Sunday 25 March 2007

RDC1

I have recieved feedback on my PhD registration. Few changes to be made but all in all I am happy with the feedback. I have been asked to clarify some points like how many participants I will use for the research. I will be using 90 people in total, 30 participants from each group with a total of 3 groups.I also have to add references to my methodological section and redraft my outcomes. Hopefully all this will be sorted by the end of May, then I can get into the design of the weblog. I am also at present looking into the philosophy of social research. This is so I can build the theoretical framework for my project. I will hopefully start writing the method chapter of my thesis. I have had a look at other thesis that have been submitted in Psychology and none of them have a designated method chapter, I have had a look at Paul's Thesis which I might just use as reference. I will be going to Keele as well to check out the style of writing a thesis. This is all so that I can know what depth to go into the philosophies as there is a lot of information on the subject and it just gets more and more confusing. I will update you soon on what I have read so far .

Friday 9 March 2007

Supervision Meeting 10

Supervisory Meeting for Nothando Ngwenya on the 19th of March 2007 at 11:15am in Paul Kingston’s Office

Present: NN, PK, SM

1) We had a discussion on the feedback we received for the RDC1 proposal. Overall the results were not too bad. Few changes were requested as follows:-
· To include the key theoretical contribution to the aims.
· To appropriately reference the methodological discussion.
· To link the aim and objectives to the expected outcome of the project.
· The number of participants anticipated for the research.
2) The response or changes to the RDC1 have to be submitted by Wednesday the 11th of April 2007 for Chair’s action
3) We then discussed the Independent Peer Review which was a bit disappointing as the ethics application was deferred and has to be submitted again. Some of the points/ issues brought up for change or clarification were as follows:
· Why the research is using weblogs, their relevance?
· What forms of weblogs will be utilised?
· Why are the three separate groups being used for the research?
· What aspects of the weblogs might be examined?
· Direction of interviews and questionnaires – what areas they will cover?
4) The response or changes to the Independent Peer Review (IPR) will be resubmitted and the next meeting is on Wednesday the 4th of April 2007
5) I was then advised to continue reading on the philosophy of research for the method chapter.



Things to do by next meeting

1) Make the necessary changes and re-submit the RDC1 and Independent Peer Review.
2) Continue reading on the philosophy of social research.

Friday 2 March 2007

Friday

Its Friday
Yes, yes, its Friday once again the weekend is upon us and I still have no plans. How sad is that? Jokes its all right. I have a few plans for the weekend. Nothing interesting otherwise you would know about it by noe. Lets see today I have to finish reading the articles I have on Therapeutic writing and the practise on Endnote. I am glad I have managed to learn how to create a library and I have actually saved some references in the Library. For those not clued up with thi, endnote is a pogram that allows you to search bibliographies from databases online and organise your references. This makes it easier as you have docmentation of all the papers you have read and those that you may want to refer to. At the moment I have all the references I need for Therapeutic writing. Now all I need to do is learn how to categorise my library. I have just created one library as this is advisable to reduce confusion which is a 'favourite hobby' of mine, if you get my drift. But anyway hopefully this will help. I will practise more over the weekend and maybe finally get to categorise my library and get more references. I might go down to the library as well and make copies of some articles from Thompson. We'll see. I am also planning to go to Church this Sunday, I have been loafing for a long long time. Anyway I will let you know if I do