When I think of Research...
This was a great course on training individuals the
importance of research and how to conduct research. Going into these course and
has taken research course before I found out you could never learn all the
importance of research. My ideas of nature changed dealing with research by
having a clearer understand. I can say that I am not the most effective
researcher but I have learned many different techniques on choosing a research
question, developing hypotheses, and the steps that needs to be taken when conducting
research. The lessons I learned when planning, designing, and conducting
research is making sure you choose a topic of interest. Make sure that the
topic you chose to research is useful to yourself as well as others. I also
learned it takes time and consider that amount of time you are willing to spend
when conducting research. One of the most challenging things for me is getting
started. I have such a passion about early childhood and children that I couldn’t
figure out what interest me the most. Choosing one specific topic had me at a
pause from the start. Ones I research the issues in early childhood it helped
me to choose a focus that I was interested in because I am working with many
children who living in poverty and receive help for their children to attend a
quality child care center. Ways my perception of an early childhood
professional has been modified from taking this course is seeing the hard work
we do to enhance the effectiveness of the field. The studies that are being
conducted everyday take time and the preparation is doing through hard work.
