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Research 3712, Week 1: Mission and Overview

Research 3712, Week 1: Mission and Overview. 1) Take inventory 2) Share expectations 3) Frame the course 4) Offer challenges Assignment: think about what interests you in CJFS and visit http://research3712.weebly.com. Contact Info. Name Phone #(s) Email Post-schooling plans

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Research 3712, Week 1: Mission and Overview

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  1. Research 3712, Week 1:Mission and Overview 1) Take inventory 2) Share expectations 3) Frame the course 4) Offer challenges Assignment: think about what interests you in CJFS and visit http://research3712.weebly.com

  2. Contact Info • Name • Phone #(s) • Email • Post-schooling plans • Unique to help remember you • When you think “Research”… •  in December because…

  3. Course Objectives • Become a better consumer of research • Be a better producer of research • Appreciate research *Bottom-line: the research process is similar to a trial in the CJ system

  4. Research Process • Pick topic • Review literature • Choose design • Build theory • Get evidence • Analyze data • Share knowledge

  5. Purposes of Research • Explore • Describe • Explain • Evaluate

  6. Elements to Effective Learning/Teaching They must be: • Joyous • Active • Curious • Applied

  7. 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

  8. Learning Should Be Active • "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

  9. 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

  10. We Must Apply What We Learn • “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Facts can produce good only if they “…are matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean and where they lead.” Norman Cousins

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