The new ideas that I discovered with the empirical research
articles was that the arts in education is valuable in many ways and what teaching
characteristics are necessary. From what I discovered from the research
articles I have not reconsidered the focus of my research question but instead
it has affirmed my beliefs in the importance of the arts in education. I know
that my interest for teaching and the arts is what has kept my attention on
this research question. There were other
studies mentioned in the literature reviews mentioned that I want to look into
because they further support my research topic. I did not find the same author
in the articles I researched. I feel like my research skills are getting
better. It still takes me awhile to find what I need but I think that everyone
has to take time to find research articles you need and that will be useful. I
had a hard time understanding chapter 4 in Badke book because I’m still learning
research terminology. I think that I just need more practice with researching
and read over some of the chapters we have already gone through to see if they
can help me better understand Badke.
My name is Valerie and here is a little about myself. I am a department manager at a retail store and although it's stressful I love working around a lot of different people each day. I am a single mother of two wonderful boys who keep me on my toes daily. I love to learn new things and this is definitely new for me! I am currently pursuing my AA and ultimately I want to teach. I hope to learn how to do more research in this class and I hope we all learn from each other in our blogs!
Hi Valerie,
ReplyDeleteResearching is all about practice and repetition. I believe I am somewhat good at researching various topics, but this weeks empirical research kinda kicked my butt. Is the research you are doing for arts in education specific (Music, painting, pottery) or is it all of the above? It would be kind of interesting to see if there is a difference between the forms of arts.
Good luck with the rest of your research.
Hugo Moreno