1/ Lit review on environment information curriculum at the university level - key themes/authors/what's been done andwhat's missing?
2/ Deliver a 15 minute lesson for my pedagogy seminar class - the lesson will be video recorded and critiqued
3/ 5 page research proposal (draft) - The proposal will identify a significant problem/phenomena, review the relevant literature, and discuss the significance of the study to the field (does it contribute new knowledge or inform practice?).
The third assignment is most challenging because I don't a clear research question. I have many ideas, and the more I read, the more confused I feel! However, I lift this assignment up to God and I ask Him to help me develop a research project that is significant, interesting, and fruitful! I am thankful for His help in the past, and I know He will guide me through my doctoral studies and research.
A few of my own ideas:
- Phenomena to observe: how humans construct knowledge from new information
- Theories: George Kelly's personal construct theory, Ausubel's assimilation theory, Dewey's constructivism
- Significance of study - new knowledge about information seeking
- Measure - impact of new information (current knowledge to change of knowledge)
- Treatment - information
- Observe - difference between groups or over time
- Potential question - is concept mapping an effective tool to measure knowledge change?
- Does concept mapping help in focus formulation (stage 4 in Kuhlthau's model)? - see Gordon 2000
- Do ____ experience the information seeking process as described by Kuhlthau in her model? (PhD students, NGS editorial staff, university faculty)
Now it's time for me to step back and do some processing. I'm going to the library now to pick up a few books about these above-mentioned theories.
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