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Things to do w/c 26 August

26/8/2013

For this week:

Block dates out in my diary for September and October
Start to collect next set of questions for Sian
Continue adding tags to old blog posts
Re-read Dissertation Handbook with a view selecting which section to focus on - perhaps methodology
Read the paper that Sian sent on creative critical analytical practice
Order a copy of Sian's book with McAvinia and Land chapters in
Continue thinking and collecting ideas for dissemination, particularly videos while they're fresh in my mind

I don't have as much flexibility/time available for study for this week so it's going to be a challenge to achieve all of the above.

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Things to do w/c 19 August

19/8/2013

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Back into more structured study-mode after a couple of months (ouch!) of creative, thinking, holiday and work time:

Transfer and write up ideas from iPad that I collected on holiday
Work up notes on ideas I had earlier today on the drive out to Balerno
Collate all the paper material I've collected and write up/expand any outstanding written notes
Write up my notes from my last meeting with Sian
Tidy up or create a new place to collect or bookmark (or just make a note of) resources I need to read
Go back and add tags to early posts on this blog (in fact, that'll be quite a lot of posts)

I'll be doing well if I get all of this done.

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Plan for this week: looking through data

20/5/2013

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Step 0: Background preparation

Read through Robson's guidance on qualitative interview data analysis
Read through the relevant part of the dissertation guide to remind myself what I'm supposed to be doing

Step 1: Saving and reading

I'll save clean copies of each transcript and print each out.
I'll read three times through each of the seven interview transcripts.

Step 2: Reflecting on emergent themes in relation to research questions and literature

I'll look back over my research questions.
I'll think about common themes that have emerged from the transcripts, particularly in relation to the research questions. I won't get bogged down by looking at non-directly relevant information, however interesting it is.

Step 3a: Synthesis

I'll put the common themes into some form of grid - paper or digital, probably the latter. I need to get the column titles right before the second part of this step...
I'll add the relevant sections/quotes from each interview into the relevant columns.

If I manage all this, I'll have had a really effective week, dependent on the quality of the emergent themes. Next week I'll try and draw some conclusions.

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