Experiences in conducting, evaluating, analyzing, reporting will be required on two occasions. Each student will keep a journal of their experiences and reactions to learning qualititative methodologies. The journals will be turned in every three weeks and reviewed by the professor. Your journal will serve as your participant observer notes of your experiences in class, reactions to readings, your awareness of you as the research instrument in the process of collecting your data. You are to note your own impressions, biases, and influences from your background come in to play in evaluating your own experiences.
Journals are to be kept on the computer.
F. Domain Analysis. The class will collaboratively do a domain analysis of an existing project that the professor has collected the data for. G. Class Project. The class will collabortatively conduct two mini-research projects that will use a combination of qualititative methodologies. A year long study that will be carried over as the class project for MAFT 740 in the Spring Semester will be initiated by the class.