Methodologies and Critical Analysis
Need to evidence in essay:
- Analysis and research
- Underlying logical, testable approach
- Be critical
- Know why I'm asking certain questions
Project needs a methodology
Define mine
How can I improve it?
How to evidence it?
Methodology: How am I researching?
Should be logical, systematic, structured and organised
Use the word:
M E T H O D O L O G Y
Evidence that I have reflected critically on various research methods and chosen the most appropriate ones
I need to be able to explain why I chose to research the way I did and explain why I argued something the way I did
Research
Questionnaires
Reading
Internet
Observation
Drawing
Reflective Diary
Scrapbook
Writing
Methodology: What tools I am employing and why
Be honest on blog about research
Understand the limitations of what I discover and try to achieve maximum validity of what that is
Thank about ways to think - put consideration into my methods
E.g. Blog my primary research which isn't questionnaires / interviews etc but is the practice, and the process of drawing, printmaking etc
My primary research will therefore be Qualitative, not Quantitive
What will I be able to discover with this? What can't I discover?
Highlight strengths and weaknesses of specific approaches
Use research question as a drive
Articulate my process
On my Blog and also in the introduction of my dissertation
This will be:
- Defending my methodological approach
- Talking through a breakdown of chapters
USE THE WORD METHODOLOGY
e.g. "The methodology is historical and feminist, and focuses on the writing of ....... because..."
Good to focus on one writer or source, and two or so books. This is a strong, precise approach.
Reference writers, theories, key texts and dates etc.
Critical Analysis
Choosing one method over another + evaluation
Be super critical
Looking at artists / designers etc is vital to the essay
Be critical with this too, not just text and quotes
Consider background, context, bias etc
Be just as critical of my own practice
Module demands synthesis
Need to involve my practice and be critical of this
Design decisions reflected against methodological process
Contextualise everything
E.g. book - who wrote it? when? political drive?
Everyone has a drive that colours their output
Being critical will help to develop the argument
Underpins dissertation
What do I want to say? What am I answering and how?
Have I got evidence?
T R I A N G U L A T I O N
Important
Pitting alternative theories against each other
Need to evidence in essay:
- Analysis and research
- Underlying logical, testable approach
- Be critical
- Know why I'm asking certain questions
Project needs a methodology
Define mine
How can I improve it?
How to evidence it?
Methodology: How am I researching?
Should be logical, systematic, structured and organised
Use the word:
M E T H O D O L O G Y
Evidence that I have reflected critically on various research methods and chosen the most appropriate ones
I need to be able to explain why I chose to research the way I did and explain why I argued something the way I did
Research
Questionnaires
Reading
Internet
Observation
Drawing
Reflective Diary
Scrapbook
Writing
Methodology: What tools I am employing and why
Be honest on blog about research
Understand the limitations of what I discover and try to achieve maximum validity of what that is
Thank about ways to think - put consideration into my methods
E.g. Blog my primary research which isn't questionnaires / interviews etc but is the practice, and the process of drawing, printmaking etc
My primary research will therefore be Qualitative, not Quantitive
What will I be able to discover with this? What can't I discover?
Highlight strengths and weaknesses of specific approaches
Use research question as a drive
Articulate my process
On my Blog and also in the introduction of my dissertation
This will be:
- Defending my methodological approach
- Talking through a breakdown of chapters
USE THE WORD METHODOLOGY
e.g. "The methodology is historical and feminist, and focuses on the writing of ....... because..."
Good to focus on one writer or source, and two or so books. This is a strong, precise approach.
Reference writers, theories, key texts and dates etc.
Critical Analysis
Choosing one method over another + evaluation
Be super critical
Looking at artists / designers etc is vital to the essay
Be critical with this too, not just text and quotes
Consider background, context, bias etc
Be just as critical of my own practice
Module demands synthesis
Need to involve my practice and be critical of this
Design decisions reflected against methodological process
Contextualise everything
E.g. book - who wrote it? when? political drive?
Everyone has a drive that colours their output
Being critical will help to develop the argument
Underpins dissertation
What do I want to say? What am I answering and how?
Have I got evidence?
T R I A N G U L A T I O N
Important
Pitting alternative theories against each other
Keep it SIMPLE
Key issues or questions
Logical progression
Loads of references and citations
Use a mix of small quotes / block quotes / paraphrasing
Secondary sources & historical, contextualise
Triangulate
All about evidence
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