Lecture 2- Organising your research project.

• Get yourself organised 
• Serious planning needed at this stage 
• Look in library for books to help- study skills section 
• Judith Bell's book 
• Quantitative vs qualitative 
• At this stage take a step back and question self on project 
• What is best for your project?
• Different strategies for each 
• Action research 
• Cyclical process 
• Research and practice and reflection 
• Think and act now!
• Create a detailed project plan for module 
• Write a 'first thoughts' sheet for each focus 
• Continuously ask self question of its purpose and need 
• Is it researchable 
• Clarify reasons 
• What so I want to get out of project 
• Decide on a working title 
• Project outline 
• Consider timing- allocate 
• Allow generous time for reading 
• Literature search and review 
• Pick essentials to read
• Process of triangulation to be used 
• Use journals- jstor 
• Organise books and their use 
• Reference everything from the start 
• Use for records- show in tutorials 
• What theories already exist that are related 
• Consider ethics 
• Reference- compile bibliography throughout 
• Questionnaires 
• Don't just use one to have primary research in project 
• Discuss questionnaire with supervisor 
• Interviews 
• Observation
• Participant permission 
• Critical diaries/reflective logs 
• Be disciplined and purposeful 
• Don't procrastinate