EDST first session

Hi all,
Thanks for all the great discussion on Thursday morning. As you will have noted, there are some common themes running thru a lot of your projects. This will mean that you can give each other a lot of useful information and support along the way.

If you haven't checked your email lately, i have sent a load of pdf and links in relation to gender/boys/literacy etc. Hopefully these will provide a launchpad for some targeted reading and reviewing of literature.

If you haven't tried scholar.google yet, you should give it a go. Very useful search engine for academic work. JECL (Journal of Early Childhood Literacy) is online for free if you go via a University internet connection -- loads of literacy related issues addressed here (gender, boys and reading, achievement, phonics, language development).

Welcome to EDST332 projects

Hi all,
Welcome to our EDST 332 project weblog. This site is going to be used as a support and information mechanism as we move through the process of undertaking and writing up research.

I'm going to post resources, answer queries and give support as close to 24/7 as possible from this site. You are going to do the same. If you read a question from a colleague and can give support or useful information, then please respond.

To start off, here are some sites which have useful information about doing educational research:
This first one -- Social Psychology Network -- is a clearing house for lots of other sites and information related to social sciences research (of which educational research is subset).

The Association for Qualitative Research also has some useful glossaries, articles and links.

One of the most useful texts (although directed at early childhood research) I've come across lately is:
Roberts-Holmes, G. (2005) Doing your early years research project: A step-by-step guide. London: Sage.

Multiple copies are available in the Exmouth library.