EME003- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Reflective Journal
Manuscript Writing Chapter 1

JOURNAL

Name: ALBERT JP NAYVE Organization: BPSU GRADUATE SCHOOL

Date: FEB. 20, 2021. Signature: ___________________________

WHAT INSIGHTS HAVE YOU GAINED FROM THE DISCUSSION

AND WRITING YOUR CHAPTER 1?
1. I​N​ ​WRITING​ C ​ HAPTER​ 1, I L​ EARNED​ T​ O​ C ​ RITIQUE​ P​ REVIOUS​ R ​ ESEARCH​ A​ RTICLES​ R ​ ELATED​ ​TO​ ​MY
POSSIBLE​ R ​ ESEARCH​ S​ TUDIES​.
2. A​LTHOUGH​ T​ HE​ C ​ URRENT​ P​ ANDEMIC​ ​HAVE​ A​ LLOWED​ M ​ OST​ O ​ F​ T​ HE​ R
​ ESEARCH​ S​ TUDIES​ A​ BOUT​ C ​ OVID
TO​ B ​ E​ A​ CCESSED​ O ​ PENLY​, I F​ ELT​ T​ HAT​ S​ OME​ ​ARE​ E​ ITHER​ S​ TILL​ I​ N​ P​ EER​ R ​ EVIEW​ P​ HASE​ O ​ R​ D
​ ONE​ I​ N
THE​ E ​ ARLY​ D​ AYS​ O ​ F​ T​ HE​ P​ ANDEMIC​. I S​ TARTED​ ​TO​ R ​ EALIZE​ T​ HAT​ S​ INCE​ C ​ OVID​ H
​ AS​ A​ N​ I​ NSIDIOUS
EFFECT​ I S ​ HOULD​ S​ HIFT​ T​ HE​ ​FOCUS​ O ​ F​ M ​ Y​ S​ TUDIES​ I​ N​ A​ ​ L​ ONGER​ T​ ERM​ E​ FFECT​ O ​ F​ T​ HE​ P​ ANDEMIC​ I​ N
MY​ S ​ TUDY​ P​ OPULATION​.
3. IM ​ UST​ A​ LSO​ D ​ O​ M
​ Y​ D ​ UE​ D ​ ILIGENCE​ I​ N​ V​ ERIFYING​ S​ OME​ O ​ F​ T​ HE​ A​ VAILABLE​ R​ ESEARCHERS​, T​ HERE​ I​ S​ ​SO
MUCH​ I​ NFORMATION​ A ​ BOUT​ T​ HE​ T​ OPIC​, A​ ND​ I​ T​'S​ ​ E​ ASIER​ T​ O​ G ​ ET​ L​ OST​.
4. I​T​ S​ EEMS​ T​ HAT​ I A​ M​ H ​ AVING​ A​ ​ H
​ ARD​ ​TIME​ W ​ RITING​ M ​ Y​ T​ HEORETICAL​ F​ RAMEWORK​, I H ​ AVE​ T​ O​ M
​ AKE
SOME​ M ​ ORE​ R ​ EADINGS​ A​ BOUT​ I​ T​, T​ O​ I​ MPROVE​ M ​ Y​ E​ FFICIENCY​.

HOW DID THE DISCUSSION MAKE YOU FEEL? BE AS DESCRIPTIVE AS YOU CAN.

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AS​ A ​ OVICE​ R
​ ESEARCH​ W
​ RITER​, I ​FELT​ ​OVERWHELMED​ ​IN​ ​THE​ ​BEGINNING​, ​IT​ ​SEEMS​ ​THAT​ I ​DID​ ​NOT​ ​KNOW
​ BOUT​ R
ANYTHING​ A ​ ESEARCH​ F​ ROM​ M
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​ NDERGRADUATE​ Y​ EARS​. H​OWEVER​, A ​ S​ ​TIME​ G​ OES​ B
​ Y​, A
​ S​ M
​ Y
KNOWLEDGE​ ​INCREASES​ ​AND​ ​WITH​ T ​ HE​ H
​ ELP​ ​OF​ M
​ Y​ M
​ ENTORS​, I T​ HINK​ I F​ OUND​ M ​ Y​ E​ NTHUSIASM​ I​ N​ W ​ RITING
RESEARCH​; I ​AM​ ​THINKING​ ​OF​ ​ENGAGING​ M ​ ORE​ R​ ESEARCH​ I​ N​ M
​ Y​ N
​ URSING​ C ​ AREER​.

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, WHAT DOES “WRITING YOUR CHAPTER 1/CONCEPT

WRITING” MEAN IN CONTEXT OF YOUR THESIS/DISSERTATION?

Note: This reflective journaling is indeed a measure of your insights. Please be honest in your responses.
W​RITING​ ​CHAPTER​ ​ONE​ ​GAVE​ ​BACKBONE​ ​TO​ ​THE​ ​RESEARCH​ ​TOPIC​ ​THAT​ I ​WANT​ ​TO​ ​PURSUE​ ​THROUGH
RESEARCHING​ P ​ REVIOUSLY​ D ​ ONE​ R​ ESEARCH​ L​ ITERATURE​ T​ O​ L​ OOK​ F​ OR​ E​ VIDENCE​ T​ HAT​ T​ HE​ I​ SSUE​ I​ S​ W ​ ORTH
EXPLORING​, L ​ OOKING​ T​ HROUGH​ R ​ ESEARCH​ G ​ APS​, A ​ ND​ S​ EARCHING​ F​ OR​ P​ OSSIBLE​ T​ HEORETICAL​ F​ RAMEWORKS​.
S​TATING​ T​ HE​ A​ IM​ A
​ ND​ S​ IGNIFICANCE​ O ​ F​ T​ HE​ S​ TUDY​ W​ ILL​ A
​ CT​ A
​ S​ M
​ Y​ G
​ UIDE​ I​ N​ P​ ROCEEDING​ T​ HROUGH​ T​ HE
RESEARCH​ P ​ ROCESS​. A​NOTHER​ M ​ AIN​ B​ ENEFITS​ O ​ F​ W
​ RITING​ C​ HAPTER​ O ​ NE​ A
​ RE​ T​ HAT​ I C
​ AN​ S​ TATE​ W
​ HY​ I W
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​ URSUE​ T​ HIS​ T​ OPIC​.
TO​ P

Note: This reflective journaling is indeed a measure of your insights. Please be honest in your responses.