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Day 3 or 4• Review of Course logistics• Try out a carbon footprint measure• Literature review development: develop the
topics and title for the research projects using Card sort and graphic organisers
• Introduction to research concepts and processes
• P Confirm groups• RD confirm and assign topics for the lit review• RD confirm presentations
Topics and TitlesResource Depletion (RD) group – in small groupsCreate a title for a research
project that looks at • what resources are available
for the future?• what resources do we as
individuals use (what is our Carbon Footprint)? and
• what meaning would we make of the information about the above?
Create a list of things you might have to explore for this project `Carbon footprint measure
Practicum (P) groupsIn groups discuss what topics
of research interest you.Create possible titles Create a list of things you
might have to explore for this project
Some earnest believable people say that the water level is going to rise 2 metres permanently and shatter
our way of life
All around the world. How do we react? What would we do to understand the possibilities of
the future and our part in them?
Cardsort“Cardsort is a generic name for any process that uses
statements written on cards and has participants sieve, cluster, or rank ideas or statements” (O’Reilly , 2008)
“Cardsorts are especially helpful with ethnic and minority groups. In today’s increasingly multi-cultural world where the norming of standardised psychometric instruments beyond Anglo-Saxon western culture lags behind, Cardsorts offer another distinct advantage. Interpretations are not dependent on predetermined norms…”(Stevens, 2006:2)
Cardsort stage 14 RD groups 7 per group – 2 Practicum groupsWrite your idea (topic) on a yellow ‘idea card’Practicum – you can write ideas about more than one
topic RD Write out each idea 4 times – your ideas have to go
to 4 groupsWrite neatly one idea per card. If you have more than
one idea use another idea cardWhen you have finished writing all your ideas gather all
the idea cards together and shuffle them.RD Create 4 identical packs of idea cards. Keep 1 and
give one to each of the other 3 RD groups
Cardsort stage 2• Distribute the shuffled idea cards equally amongst the
group• Cluster similar white idea cards into categories or
themes• Make sure that you all are in rough agreement
(consensus) with the categories created and the cards within each category – this may take some time and compromises will be needed. Categories with lots of idea cards may need to be broken into two or more categories. Idea cards could go into two categories
• Give a label to the category on a pink summary card and put this on top of the relevant pile
Deconstructing our title
• Men’s movement – definition, participation, themes
• Direction – history, where’s it from?
• Development – where’s it going? Leaders, key ideas
• Aoteroa – NZ context, regions
What is a literature review?It defines the words in the title of your research projectIt analyses the underlying ideas and theories that are
suggested by the titleIt gives a sufficient background and/or a history of the
topic so that the context of the research can be understood
It describes the groups/populations that are most affected by the events and theories under examination
It analyses evidence from other research that supports or denies key theories related to the topic
Flexibility of Cardsort
Advantages• Adaptable • Inclusive process • Variety of ways to input • Open ended• Transportable• Cheap to run
Disadvantages• Takes time – about 2
hours• Groups tend to conform
to majority view• Depth of data
questionable
Accessibility of CardsortAdvantages Disadvantages• Helpful with ethnic and
minority groups - Cross cultural • Resonates with Maori• Useful method for hard to
reach communities • Enables engagement with
people who might otherwise be destructive
• Lower literacy demands• Sensitive to community
symbols and voices
• Groups tend to conform to majority view
• Doesn’t capture group dynamics
• Not able to quantify commonness of cards in a cluster
Comfortability of CardsortAdvantages Disadvantages
• Participants feel at ease• Non-hierarchical• Mitigates personal
issues• Useful for conflict
resolution
• Views change over time and may shift