Monday, October 11, 2010

Research and Methodology Inscription as a Liberating Practice

La Brea Hill
Freshman Seminar   

    On last Monday, Dr. Dana Williams spoke on the subject of research and methodology. Her lecture as a whole, made the idea of the course much more reasonable and clear. To be honest I groaned at the fact I had to take the course, it didn’t seem relevant or to have any purpose for me. But once I was understood the goals that we are attempting to achieve while taking this course, I began to accept the course and make the most of it. Dr. Dana Williams discussed the purpose of our research as well as different ways that we should approach the research project. She gave us proper ways to research and different methods we could use when constructing a research so that it could be presented. She talked about the framework of research such as the structure, the presentation and whether it was scholarly or not. Dr. Williams gave an example of what the research should consist of and should look and general ideas of what we should aim for. She used our freshman seminar course as an example of a research topic (which made the course better to understand), by giving a thesis, and more information about what the course was designed to do for us as students. Some of the methodology that she instructed and s suggested that we took used was data and interview. The overall lecture was very helpful and gave much more reason to the course. Now, the next step is to achieve the goals that the course was designed for.

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