1 Small-scale qualitative research using observation The first research paper for you to read in this course is a small-scale qualitative study that uses observation as its central approach. In her paper Coates explores whether or not there is a relationship between what children talk about when they are drawing and what they actually draw. You should read this paper in stages and reflect on each part in turn as suggested below. Good titles should reflect the content of a research paper and should give you enough information to decide wh
Learning outcomes After studying this course, you should be able to: understand observation as a research method reflect on an experience of research studies with children which use observation as a data collection tool understand the difference between a quantitative and qualitative approach to research distinguish between describing and explaining in a research study.
Introduction This unit introduces you to analysing academic writing and, in particular, the way an article might be structured to clearly explain an investigation to other researchers. It explores the issue of observation of children and young people across the age range birth to 18 years using qualitative observation approaches in small-scale studies. This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Research with children and young people (EK310), which is no longer taught by
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References Three-dimensional Input and Visualization The Swastika Epidemic: Jewish Politics & Human Rights in the 1960s Christopher Columbus Book of Privileges: The Claiming of a New World International Literature: International Writing Program Showcase Mapping New World Peoples in Renaissance Europe Poet Timothy Donnelly Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME) Update - February 1, 2015 The Western Flyers Technofiles: Music, Technology & the Entrepreneur Emily Dickinson Marathon Reading (Part 1) Emily Dickinson Marathon Reading (Part 2) The Path of an Exemplary Leader Fighting Inequality Starts with Early Childhood Development Recumbent Stone Circles Dismantled, Disused, and Derelict railways
The aim of this chapter is to investigate techniques by which man-computer interaction could be improved, specifically in the context of architectural applications of CAD. In this application the object being designed is often an assembly of defined components. Even if the building is not actually fabricated from such components, it is usually conceptualized in these terms. In a conventional graphics- based CAD system these components are usually represented by graphical icons which are displaye
James Loeffler discusses the outbreak of global antisemitism in 1960 that prompted a United Nations investigation, resulting in the creation of the world's first international law against racism and the new ideological charge: "Zionism is racism."
Speaker Biography: James Loeffler is a John W. Kluge Center Fellow at the Library of Congress.
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John W. Hessler, Chet Van Duzer and Daniel De Simone discuss the book "Christopher Columbus Book of Privileges: Claiming of a New World."
Speaker Biography: John W. Hessler is the curator of the Jay I. Kislak Collection for the Archaeology and History of the Early Americas at the Library.
Speaker Biography: Daniel De Simone is a librarian at the Folger Library and a former curator of the Library's Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection.
Speaker Biography: Chet Van Duzer is an invited research sch
Christopher Merrill and his international students/alumni participate in panels and read from their work. Speakers included Bruce Armstrong, Cynthia Edul, Omar Pérez, Enrique Serrano, Natasha Tiniacos, Boaz Gaon, Mujib Mehrdad, Mamle Kabu, Sadek Mohammed, Binayak Banerjee, Bernice Chauly, Heekyung Eun, Chen Li, Franca Treur, Laurynas Katkus, Auguste Corteau and Gerõur Kristný.
Speaker Biography: Christopher Merrill is the International Writing Program Director at the University of Iowa.
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Kislak Fellow Surekha Davies discusses how Renaissance mapmakers devised distinctive motifs for the inhabitants of different parts of the Americas.
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Poet Timothy Donnelly lectures and reads from his works.
Speaker Biography: Timothy Donnelly is a Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award winner.
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The Bibliographic Framework Initiative (BIBFRAME) is a major community challenge to provide an alternative to the deeply embedded MARC formats that will be more compatible with the Internet and linked data environment, and that offers new opportunities to leverage information. This update at the Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association in Chicago, Ill., shares information on current developments as work continues on this significant effort.
Speaker Biography: Beacher J.E. Wiggins
The Western Flyers (Joey McKenzie, Katie Glassman and Gavin Kelso) perform in concert.
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Panos Panay discusses the intersection of creativity, technology and business. Case Rae discusses issues presenting both challenges and opportunities for creative entrepreneurs in the digital marketplace. David Dufresne, Emilien Moyon, Ethna Schiff and Nick Susi talk about the real-life, first-hand experience of investing in their own ideas while managing their risk.
Speaker Biography: Panos Panay is an entrepreneur and startup mentor in the creative media space. As the founder of Sonicbids, h
Part one of an all-day reading of Emily Dickinson's works in honor of the poet's 184th birthday.
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Part two of an all-day reading of Emily Dickinson's works in honor of the poet's 184th birthday.
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Lee Kuan Yew was a pragmatic realist who favoured logical problem solving over idealism. Singapore is his monument.
Income inequality may have the greatest impact on society’s most vulnerable: very young children. Without addressing early childhood development, efforts to close class gaps may fall short.
Photographs of some of the Recumbent Stone Circles of North-East Scotland
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