Please see below for the revisions to this assignment in the light of the current context.

If you were planning to collect data but were unable to, or if you feel your data was compromised by the current context (for example you collected in a rush, or children were unsettled), you will extend your literature review and use current research and reading to address your question.   You will still complete a proposal and ethics form as if you were going into school

This means the order of your presentation will look slightly different:

  • An introduction – a slide which explains your research question, why you chose it and what the current context is in terms of curriculum/policy/research.
  • A section about your project – two or three slides which describes the school context, explains your research design, what data you would have  collected, how you were going to collected it, how you planned to address ethical issues and why you chose to approach your research in the way you did.  You will need to refer to academic reading about ethics and methodology in this section.
  • Literature-based discussion 5 or 6 slides – In this section you will analyse relevant and current research findings and scholarly work and use these to explore your research question. You will not be expected to reach any definitive conclusions but you should demonstrate engagement with ideas, issues and themes that you were anticipating might have been highlighted by your data. You will show that you understand how the question you are asking fits within the research context – this might include a section which highlights the significance of the research you were planning to undertake.

You will provide a statement about the literature you chose to look at and why for example:

  • “ I have reviewed the literature from the UK in relation to primary schools teaching of guided reading since the introduction of the literacy hour in 1998 when guided reading became widespread in schools.  This literature includes looking at government policy,  independent, peer-reviewed, research by academics and educators and larger funded projects by charities and other bodies.”

 

Part of this might lead you to be able to provide a clear justification for the importance of the research you wanted to undertake – why it is important.

  • A conclusion – Here you will draw together the arguments you have seen in the literature and reiterate why/how your research would make a ‘contribution to knowledge’ in this area and you will consider what the implications are for your practice.

 

  • A slide for your references

 

If you know you will not be able to collect data in the planned timeframe, you should use the above revised guidance – but still complete a proposal and ethics form as if you were going into school.