Theory as Context
Walsh (1998)’s chapter three Theory as Context is a thought-provoking piece in Studying children in context: Theories, methods, and ethics. Walsh stratifies what is a good theory, why we need theory and different schools of major theories as well as the terminology of big-T theories and small-T theories. “A good theory is a coherent narrative … Read more
Potential Theories for DST
After reading Jenkins et al (2006)’s white paper, which provides a systematic understanding of pedagogical practices in media education, I started to think more about the theoretical section in my proposal. Among the eleven suggested core skills and competences for students “learning” in a participatory culture, the play, multitasking, distributed cognition, collective intelligence, are the … Read more
The Art of Writing Proposals
As a few friends have been talking about (grant) proposal writing and how to gather more information in this topic, I found this article worth reading (thanks to Yu for the recommendation!). Here are some highlights: – Questions are clearly posed. – Avoid jargon as much as you can. – “Missing even a single reference … Read more
About the Writing of Qualitative Dissertation Proposal
Kilbourn’s (2006) publication on Teachers College Record helps me better organize my understandings of the writing of a dissertation proposal. As a graduate student interested in English literacy, I am relatively familiar with various teaching methods and writing styles in English. However, I need to be conscious of the style of academic writing: straightforward, succinct, … Read more
