Term Paper
The scenario for the term paper is that the course participant (ME) is applying for a research grant, as part of which he is required to submit a project description, focusing in particular on methodological issues. The project description should be no longer than 8 pages, including foot-/endnotes, but excluding bibliography and cover page.
• Accepted fonts: Times New Roman or Arial • Font size: 11 • Page margins: 1 inch (top, bottom, left and right) • Line spacing: 1.5
The project description should contain:
– a brief introduction to the topic and relevance of the research project
– a concise and workable research question
– a brief theoretical discussion, i.e. a discussion on the theories that the proposed research draws on and contributes to
– a brief statement as to the originality/contribution of the proposed research, referring to the state of the art of the existing empirical literature in the field
– a thorough discussion on the advantages of the chosen methodological approach, motivating why a qualitative design was chosen in the first place
– some reflection on the reasons why other qualitative methods are less useful (where appropriate/relevant)
– a brief discussion on the expected research findings
I was thinking that I am sure the teacher would like to see that I am applying for a research grant that has to do with my profession: a kindergarten teacher.
N.B. KEEP IN MIND ALL THE 4 ASSIGNMENTS YOU HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN FOR ME.
If I could give you a hint on the term paper topic I would say: Teaching Creatively and Teaching for Creativity. This is my philosophy in my kindergarten. I always teach in a creative way so that I can motivate and engage my kids but I also like to teach them Creativity because it is very important to be creative in every field in today’s society. I do not mean creativity that manifests itself in the arts or drawings but in everything, we do in life. YOU DECIDE WHICH TOPIC, THIS WAS ONLY A HINT. In case you need material on creativity I can send you many articles.
