You might do a participant observation as you teach a series of lessons to a group of students or keep track of the interactions among your colleagues in faculty meetings. In any event, the principal source of data should be the field notes you take during and/or after each observation. Feel free to do some interviewing and document analysis to supplement your observations.
The written product will be a paper of 10-15 double-spaced pages based on at least five observations. Your paper should include the following elements: a) an introduction which offers an overview of your study and presents the argument you are making; b) a brief review of the relevant literature; c) a description of the research setting and your methods of data collection and analysis; d) a presentation of your major findings supported with evidence and analysis; e) a discussion of your findings in light of the extant literature; and f) a conclusion that offers implications rooted in your data and/or reiterates your major points.
This is a non-participant observation field study about learners learning through Zoom classes, I will attach a video link and some Q&A as interview scripts. The setting is all students are currently working as teachers who are enrolled in the educational leadership program, you will watch the video-recorded part of different classes, you need to observe students’ engagements and write this paper. the videos did not record the chatting section, but it is quite active, students are chatting something about learning materials, sometimes about personal and sharing some interesting things, but all went through the whole class, mostly coming at the beginning of the class or something just triggering the interest. You will develop arguments about engagement through Zoom learning and themes around the arguments.
I will upload two samples and Q&As. Keep me posted once you have done the notes about the video, arguments, themes, and plan of writing, so we can discuss it.
