Professional Practice I - Week 4 -  Designing a Case Study

Introduction: Hello and welcome to Week 4 of the Professional Practice I of the BA in English Teaching at ULACIT term IIIC 2022. In today's class we will look at strategies to choose a research topic, define your research problem, write your justification, and articulate your research questions and objectives. You will also participate in the second part of our teacher development workshop about designing objectives.

Today's Goals:

• Analyze the introductions to several educational case studies to identify the research topic, problem, questions, and justification.
• Write a sample purpose statement and draft several research questions and their corresponding objectives.
• Experiment with different frameworks for articulating lesson objectives.

Guiding Questions:

• What similarities can I find in the ways case study researchers introduce their research projects?
• Why is it important to articulate your purpose and questions in your case study design?
• How can I write an effective lesson objective?

Warm Up: Would you Rather?

Spin the wheel and make a choice. Compare your choice with your partners.

Topic 1: Weekly Check-In

It's week three! What have you been up to since our last meeting?

• How were your site visits this week?
• What are your first impressions of the groups you worked with?
• Have you done any teaching or assisting? 
• What agreements do you have with your assigned teacher(s)?

Topic 2: Concept Review

Let's quickly review our topics from last week by discussing these questions.

• We learned that research involves the following elements. What questions do these stages seek to answer?

• Research question
• Research design
• Case, Cases, or Sample
• Data collection techniques
• Data analysis
• Dissemination process
• Verification process

• Case studies are one form of qualitative research. What are their characteristics?

• For what situations are case studies a good option?

• Do you remember any of the criticisms of case studies?

• Group Link: CLICK HERE

Topic 3: Sharing Your Research

Last week you were asked to read through two full case study reports about a personal topic of interest. Let's take a moment to share what you found.

• What keywords did you search and why?
• What case did you choose to read?
• Describe the bounds of the case: what? who? where? how many / how long?
• What data collection and analysis methods were used?
• What did the researchers discover or conclude?
• What is your personal reaction to this research? 
• Does it add anything to your knowledge of the subject?
• Does it provide you with any ideas for your research project?

• Mark's HW: CLICK HERE

Topic 4: Designing Your Case Study

Click the group link below and follow your teacher's instructions.

• Group Link: CLICK HERE

• Activity 1 Link: CLICK HERE

• Activity 2 Links: Let's try writing our own!

• Ericka's Link: CLICK HERE
• Natalia's Link: CLICK HERE
• Selena's Link: CLICK HERE
• Mark's Link: CLICK HERE

Topic 5: Instructions for Draft 1

Your first draft is due on October 13.. Let's review the structure of what you are required to submit. 

• Group Link: CLICK HERE

Teacher Development Workshop

Writing Better Lesson Objectives

Topic 6: Importance of Learning Objectives

For this week's Teacher Development Workshop we wil explore the topic of learning objectives. Follow along with your teacher's instructions.

Topic 7: Ideas and Resources

Here are some resources with ideas about objectives, goals, and aims.

• Procedure Aims and Achievement Aims - Scrivener: CLICK HERE
• Aims and Objectives - Harmer: CLICK HERE
• Writing ABCD Objectives - Video: CLICK HERE

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