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Electrify Your Work

Electrify Your Work. John Couper, Ph.D. 10 th Annual Symposium American Studies Chok-Tol , Kyrgyzstan. A Kyrgyz Meal of Methods. Social Sciences have many theoretical and methodological options Decide what you want to learn, then choose and adapt your own. Textual Analysis.

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Electrify Your Work

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  1. Electrify Your Work John Couper, Ph.D. 10th Annual Symposium American Studies Chok-Tol, Kyrgyzstan

  2. A Kyrgyz Meal of Methods Social Sciences have many theoretical and methodological options Decide what you want to learn, then choose and adapt your own

  3. Textual Analysis • Social Semiotics: layers of meaning in context • Framing: how arguments are presented and constrained • Matrix by Menashe & Siegel, 1998 • Music: rich meanings in words and sounds • “Analyzing Popular Music” (Machin) • Thematic Analysis: uncover patterns in texts • Conversation Analysis: fine-grained explanation of speech interactions

  4. Documentary • Material Culture: the significance of made objects • “Pedagogies, Physical Culture, and Visual Methods” (Azzarito & Kirk) • Audio analysis • “Recording Culture” (Markagon & Neumann)

  5. Situational Action Research: reflexive process of problem-solving Case Studies: examine all aspects of a discrete situation Structuration: the dynamics of group structure (Giddens) Organizational: how organizations function (Buchanan) Small Group communication: how messages shape structures Autoethnography: explore and explain experience (Ellis, Adams & Bochner) Space and Place: the meanings of where we are (Yi-fuTuan;Setha M. Low)

  6. Attitudinal Q-Sort: offer list on cards, they sort them (Stephenson) Social Judgment: information that shifts view to positive (Sherif & Sherif) Multi-Dimensional Scaling: distinguishes and groups thoughts Personal Construct: understanding how people order perceptions (Kelley) Ranked thoughtlisting: list then order responses (Benoit & Couper)

  7. Next Steps • Use resources • Methodspace.com • OWL massive English and research site (Purdue) • Research Methods in Education (Louis Cohen et al) • Find a collaborator • Write to scholars • Research Workshop at KIMEP next Saturday • Contact John • couperjohn@Hotmail.com

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