research

Thoughts on: What is educational research? Changing perspectives through the 20th century (Nisbet, 2005)

education, professional development, research, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

This is a substantial and comprehensive paper that takes us on a journey from the late 19th century to the modern age. Nisbet explores the place of research in education and how it has shifted […]

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Thoughts on: “What should count as Education Research: Notes towards a new paradigm” (Anyon, 2006)

PhD, reflection, research by Colin Simpson

I’m on my weekly bus trip to Sydney – between 3.5 – 4 hours – to take a workshop on Thesis Proposal Writing (and also to get to know my scholarly colleagues) so it seems […]

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Thoughts on: A general framework for developing proposals – Developing Effective Research Proposals. (Punch, 2000)

PhD, proposal, question, research, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Writing in this format for gathering my thoughts and collecting useful quotes and ideas from articles/books/etc proved fairly useful to me while completing my Masters so I figured that I’d give it a shot here […]

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