Meet Them Where They Are (A Perspective That Works Both Ways)

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-21
Author(s):  
Lawrence Krissek
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Geoscience Education ◽  
Career Trajectory ◽  
Science Faculty ◽  
Science Discipline

Partnerships between educators and science faculty can be professionally productive and personally fulfilling, but developing such partnerships can be challenging. This chapter describes the career trajectory of a geoscience faculty member who evolved from a focus on research within his science discipline to a portfolio of activities including disciplinary science research, geoscience education activities, and geoscience education research. The author provides suggestions for how to identify potential science faculty partners and how to develop and maintain successful partnerships.

UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH PARADIGMS: TRENDS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH

2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-118
Author(s):  
Sebastian Szyjka
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Science Education Research ◽  
Collective Interest ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
The Masses

This essay offers several insights regarding the principles of qualitative and quantitative methods, defining how they shape the empirical process as well as knowledge acquisition in social science research. A comprehensive discussion includes comparing the assumptions and techniques of each paradigm, as well as a description of their respective strengths and weaknesses in research. These paradigms are examined in terms of past trends in science education research, indicating that over the last several decades a shift in approach from the quantitative to qualitative has occurred. The central thesis of the essay contends that methodological decisions should be based in pragmatism, rather than a pre-existent set of philosophies or beliefs irrespective of context. Implications for research are discussed in terms of the findings of several science education content analysis studies, conveying that research methods often coincide with the collective interest of the masses, policy, educational reform or program developments. Key words: paradigm decisions, qualitative research, quantitative research, science education, trends.

Editorial: Introduction to the Theme: Synthesizing Results and Defining Future Directions of Geoscience Education Research

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen S. McNeal ◽  
Kristen St. John ◽  
Karen Kortz ◽  
Elizabeth Nagy-Shadman ◽  
Eric Riggs
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Editorial Introduction ◽  
Geoscience Education ◽  
Future Directions

A CALL FOR MORE GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH ON TEACHING ABOUT EARTH IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIETAL PROBLEMS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Teasdale ◽  
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Hannah H. Scherer ◽  
Cory Forbes ◽  
Rebecca A. Boger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Geoscience Education ◽  
Research On Teaching ◽  
Societal Problems

Expert Perspectives & Methodological Excerpts: Stitching a thesis quilt

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emer Emily Neenan
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Geoscience Education ◽  
Creative Thesis ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Process And Outcome ◽  
Functional Object ◽  
Meaningful Engagement ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Phd Thesis

<p>Much like many crafted items, research must be functional and fit for purpose, but there's no reason why it can't also be beautiful, creative, and expressive.</p><p>In working with teenagers and young people on geoscience education and climate literacy, it became increasingly important to me to find ways to express my research that would connect with people who didn't have a foundation (yet, or at all) in academic discourse. My PhD thesis is therefore written as a creative semi-fictional epistolary; a collection of documents that tell the story of the research from the first tentative proposal to my would-be supervisor, to the final submission. I made the choice to produce a creative thesis for my student co-researchers and other readers, but the person who benefitted most from it was me. The creative process in designing my thesis was fulfilling, fun, and facilitated a deeper and more meaningful engagement with my own research. </p><p>In discussing my thesis with another researcher, trying to explain how and why I was writing geoscience education research through annotations and poems and chatlogs, I suggested the metaphor of a quilt. A quilt is inherently a functional object that must meet certain qualifying standards in order to be accepted and used. But also, a quilt can be an intricately crafted artwork, reflective not just of its use, but of the person who makes it; their choices, their joys, their cares. As a quilt is an artwork with a specific useful function of keeping someone warm at night, so too a thesis (or paper or project) can be artistic and creative while also still having useful functions of building knowledge, generating data, or developing theory. </p><p>So, long story short, I also sewed a thesis quilt, to express both the process and outcome of my doctoral research as a piece of fabric art!</p>

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