I have gained
that in the process of early childhood is a combined information and experience
in working on different diverse base of topics. I have learned that research
give me an opportunity to get to ask questions and get to know the people and
their environments. Research is about learning and getting the insights and
knowledge to in understanding different participants, children, and adults.
Research also gains relationships between researchers and the participants. I
totally agree with the statement of Aubrey and colleagues. As Aubrey and
colleagues (2000) write, ‘researchers need to be clear about their roles and
the responsibilities towards the people involved – including themselves- and to
the research process’ (2000, p. 142).
In
what ways have your ideas about nature of doing research change?
My
nature of doing research change by understanding the process and knowledge in
doing the research. You must consider the participants ethics situation and
understand that the researcher can be a positive influence to the children.
Research can be what I make it can be negative, or it can be a positive. Those
observations are finding out the weakness and strengths of the children. My
understanding has changed by knowing what research means finding out about
things and why they appear by asking questions. Researchers collect and gather
information and have their own ideas in doing the research.
What
lesson about planning, designing, and conducting research in early childhood
did you learn?
The
lesson I have learn that planning, designing and conducting research in early
childhood is that any research take time in preparing it. Research will have
data process to accomplish your goals. The researchers need to know how many
the participants, and how the data is being collected, and the characteristics
they will have. Plan by starting with a hypothesis rather remaining open to a
range of possibilities and discoveries as the study unfold. Every research
should be well put together ideas of knowledge that you will used from start to
finish. Every researchers need to think and plan ahead before they do the
research. Special care needs to be taken in acknowledging the contributions of
all in any publications or presentations, and each member of the research team
should be fully informed in advance about the details about the research and
the expectations of the different roles (Mac Naughton and Hughes, 2009, p.84).
What
were some of the challenges you encountered-and in what ways did you meet them?
One challenge I
encountered was asking research questions and understanding on how to ask them.
Time is a great deal in researching a study and getting people to
participating. I study the meaning about my research question is determined on
how well my research project turns out. The best thing to learn is to get
understanding and knowledge about the situation about the situation. The only
thing I know and work for me is just make or take time, sometime you have to
just take time out and just do the research.
What
are some of the ways your perceptions of an early childhood professional have
been modified as a result of this course?
As a professional in the early childhood field, my
perceptions have been modified by information. I have learned more in this
class about different research and understanding on how to collect and prepare
for the research. Learning different approaches in the research studies not
just one but several to see which work the best. Research is very important in
find out information about different families’ ethics, and developing
relationships. Learning about the children likes and dislikes and how they learn
in different interactions activities and their wellbeing.(Mac Naughton and
Hughes, 2009,p.84).
References:
Mac Naughton, G. and Hughes, p.2009 Doing Action
Research in Early Childhood Studies, Open University Press, Berkshire. This
book has suggestions about how to overcome the particular ethical challenges
posed by action research.
