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Blog #8

Fatima Muhammad                                                                              April 21, 2020 BLOG#8                                                                                              ENG 5002                                                                    The area of my research proposal that I am having the greatest difficulty and it is causing me a pause.             The area that I am having the most difficulty with is the literature review.   Thus far, I was able to find some articles that relate to my research question.   However, I’m having a pause because I’m not sure of the procedure.   Do I first make my statement and then find supportive literature?   Or do I first find the literature and then add my support to it?   I’m not sure how to implement the information into my research proposal.               I may be able to overcome this difficulty by reading other literature reviews.    This will give me the opportunity to actually se
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Blog #10 Why did I choose this topic and will it have an impact on society?

Fatima Muhammad                                                                                          April 13, 2020 Dr. Nelson                                                                                                        ENG 5002 Blog #10 Why did I choose this topic and will it have an impact on society? My research question: “When offered as a therapeutic tool, can writing poetry uplift, encourage and rejuvenate the single mother?             When we were given this assignment, my first thought was to do a project centered on poetry.   I write poetry. I consider myself a thriving poet.   Then I thought, “How can I make the poetry useful?”   I wanted the words to have a purpose.   I started writing poetry when I was in the seventh grade, if I remember correctly.   I have always loved to read and write poetry. And during that time in my life I wrote poetry simply because I loved it.   But as I grow older writing had a different purpose for me.   Writing became
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Blog # 9 What is Phenomenology?

Fatima Muhammad March 30, 2020 Dr. Nelson ENG 5002 01 Blog #9 Response to: Phenomenology Research Overview An Introduction to Phenomenological Research A Phenomenological Research Design Illustrated Phenomenology is a qualitative research method.  During the philosophy movement of the 20th century Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl, a German philosopher, established the school of phenomenology.  “The historical movement of phenomenology is the philosophical tradition launched in the first half of the 20th century by Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean-Paul Sartre, et al.” (Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)  According to the CITR, Center For Innovation in Research and Teaching, “A phenomenological study attempts to set aside biases and preconceived assumptions about human experiences, feelings, and responses to a particular situation.   Therefore, phenomenology can be defined as the direct investigation and description of phenomena as
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Blog #5 “An Autoethnography on Learning About Autoethnography"

Fatima Muhammad                                                                                March 22, 2020 Dr. Nelson                                                                                               ENG 5002 My response to: “An Autoethnography on Learning About Autoethnography" By Dr. Sarah Wall About the Author Sarah Stahlke Wall, PhD Education: PhD (Sociology), University of Alberta 2011 Masters of Health Services Administration, University of Alberta, 1997 BScN, University of Alberta, 1986 Career: Dr. Wall is a Sociologist and an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta Experience: As part of her doctoral studies she completed a two year fellowship in Qualitative Inquiry at the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology.    And she became the Educational Director of that program. Dr. Wall has co
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Post 4 My Response to, “An Introduction to Discourse Analysis”

Fatima Muhammad                                                                                             March 16, 2020 ENG 5002*01 – Post 4                                                                                    Dr. Nelson My Response to, “An Introduction to Discourse Analysis” My Response “Discourse Analysis: Making Complex Methodology Simple” Discourse analysis, “It means that the research methods should provide us with the powerful mode to cover the dynamics of IS implementation, and give us the opportunity to conceptualize assumptions of the users embedded in the discourse on IS implementation.” (Bondarouk and Ruel) For my research project I will conduct research on how autistic students to relate to writing poetry that they will write.   My empirical research will be based on the four components of IS implementation: task, people, structure and technology.    My task will be to observe how autistic students, (people), are effected by the poetry th
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Blog #3 “How to Do Case Study Research” and "Building Blocks”

Fatima Muhammad                                                                                March 2, 2020 ENG 5002*01                                                                                       Dr. Nelson My Response to: “How to Do Case Study Research”, by Donna M. Zucker and "Building Blocks”, by Charles Nelson “How to Do Case Study Research”, by Donna M. Zucker How to Do Case Study Research: Before reading this article I was unaware of the different types of case study, with different features and different.   “According to Bromely (1990), it is a “systematic inquiry into an event or a set of related events which aims to describe and explain the phenomenon of interest” (p. 302)   (p. 1) When I read that definition I interpret case study research to be a way of investigating a matter.   The investigation must have guided questions with a goal to collecting data that provides an understanding of a certain matter.   The research must be purposef
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My Response to, “Grounded Theory Methodology”

Fatima Muhammad                                                                              February 23, 2020 ENG 5002*01                                                                                      Dr. Nelson My Response to, “Grounded Theory Methodology” According to sociologists, Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss, popular theories, of 1967, did not lay a foundation for the emergence of new theories.  They became frustrated and developed a new theory called, “Grounded Theory Methodology.”  Their new theory enables the researcher to, “move from data to theory, so that new theories could emerge.” (pg. 69)  New data will not be achieved if the researcher does not move from data to theory.   Grounded theory methodology is essential to producing more modern and accurate research.    The following hyperlink provides access to video that is narrated by Dr. Gerben Mooreman, that offers an introduction to Grounded Theory,   https://science-network.tv/grounded-theory/ . My
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