Dear Ken
Fancy meeting you here! Helen & Newton send their regards. Happy
Chunukah.
David
On 20 Dec 2005, at 02:42, Ken Friedman wrote:
> Dear Janette,
>
> Let me answer from another perspective. Rather than give specific
> advice on a research project on drawing, I'd like to share three
> useful resources on how to do a research project.
>
> This will be especially helpful to you in deciding what kind of
> research project interests you, locating the project, and finding out
> how to conduct it.
>
> The first book will introduce you to the craft of research. How do we
> conduct research? Why? What issues must we consider?
>
> Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. 1995. The
> Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
>
> The second book will introduce you to the range of research methods
> you might choose among -- and the art ofg comparative research
> methodology, the range of issues to consider when choosing among
> methods.
>
> Kumar, Ranjit. 1999. Research Methodology. A step-by-step guide for
> beginners. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
>
> Finally, once you have your project in mind, you'll want to know how
> search the literature to find what has already been done. This will
> provide you with tools, past experience of others, specific
> information. It may also allow you to build on or re-use appropriate
> methods, to replicate or extend a project that already works with the
> kind of research you want to do. Or a search may tell you that what
> you want to do has been done to death or may not be worth doing --
> leaving you to choose another topic. You may even discover that you've
> identified an important gap in the literature, giving you a project of
> particular value to the field. You don't know which of these is the
> case until you search.
>
> Hart, Chris. 1998. Doing a Literature Search. A Comprehensive Guide
> for the Social Sciences. London: Sage Publications.
>
> Hope these help.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>
> Janette Wallbank wrote:
>
>> I am an art graduate, specialising in drawing and now
>> taking a primary PGCE and as part of the course I am
>> required to undertake a research project. I really
>> want to go down the route of the deveoplment of
>> drawing, though other than that I have no further
>> idea- I don't know how to refine the idea into
>> something practical, and I'm desperate for some help
>> from people that know what they are talking about.
>>
>> Can anyone help me?!!
>
>
> --
>
> Ken Friedman
> Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
> Institute for Communication, Culture, and Language
> Norwegian School of Management
>
> Design Research Center
> Denmark's Design School
>
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>
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