From the first time I realized that I would be taking a research class until now, I had one topic in mind. I wanted to research any topic on "Brain Development". What was I thinking? The problem with this topic is that it is such a broad topic and is very difficult to narrow down to just one subtopic. I have spent the last week trying to decide which direction to go with this and have even thought of changing to a topic more realistic. After searching for the subtopics and found nothing, I decided to make a slight change to one of the topics and began the search again. When those articles began to pop up, I can't tell you the joy that I felt.
Actually, I know that had this problem because even my subtopics were too broad and had to be broken.
I realized this by reading Chapter 2 in out classroom text book, Doing Early Childhood Research, 2nd edition where it talked about the practicalities of deciding what is a workable research question. It tell you to simplify questions, make it workable and appropriate. "Breaking up a complex area into a series of smaller areas and questions is good discipline for any researcher." (Naughton, et. al. 2010) I feel that I am on my way to being a researcher!
Reference:
Naughton, G. M., Rolfe, S. A., Siraj-Blatchford, Iram (2010) Doing Early Childhood Research International Perspectives on Theory & Practice 2nd Edition.
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