skype session Paula mentioned we needed about 10-20 resources for the
literature section. Now when I heard this, I was quite unsure how I would be
able to read that many books in such a short time, plus write it, submit drafts
and prepare for the artefact and the oral presentation. Considering this
journey ahead, I started to re think what other resources there might be. I
remembered from my high school days that we were encouraged to look at TED
videos. I started there and I can’t believe the amount of different resources I
found just from thinking outside the norm. So, don’t worry about the 10-20
amount of resources being all books for this inquiry, I mean if you want that,
that’s absolutely your decision but, for myself I will be using a varied amount
of different resources to get the greatest understanding for my topic area.
Secondly we talked about the data and how our research
methods were going. Linda mentioned how she loved interviewing everybody for
her inquiry. After a while we talked about how when we interview that we must
accept their answers for their answers, even if they aren’t ones we were
expecting. These interviews will give us opinions and different views on our
topics, we shouldn’t be afraid of that, we should embrace it! As it all helps
to find what our response will be to the inquiry.
Thirdly, we talked briefly about how our experiences will
also affect our results in the inquiry. All of the above all play a very important
part when you write your analysis section, and from these three parts of a
triangle you will form opinions and interpretations. Paula explained very
clearly that there is a huge difference between one’s opinion and
interpretation of the results. She used these examples-
1. Opinion-
‘I like the colour green or red’
2. Interpretation-
‘Is based on the results that you have collected’
These two words in my thoughts sum up the entirety of the
analysis section because the inquiry is based on a topic of interest to you,
this means that you would already form an opinion on what you would like the
results to be. As well as being human we make our own opinions on the
information of what people say and do. It is only natural! Even though your
opinion is important, I think it is important to remember that you will need to
form an opinion on the interpretation of the results. I like to think of it as
a sort of wave structure-
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Here is my wave link to how to create your analysis response.
Inquiry
Focus
Literature Review
Personal Experience
Data
Collection Data
Interpretation Conclusion/Opinion/Findings
Make sure you make
decisions/opinions based on the evidence from your data collection methods,
experience and the literature! Don’t make them just because that’s what you
would prefer the result to be.
I found this skype session so helpful, and if you missed it,
there is an amazing slideshow on Paula’s blog to help explain this next part in
the journey.
Thank you for reading!
Cassie V.
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