I am working hard on my draft but I am struggling a
bit. I just had meeting with Katie which
she was having with me right after she had met with Roland to discuss my
framework. I just don’t get what they
are talking about! L I still struggle with the use of dependent
and independent variables. Those words
are foreign to me. Roland suggested some
changes to my TF that I'm trying to understand but it sort of feels like square
peg round hole – like I'm completely changing the paper to fit what I THINK
they want. Even after reading what those
variables mean I can’t see how they apply to my paper. It seems like they are more for primary
research. I am considering removing them
from the framework altogether and changing things. I think I will make a new one. 
Also, In the tutorial R&E were discussing “coding”. I have been working on the premise that
coding is supposed to identify consistent themes. I understand themes and I see them
emerging. Even after googling coding I'm
still a bit confused. I already asked in
class and the answer wasn’t clear but I wasn’t going to waste the whole
tutorial time on what appeared to be my lack on understanding.
I'm also struggling a bit with the format of this
course. It seems way more geared towards
people doing primary research. There was
a requirement last term to have an REB submitted – something you don’t need for
secondary research. There is also almost
no guidance for people doing secondary research. No one can explain how its different from a
lit review except to say that in a lit review I read what other people think
and then I form an opinion of what I think based on that. I collect their ideas and share them with
some of what I know. I create links
between the themes. One link I am
finding is that PBL doesn’t appear to be used in any application yet without
having some other theory supporting it.
This probably indicates that bits and pieces of multiple theories are
the way to go. Sort of like walking
through a grocery isle full of candy and getting to fill your bag with bits of
each one? Maybe a bad analogy but that’s
what I'm feeling right now.
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