CJFS Research 3712, Week 1:

Mission and Overview

1) Take inventory2) Share expectations3) Frame the course4) Offer some challenges

Tasks: grow ideas, get book, and surfhttp://research3712.weebly.com

Contact Info1. Name

2. Phone #(s)

3. Email

4. Interest/Post-schooling Plans

5. Unique to help me remember you

6. “Research”~…

77 in May because…

What is “Research”?Action / Process: think trial or investigation; Scientific Method seven steps

Qualities: Research is social, systemmatic, and useful

Research Process1. Pick topic or ?

2. Review literature

3. Use theory

4. Choose methods

5. Get tangible evidence

6. Analyze

7. Share / advise

* Point: Stats is NOT an instant thing

Course Goals1. Demystify research: take away its awe

2. Appreciate research: realize its role and value

3. U2 research: Use and Understand it

Purposes of Research

1. Explore

2. Describe

3. Explain

4. Evaluate

Learning and Teaching are Best When There is… :

•Joy

•Engagement

•Relevancy

•Curiosity

Learning Should Be Joyous

• “When we learn with pleasure we never forget.” Louis Mercier

• "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." Albert Einstein

Engaged, Active Learning is Best

• "Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body." Sir Richard Steele

• "Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand." Chinese Proverb

We Must Relate and Apply What We Learn

• “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• Stats are good only if they “…are matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean and where they lead.” Norman Cousins

Learning Requires Curiosity

• "Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse." African Proverb

• "To every answer you can find a new question." Yiddish Proverb