http://dajbelshaw.edublogs.org ...charting the progress of my studies. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:27:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Eduspaces, where I previously hosted my Ed.D. blog, has given notice that it is shutting down. I have therefore moved my Ed.D. blog here, to edublogs.org. :-) It was a fairly easy process: Download RSS feed from Eduspaces. Sign up for edublogs.org blog. Go to Options/Import in new blog. Browse and upload RSS feed from ... http://dajbelshaw.edublogs.org/2007/12/16/edd-blog-moves-home/ Inspired by Bredo's diagrams in 'Philosophies of Educational Research' (within Handbook of Complementary Methods in Education Research - see previous post for reference), I've produced the following diagram. Hopefully it will help clarify my thinking when it comes to writing the methodology section of my thesis proposal: � ]]> http://dajbelshaw.edublogs.org/2007/12/15/paradigms-within-research-methodology/ � There are two main philosophical traditions when it comes to research methodologies: positivism and constructivism. Positivism holds that the world is 'out there' waiting for us to discover it, whilst Constructivism holds that 'facts' are socially and psychologically constructed labels and descriptions we place upon the world as we experience ... http://dajbelshaw.edublogs.org/2007/12/09/more-on-research-methodologies/ � I was up at 5am again this morning working on my Ed.D.� It's hard when it's so dark and it's the end of term... After looking at various research methodologies, I think I'm going to go for a combination of a hermenutic, philosophical and pragmatic approaches in the dialectical tradition. It ... http://dajbelshaw.edublogs.org/2007/12/08/research-methodologies/ Lynn A. Casmier-Paz - Betcha Can't Read My Mind: The Orientations of Literacy Discourse Neil Postman - Technopoly (not available at University of Durham library) Anna Brill - Is Literacy Over-Rated? H.J. Graff - The Labyrinth of Literacy (not available @Durham) (idea of a 'literacy myth') S. Scribner & M. Cole - ... http://dajbelshaw.edublogs.org/2007/09/29/a-day-in-the-library-at-the-university-of-durham/ I've used Gliffy to outline the argument for my thesis proposal. It's a bit rough and needs some work, but I'll come back to it later! Click on the image below for a larger version: ]]> http://dajbelshaw.edublogs.org/2007/09/08/argument-for-thesis-proposal/ �� Cin Barnsley has an interesting post on Information Literacy entitled Lifting the Fog in which she posts a useful image (above) and video (can't embed here...) Update: In a subsequent post, Cin brought my attention to a presentation entitled Literacy Remixed in a Web 2.0 World by Judy O'Connell. � ]]> http://dajbelshaw.edublogs.org/2007/08/26/information-literacy/ I've just found out via a mass-mailing that my current Ed.D. supervisor, Stewart Martin, is leaving the University of Durham next month to become Principal Lecturer in Education in the School of Social Sciences and Law at Teesside University. I'm obviously pleased for him, but it kind of forces me ... http://dajbelshaw.edublogs.org/2007/08/20/change-of-supervisor/ A lot of the research I've been doing recently on the concept of 'digital literacy' either references Ilana Snyder or is in a book edited by her. Perhaps I need to get in touch, especially as according to her profile it appears she's got a new book coming out in ... http://dajbelshaw.edublogs.org/2007/08/16/ilana-snyder/ (Depth of Mist Wood) After failing my previous Ed.D. thesis proposal (I can see why now...) I'm beginning the process of starting from first principles, this time building towards analysing the concept of 'digital literacy'. The books I'll be looking at today are both ones I've looked at (briefly) before ... http://dajbelshaw.edublogs.org/2007/08/13/back-on-the-thesis-proposal-trail/