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CJFS Research 3712, Week 1: Mission and Overview. 1) Take inventory 2) Share expectations 3) Frame the course 4) Offer some challenges Tasks: grow ideas, get book, and surf. http://research3712.weebly.com. Contact Info. Name Phone #(s) Email Interest/Post-schooling Plans
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CJFS Research 3712, Week 1:Mission and Overview 1) Take inventory 2) Share expectations 3) Frame the course 4) Offer some challenges Tasks: grow ideas, get book, and surf http://research3712.weebly.com
Contact Info • Name • Phone #(s) • Email • Interest/Post-schooling Plans • Unique to help me remember you • “Research”~… • in May because…
What is “Research”? Action / Process: think trial or investigation; Scientific Method seven steps Qualities: Research is social, systemmatic, and useful
Research Process • Pick topic or ? • Review literature • Use theory • Choose methods • Get tangible evidence • Analyze • Share / advise * Point: Stats is NOT an instant thing
Course Goals • Demystify research: take away its awe • Appreciate research: realize its role and value • U2 research: Use and Understand it
Purposes of Research • Explore • Describe • Explain • Evaluate
Learning and Teaching are Best When There is… : • Joy • Engagement • Relevancy • Curiosity
Learning Should Be Joyous • “When we learn with pleasure we never forget.” Louis Mercier • "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." Albert Einstein
Engaged, Active Learning is Best • "Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body." Sir Richard Steele • "Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand." Chinese Proverb
We Must Relate and Apply What We Learn • “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Stats are good only if they “…are matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean and where they lead.” Norman Cousins
Learning Requires Curiosity • "Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse." African Proverb • "To every answer you can find a new question." Yiddish Proverb