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Preparing for the Research ProposalConferences on 10/6-10/8Purpose
: Your research proposal is your plan for data collection. It is necessarily flexible, and things maynot always go according to plan (that’s okay!). But it is crucial that you
have
a plan. The research proposal asks you to question what you know, what you don’t know, and what you hope to know. Alsovery important is the ways in which you are going to treat the community you are investigating and thedata youare collecting to represent them (all with great respect, of course!).
 All of the following should be posted as Research Journal #10
Before you meet with me, you should:1.Read
Chapter5in
LiteraciesinContext 
(pages215‐244)
2.
Completetheactivityoutlinedonpage218of
LiteraciesinContext
(youcancertainlydothisingroups).Selectthearticlethatyouthinkmightbemostrelevanttoyourownproject.Ifyourresearchprojectwillfocusonarchivalmaterials,applythesequestionstoGold’sessayonProfessorMayo.Ifyourresearchprojectwillfocusonlifehistories(heavyuseofinterviews),youshouldprobablyapplythesequestionstoDeborahBrandt’sessay.Inotherwords,theresearchmethodsaremoreimportantherethanthecontentitself.Selectaccordingly.
3.
SummarizeyourNindingsandtheimplicationsforyourownproject(as
ResearchJournal#10
)
4.
AnswerthefollowingquestionsandreadyincludethemaspartofResearchJournal#10aswell.
5.
Bringalloftheabovetoourmeeting,astheywillbeveryimportanttoourconversations.
Questionsaboutyourresearchproject 
a.
Whatisyourmajorresearchquestion(s)?Whatdoyouaimtodiscoverthroughthisresearch?
 b.
Whatisyourproposedresearchsiteandhowmightthischoicehelpyouansweryourmajorresearchquestion?Whatbackgroundonyourselectionprocesscanyouprovide?
c.
Whatsortsofaccessdoyouhavetothiscommunity?
d.
Whereandhowwillyouconductyourresearch?
e.
Howwillyougoaboutobtainingthoseall‐importantpermissions?Whowillyouapproachandwhy?Howwillyouapproachthem?
Otherimportantquestions:
Asaresearcher,ofcourse,youmustconstantlyaskyourself“Where’stheculture?”(FW).Asaresearcherfocusingonliteracy,youmustconstantlyaskyourself,“Where’stheliteracy?”ConsiderSzwed’s“FiveDimensionsofLiteracy”here(text,context,function,participants,motivation).Youdon’thavetohaveanswerstothisrightnow,butyoushouldincludeinyourproposalplansforlookingforculture(andliteracy,asaculturalphenomenon).Otherimportantinformation:Onthe“ResearchPortfolio”athttp://faculty.tamu‐commerce.edu/scarter/research_proposal.htmOnobtainingpermissionsat
http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/getting_permission.htmOn the Research Portfolio at http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/research_portfolio.htmOn the Final Project athttp://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/ethnographic_project.htm
English 102-HFall 2009
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