The on-line session with Module Three's today focused on QUESTIONS.
How do we develop questions in order to open discussions around an area of interest (our research inquiry) rather than to 'get' specific answers?
We talked a little about unpacking what the question is really setting out to do and the danger of making assumptions within the question. What is the research question actually doing in terms of positioning your research inquiry? How do we avoid 'closing down' possibilities of our research through a lack of consideration in our questioning?
Georgie spoke about re-visitng her research inquiry question, following her feedback discussion, and will blog a little on this in relation to the talk she caught by Liz Lerman and how this might feed into the notion of re-visiting, re-forming, revising questions for perhaps interviews. Alyshia will also talk on her blog about the importance of care in wording questions.
Gonzalo shared his experience of conducting interviews during the conversation and will blog about devising questions in light of the people he is interviewing.
In a similar way Eleanor spoke about some initial interviews she is conducting and will talk more about less direct approaches and 'letting questions breathe' rather than shutting them down to specific answers.
Hannah's blog will look at gathering data - where to begin, how to approach this, what are we asking in this process?
If you can all add your blog addresses in the comments here that would be great!
There were several phrases I noted as we spoke, as people shared their thoughts today - and some responses...maybe these will offer some more things for you to consider further in relation to developing your own inquiry:
'being specific with what I am asking' - have a focus within your area of research!
'hoping to get the answers I am looking for' - if you know the answers you want do you need to even ask the questions?
'trying to get quotes for my writing from answers to my questions' - asking questions is more than seeking to extract
'trying to find all the relevant bits' - how do you decide what is relevant?
'noticing what you find is important' - knowing your question (having unpacked it at the start) in order to know what is important (valuable, relevant, probing) to it
Asking a question is not about getting an answer ...
What are your thoughts?
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