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I write this post to document my own journey a little, and for the benefit of others who think they aren’t good enough, aren’t suitable or are ‘the wrong kind of person’ for doing this kind of thing. That was probably my own self-view. But I am now… / Read More

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I have forty days left. It is August 19th, 2020, and September has thirty days in it, so forty days. My ideal end day is September 30th. This allows ten working days to get printing done and deliver documents to the Doctoral school admin office. So,… / Read More

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I’m jotting down a few reflections on how you choose a topic for your doctorate. I think for many of us it isn’t as simple as ‘something I’m really interested in’, or ‘what I’m good at’, or ‘what I’d like to specialise in’. Care must be taken in your… / Read More

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This is a difficult stage, everyone says so. I’m deep into chapter five, where I outline in detailed terms how I went about analysis of data. In phenomenography this is a crucial aspect of the reliability of the findings. We don’t pursue ideas about… / Read More

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This post discusses an idea I’m working on as part of further implications arising from the PhD. The idea is the potential to develop learner experience variables data values that could be used to help machines see more complex kinds of learning experience… / Read More

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This post briefly describes my experience of using cases and classifications in NVivo, to help form categories of data. In my research I use phenomenography methods, but any qualitative analysis would benefit from this. I’m only a beginner, so probably… / Read More

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As part of qualitative research many of us end up with lots… / Read More

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This is another in the series of posts on analysis of data and finding clarity. I’d covered my floor with printout tables from a variety of papers to help conceptualise how I would achieve what I was supposed to achieve. I didn’t know what… / Read More

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This post is in a series of posts about simplifying and clarifying the analysis system. As I’ve moved forward, more clarity comes to light. How to actually define units of meaning (eg Reed, 2006, Marton & Pong, 2005) for the intended outcome… / Read More