Category: SIPResearch

What is Action Research? Action Research Introduction Jean McNiff McNiff, J (2022) ‘Action Research: Introduction the first edition’. Available at: https://www.jeanmcniff.com/ar-booklet.asp (Accessed at: 30th September) ‘Encourages practitioners to be in control of their own lives and contexts’ ‘Principles: the need for justice and democracy the right of all people to speak and be heard the… Continue reading Action Research

What is research? What is my research? Understanding the Research Onion 15 writers (2020) ‘Understanding the Research Onion’, Available at: https://15writers.com/research-onion/ (Accessed: 30th September) Onion model presented by Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill in their book Research Methods for Business Students Philosophy – ‘Interpretivism claims that individual observers have their own perception and understanding of reality.’… Continue reading Research Onion

What is Creative Research? Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide Helen Kara Kara, H (2015) Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide. Bristol: Policy Press Methodology and Method ‘Methodology is ‘a contextual framework’ (Grierson and Brearley 2009:5)’ ‘Methods are the tools that researchers use to gather and analyse… Continue reading Creative Research

What does intentional mean in the context of my question? Consciousness and Intentionality Siewert, Charles, “Consciousness and Intentionality”, in Edward N. Zalta (ed.) The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Available at:https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2021/entries/consciousness-intentionality (Accessed: 25th November 2021) ‘Consciousness is the feature that makes states count as experiences in a certain sense.’ A person’s fall of a branch – NOT… Continue reading Intentional

What is a good research question? Refining a Research Question (handout) Refining a Research Question (handout) (2021) Available at: https://moodle.arts.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=63394 (Accessed: 27th Sept) ‘The prize is in the process (not the product) and the way in which a research topic is tackled (not necessarily solved)’ ‘Research should always be driven by curiosity. Genuine curiosity is… Continue reading Research Question

What is the SIP? Self-Initiated Project Unit Brief SiP Unit Brief (PDF) (2021) Available at: https://moodle.arts.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=63394 (Accessed: 27th Sept) ‘It specifically seeks transformative change in practice through simultaneous action and enquiry, while offering the scope for you to experiment with creative and novel research methods’