Tuesday Class only for advisories

Dear all

Just to let you know that I will be giving feedback at the H building at 2:30 pm.

See you there

Projects Content and Order

Dear Students

The tables below will show you what your project MUST  have and the order in which the docment is supposed to be organized. Therefore, make sure that for the next semester you must have both documents, the feedback and the final version correct to hand in.

Classroom Project

Research Project

·         Introduction ·         Justification ·         Learning Objectives ·         Teaching Objectives ·         Conceptual Framework ·         Methodology o   Description of the practicum o   Context o   Setting o   Participants §  Students Profile §  Pre-service teachers profile (Up to here, for ss who pass to initiation to research) o   Data collection Methods §  Teachers’ logs §  Document analysis §  Observation o   Instructional Design (Up to here, for ss who will be assigned an advisor) ·         Results o   Learners linguistic results o   Professional growth o   Students’ responses ·         Limitations ·         Pedagogical implications ·         Conclusions and contribution to the field ·         Appendixes

·         Introduction ·         Statement of the problem ·         Research questions ·         Theoretical Framework ·         Methodology o   Type of study o   Context o   Setting o   Participants §  Students Profile §  Pre-service teachers profile (Up to here, for ss who pass to initiation to research) o   Data collection Methods (Up to here, for ss who will be assigned an advisor) o   Instructional Design (if needed) ·         Finding and discussion ·         Pedagogical and Research mplications ·         Limitations ·         Conclusions

Ss who have not done Oral Presentation

Ss who have not done Oral Presentation
I need you to send me the paper on Friday the lastest.

Important info

Dear all

Tomorrow, I will be in the RESEARCH PROPOSAL ALL AFTERNOON. Therefore there will be no class. Nevertheless I will be in the regular classroom where we meet on Wednesday May 21st for advisories.

Those students who still have thing s pendent must come and bring everything and there are others that still have to guve some feedback must come, too.

Take care and I will be in touch through this blog.  Next week I will post something new, be pedent

Class on Tuesday 14th

Dear all

Remember the class starts at 2:30 today. There are no schedules for the gruops because it was hard to stablish it but if come to class early then you can start making the changes you need to do to your projects becuase I have some feedback.

See you then

Ethical considerations

Dear all 

Here are the ethical considerations. As you will see they are different from the ones you didI had to send you this one becuase most of the one I recievied were harder to polished than to do everything again.

Asegurarse que todos los parafos se conecten entre si y además que cada uno se conecte con el estudio o proyecto de clase

Make sure you include this at the end of the methodology

ETHICAL CONSIDERATION

INTRODUCTION

When researchers are planning and conducting a study, as well as in reporting research findings, they have to fulfill several obligations in order to meet the ethical standards. Primary, the research project must be planned so that the possibility for misleading results is minimized. Subsequently, the project must be planned so that it meets ethical acceptability. Any doubts the researcher may have regarding questionable ethical procedures or methods must be resolved through peer review or through consultation and finally, steps must be taken to protect and ensure the dignity and welfare of all participants, as well as those who may be affected by the results of the research project.

Due to the fact that interests can be affected directly and indirectly as consequence of research; it can be direct, when a particular individual is identifiable by others in a research report and negative consequences result from aspects of the research becoming public. It can also be indirect, as when a family has to pay more money to support the education of its children because school resourcing has been cut by policies rationalized by findings of a research study.   

INFORMED CONSENT

The principle of informed consent is for the researcher to provide all available information about the study, including risks, which may involved, so that each individual can make a rational and informed decision as to whether they would like to participate (gravetter & forzano, 2003; 67). the respondents were minors (two students per grade of high school between ten and seventeen years of age) ; therefore obtaining written consent from the coordinators and principals of the school was necessary. due to the sentitive nature of the study, informed consent from  the school principals were resquested in order to conduct interviews, fill questionnaires and conduct observations. the data collection took place during school hours and therefore there was the legal guardian who gave us permission to conduct the research.

OBTAIN INFORMED CONSENT

Participants need to give their informed consent regarding their participation in the project. In other words, it is necessary to have the acceptance of the participants, and it implies informing them about the nature of the project, their role in this research. The participants must be aware of the general aims of the study and what it will involve. Consent should extent to include publications that may grow out the study. It means that the objective is to reinforce the nature of the project. On the other hand, if the participants are in a early age, it is necessary to inform their parents about the nature of the project. Finally, two types of statement are required to obtain consent: first, a form signed by the participants accepting the research; second, an information letter about the conditions and the main objectives of the research, and it must be written in a understandable letter for the participants. This consent also must be obtained form the school principal or head boss, depending on the researcher circumstance.

AVOID DECEPTION

It is crucial that research does not trick students into participating in a study, or into thinking that the research will focus on one thing when it actually focuses on another. The practice of obtaining informed consent and providing clear and comprehensive information about the study and the guarantees extended to participants helps safeguard against unwitting corner- cutting.

Cohen et al (2000:63) distinguish between first and second order deception. First deception involves hiding the whole truth from subjects about the true purpose and conditions of the research. Second deception is where researches allow individual to believe they are acting as researches when actually they are serving as subjects. In addition, Cohen and colleagues state kedman’s (1967) suggestions to avoid deception. Firstly, we need to be aware that exist a research problem and secondly, we need to minimize any negative deception from the participants.

AVOID COERCION OR MANIPULATION

Teacher researchers must be cautious when working in a research project with student researches subjects since students can feel manipulated and as a consequence they act to please those teacher researches; that is to say, the collected data can be affected with no real information which in hence will not be effective for further study.

MINIMIZE INTRUSION

All the projects carried out or that involves participation of human beings is in some extent an intrusive activity due to the fact that the lives of the participants are different in some level. Consequently as researchers, in order to minimize this intrusion we have to avoid impositions that do not contribute productively to the research purpose, we need to have our purposes clear, be honest with the participants about the information that is going to be collected and make participants feel comfortable in the development of the research.

DEMONSTRATING RESPECT TO PARTICIPANTS

Demonstrating respect for the students is an important attribute to show during formal research. This helps maintaining a trustworthy relationship with them that will allow both parties to have a better performance. Respecting input shared by the participants benefits the results of the studies such respect includes not to ask them to discuss personal aspects of their lives in which they feel their sense of privacy is being exposed, that is to say, to intrude unnecessarily into their religious or moral lives. One of the ways in which respect could be harm is when the results of the research are being presented. If the researcher feels uneasy by showing a part of the report to the participants this might be a potential signal something must be rewritten in order to avoid future inconveniences. Demonstrating respect for participants, if quite vital to our research in the sense we as researchers must be conscious we do not intend to cause a negative impact with the results of our research but to raise awareness on the state of the art of English teaching in Risaralda.

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Next week oral presentations

Dear all

Next week, there will be two oral presntations
 Tuesday May 7th Limitations
Wednesday May 8th Pedagogical Implication



Do not forget to bring your lesson plans complete for next class

If someone has not presented please send me and email with your name and topic . Thanks