学前教育研究方法chapter-2-finding-research-problem.ppt

Chapter 2Finding Research Problem1A question well-stated is half solved!Anonymous2DifferentiatingYoung childrens knowledge and strategies for comparing sizes.The effects of gender and task order on correct judgments and strategy uses.Ought children to be able to read the classics by the sixth grade?3What is the attitude of parents in hangzhou city toward picture-book?What is the best strategy on instructing children read picture-book?What is the meaning of living?more question.ppt4A Researchable QuestionOne important standard in judging a question is researchable or not is if we can collect some information to answer it.The most common non researchable problems deal with what ought to be done.5Research can help a decision maker determine the implication of something that is desirable or desired,but it can never determine what ought to be.That is a valuable judgment.6Research cant affirm or deny a value judgment.It can only show the consequences of a given value position or,through polling,find the support for or against it.This may be helpful to decision makers in determining policy.7Criteria of a Good ProblemInterest:a necessary but not sufficient conditionBasis in theorySome impact in its fieldOriginality and creativityFeasibilityClearness.ppt8FeasibilityIt lends itself to investigation with the instruments and techniques that are either available or can be invented;It is within the capability of the investigators available or acquirable experience and skills;It can be accomplished within whatever social,ethical.ppt,and resource limits.9Ask yourself these questionsIs it of sufficient interest that I will continue to be motivated through to its completion?Is it embedded in theory so that it is part of a network of propositions and explanations?10Will it have some impact on the field?Has it an element of originality and creativity about it?Is it feasible in terms of my acquired knowledge and skills,as well as being within my social,institutional,and resource limitations?Has it been made clear?11Problem-finding principlesRequirement or valuablenessCreativityFeasibilityTimelinessInterestEthic12Problem-finding sourcesEducational practice and realityDiscipline developmentResearch literatureResearch processDisputation or discussion13Success-enhancing problem-finding behaviorsFill your mind with the best relevant materialRead the writings of the seminal minds in your fieldRead actively;anticipate the authorReread material14Actively search for inconsistencies in the argumentChallenge assumptionsOrganize the material you have readBreak your mind-set15Move up the causal chain if problem focus process elusiveTry your ideas in simple form before starting a complex investigationDont close the problem definition too quickly16Formulate the problem as a written statementExplain your ideas to other peopleTry your ideas out on the internetIdentify your most productive working conditionsTrim away your entry to a problem as soon as it no longer fits17Have you:Filled your mind with the best relevant material?Read the writings of the seminal minds in the field,both past and present?Actively read material rather than simply following each authors lead?18Reread the material after it has had a chance to grow“cold”to you?Study the material sufficiently to“chunk”the material in your mind?Found ways of breaking your mind-set?19Talked to experts in the field?Do they seem to organize or chunk the material in the field differently from the way you do?Whose organization seems more helpful to you?Read to fill your mind chock full of relevant material,puzzled over it a bit,and then let your unconscious take over as you work“off-center”going to the movies or engaging in other forms of relaxation?been ready to catch the answer when it came?20Break your mind-setTalk to specialists in the fieldLook for new ways to tease the problem apartHarness the unconsciousOrganize material into suggestive patternsReduce the censorship of ideas21Some matters consideredBenefit by canvassing various opinionsBe good at decomposing problemBe apt at looking for new ways to ask question22Problem-finding processIntuition about question or initial considerationInformation reviewComprehensive judgment and demonstrationMore articulateReview and judge againState further23Problem-statingStated unclearly and no concrete research objectNegative problem-statingimperative problem-statingProblem stated as sloganSentimental problem-statingUsing deliberately flamboyant words24