EDUC 866: RESEARCH WORKSHOP Holly Hendrigan Education Liaison Librarian, SFU Surrey September 2014
Today’s Workshop Research approach: BEAM Research tools: Gale Education e-book collection, Library Search, Databases Annotated Bibliography Practice
Quick check-in Survey Brand new to SFU? Library cards & computing ID all set up? Familiar with SFU Library (physical space, website?) Anxiety level about research Low (feeling quite confident about your ability to find things) Medium (you find resources, but it takes a long time and you worry you’re missing something major) High (you’re losing sleep over the thought of dong research)
BEAM research approach Joseph Bizup’s rhetorical approach toward research-based writing Examine the function of the source, not the type Bizup, J. (2008). BEAM: A rhetorical vocabulary for teaching research-based writing. Rhetoric Review, 27(1), doi: /
Library collections: Primary and Secondary Sources Library instruction: How to find primary and secondary sources
Gap: But how do you use these sources in your academic writing?
Solution: BEAM approach Sources are: B: Background E: Exhibit A: Argument M: Methodology
B: Background Materials used to establish facts, supporting writer’s position and establishing credibility
How to find background sources?
1. Reference sources Tab “Background information” in Education research guide Key in search term in the Gale Education encyclopedia e-book collectionGale Education encyclopedia e-book collection Eg, “reflective practice”
2. Statistics Tab: “Facts and Data” in research guidesFacts and Data BC Stats; Statistics Canada; BC Baccalaureate Graduate Outcomes Launch your paper with a statistic…
Practice time! Gale EEC Remember: we’re doing research on the “big picture” here Establishing context, position, framework Mine bibliographies for seminal sources
E: Exhibit Materials that are analyzed, examined, or interpreted to lead to a more general argument Academic assignments: “Respond to this article or chapter” Often a known item search Use Library Search or the catalogue to FIND the source
Exhibit example Looking for this article: Rodgers, C. (2002). Defining reflection: Another look at John Dewey and reflective thinking. Teachers College Record, 104(4), Library search: search by title
Practice time! Looking for Donald Schon's address to the AERA conference in It’s called "Educating the reflective practitioner.” Find book: The purposes, practices, and professionalism of teacher reflectivity: Insights for twenty-first-century teachers and students.
A: Argument Sources you engage with or respond to by countering, extending, or refining the claims Academic conversations Usually found in journal articles; sometimes in books or book chapters as well
Education databases Education Source your best 1 st bet BUT…depending on your search, you might need to broaden your search. Academic Search: multidisciplinary Music, fine arts, STEM databases
“Donald Schon" 111 results Limit to published after 2000: 61 Limit to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) : 57 Examine: Studying the process of educational design – revisiting Schön and making a case for reflective design-based research on teachers’ ‘conversations with situations’.
Subject headings: Schön, Donald Alan, Educational technology -- Research Computers in education Teaching methods Research -- Methodology Educational technology -- Design & construction Design design-based research educational design research Schön teacher practice TPACK
Practice time!
Search Tips: Joining keywords using AND and OR Boolean operators AND & OR used to join keywords in database searching Use AND to narrow or focus the search (using key words/terms) Example: educational games AND mathematics AND kindergarten Use OR to expand your search results (using related words/concepts) Example: smartboard OR interactive whiteboard
More Database Search Tips Use quotation marks to search for an exact phrase Example: “classroom design” Use truncation (*) to search for related words Example: learn* will search for learn, learner, learning, etc. Limit your search to scholarly articles Look for a Peer Reviewed or Scholarly Journals search option “References available” ensures article is a research article, not a book review or editorial
Practice time!
M: Method Applicable to major papers (capstone projects; theses) Sources from which you borrow an approach, key concept, idea, or method Eg, Feminist or Marxist approach Educational theorists (Vygotsky, Paulo Freire…) Other methodologies re: data collection (ethnographic, )…
Finding your method Encyclopedia articles: express theory in readable language Provide bibliographies Known item search Library Search or Catalogue Also: Books on “Education* Research Methods” (Catalogue search) Source: Sage Research Methods Online
Annotated Bibliography
Wrap-up BEAM Background, Exhibit, Argument, Method Education encyclopedias Library Search: books Education Source: journal articles Annotated Bibliography
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