Joining the Dots: Piloting the Work Diary as a Data Collection Tool.
Joining the Dots: Piloting the Work Diary as a Data Collection Tool.
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连接点：试点工作日记作为数据收集工具。
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2012
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Jennifer C Duke
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Jennifer C Duke
本文描述并分析了教育研究项目中一种数据收集工具——工作日记的试点。在纳入更广泛的研究项目之前，研究人员开发、试点并定性评估了数据收集工具的可行性。由于更广泛的研究项目将在包容性教育实践中进行和调查，围绕工作日记的开发和试点的流程和设计与包容性原则保持一致。本文提供了关于该试点作为有价值的研究实践的重要性和相关性的反思和经验教训。它还提供了关于研究人员的重点准备的具体讨论，以克服与工作日记的使用及其在教育研究中的实施相关的一些限制。具体来说，进行试点的目的是 1）确定研究合作伙伴对工作日记的使用的想法和感受； 2）确定实施前需要对工作日志及相关流程进行哪些改进和/或改变。试点结果证实了关于使用乳制品的好处和局限性的更广泛的研究评论，主题为 1) 目的、2) 形式和易用性以及 3) 参与者准备和支持。全面的预先规划和设计过程的好处超过了局限性。工作日记是一种有用的数据收集工具，可以根据更广泛的研究项目的需要记录繁忙的学校团队的活动。日记的使用就像将儿童绘画活动的点连接起来，以揭示复杂的互动图景。背景
This paper describes and analyses the pilot of one data collection tool, the work diary, for an educational research project. Before inclusion in the wider research project, the researcher developed, piloted and qualitatively assessed the feasibility of the data collection tool. As the wider research project will be conducted in and investigate inclusive education practices, the processes and design surrounding the development and pilot of the work diary were aligned to the principles of inclusivity. This paper provides reflections and lessons learnt about the importance and relevance of the pilot as worthwhile research practice. It also provides specific discussion about focused preparation by the researcher to overcome some of the limitations associated with the use of the work diary and its implementation in educational research. Specifically, the pilot was undertaken to 1) determine what research partners thought and felt about the use of the work diary; 2) determine what improvements and or changes needed to be made to the work diary and related processes before implementation. Findings of the pilot confirmed wider research commentary about the benefits and limitations about the use of the dairy under the themes of 1) purpose, 2) format and ease of use and 3) participant preparation and support. The benefits of comprehensive pre-planning and design process outweighed the limitations. The work diary was a useful data collection tool to record activities of busy school teams as required for the wider research project. The use of the diary was likened to joining dots of a children’s drawing activity to reveal a complex picture of interactions. The background