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Writing a Research Paper: "Changing Education Paradigms"

Discussion in 'Creative Corner' started by ChiKaea, Mar 28, 2012.

  1. ChiKaea

    ChiKaea New Member

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    It all began when I saw this:

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    I needed a topic for a research paper, so I decided to take on a similar idea - looking at the way that education works in America.

    First off, I could use some help knowing if I need to narrow the topic or broaden it (Though I don't know how you could make it more broad.)

    Secondly, I could use some help finding sources on both sides. I need six to seven, and at least four that are scholarly based. I could really use help on this - I'm not exactly sure what to look for.
     
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    Diuretic Well-Known Member

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    Narrow it. Are you looking at K-12 or further/higher education?

    What is the current paradigm? Is there only one? Whose or what interests does it serve?

    Read some history of education and try to understand its place in various societies and how it came to be what it is today in the US (if it's possible to suggest there is a single model or paradigm).

    Read Ivan Illich - Deschooling Society - if you are working on K-12.

    Read A.S. Neill Summerhill for an example of experimentation in education in the UK.

    For a look at other paradigms then read Freire and get a sense of the emancipatory paradigm.

    Does education now simply prepare individuals for the world of work? Should it? What other purposes may be identified? Will there always be a link between education and the economy? Is education simply about reproducing society or should it be about changing society?
     
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    Phil Well-Known Member

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    ChiKaea, what type of research paper are you working on. I'm working on my Masters degree in education and I've been told to narrow my research to a small sample. It seems a little insignificant, but it works.
     
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    I'm not entirely certain it has a name. To me it seems like it's a strange mix between persuasive and informative... I think.
     
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    For you it's about depth. Undergrad is about developing a broad understanding of the discipline. For a Master's you're going to be looking at deeper issues and less of them and also rather than regurgitating learned material to show that you understand the discipline you are going to have to do some original research in an area and then draw some conclusions from that research and explain and defend them. Good fun :graduate:
     
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