Author: Paul

Finished the second of four analyses – well, ‘finished’ in as much as I don’t need to rewrite it just yet.  I know I have mentioned this before, but I will again, just to make the point – I have rewritten most of my work several times over… adding, deleting or reworking paragraphs.  My sups…

I am well on the way with my third analysis now, which involves three stages: first the relevant narratives are found within the respondents’ interviews; then the entire set of narratives is ‘story-boarded’, or made into a readable article; finally, the storyboard is then compared and referred to the literature.  At this last stage, the…

Well, ok maybe a bit of an exaggeration.  I have quite a lot of editing to do, but Chapters 1, 2 and 3 are pretty much complete now.  I am still working on the second of four analyses, but mainly because I have spent time on getting the first three chapters into a coherent whole.…

So far, I have completed the analysis in terms of identifying four emergent themes (IPA).  I have written up one of the four and have sent it off to my sup(s) for comment.  I have the other three to do which will take some time as each one is about 6000 words, but it is…

Ok, so there is nothing like additional work to let you know you are alive! Hehe, after a meeting with my sup(s), it was suggested I write a case study on each respondent in my survey. Oh goody.  Actually, although it was a pain in the arse, it set the context for each interview and…

This is the time I have looked forward to the most – getting to grips with the data and forming new ideas based on what I find. Unfortunately, for personal reasons (death in the family), it has become quite difficult to get started and I have lost about three weeks. Never mind, this Ed.D has…

Yeah, ok. It has been pointed out that perhaps, just perhaps mind you, my last post was a little harsh. Conceded. Actually the new post holder for the Ethics Chair, very kindly sorted out the problem quietly and with a minimum of fuss. Kudos Ethics Chair and thank-you. This means that all is in order…

Mobile update: well, I have studied at this university now for almost 10 years and it still manages to surprise me with its sheer incompetence. I have just been told that my ethics approval, handed in October 2009, cannot now be found. This, presumably, affects the data I have already collected and will almost certainly…

23/11/2010 by admin. Today was a good day for progress as I managed to get a lot down on paper. I am doing the literature review using a systematic method of searching – similar to a systematic review in that each search term is used across all the selected databases so that results are comparable.…