5th Meeting with Supervisor (Pre-Confirm Seminar)

Date May 26, 2011
Time 15.30 - 16.50
Venue: Rm 202, Runme Shaw Bldg, HKU

Key points

- Attributes of an EdD candidate

1. poised to be "Mr Student Engagement", i.e. be conversant about the topic with sophisticated, logical thinking;
2. manageability of data/ able to handle complexity during the course of studies; and
3. being well prepared at the confirmation seminar (and beyond),i.e. anticipate what sorts of questions raised and articulate confidently.


- feedback on Proposal
a) make it focused/ narrow it down!!
b) what do I mean by "student engagement";
c) convince readers why the CCSSE has to be replicated; or the survey design should start from scratch;
d) will pilot studies be conducted;
e) show actual constructs and sub-constructs of the questionnaire
f) SE: behaviorial or affective? Thinking, working, or discussion?
g) Active or passive engagement?
h) has to produce evidence of engagement and learning, e.g. what students learnt from watching a Youtube video in class;
i)SE has to be measurable - e.g. fixed consultation hrs for facilitating student-teacher relationship?

- Options ahead
a) action research, e.g. setting things up to prove something?
b) interview success models, i.e. graduates being articulated to undergraduate studies;
c) trace the stories behind the CCSSEE/NSSE - how did that come out/ what I can learn from the sausage-making process;
d) Find out any other related studies/research based on CCSSEE (Can I replicate/ learn from it?)

Actions

1. write up a summary of the key points at the pre-confirm seminar.

2. revise slides for Gerry's review by 14 Jun.

3. read Dr Ki's feedback again carefully.

4. come up with questions anticipated to be raised in the 14 June seminar.

Possible questions:

1. What do you mean by student engagement?
2. Can it be measured and how?
3. Which aspect(s) are you going to measure?
4. How are you going to answer each research question?
5. How do you evaluate CCSSE?
6. Are you going to conduct a pilot study? Why or why not?
7. What are your interview questions? Any examples?
8. What will your survey look like?
9. How are you going to analyse (manage) data?
10. Why classroom observation? Rationale?
11. Which section of CCSSEE will be your main focus?

[Gerry, additional questions are welcome, thanks!]

Stay in touch,
P.

Meeting with Kokila Katyal

Date: 18 May 11 (Wed)
Venue: HKIEd

- Theoretical framework may guide the data collection and analysis/interpretations. It consists of:

a) understanding of literature;
b) various models successfully and unsuccessfully applied;
c) identify research gap

- Revised RQs:

a) What factors contribute to student engagement in learning at CC?
b) What is the relationship between student engagement and learning at CC?
c) How can student engagement be enhanced?

- Engagement in the literature has several manifestations - which is the conceptual definition that you want to use? This needs to be made clearer.

What do I mean by 'egmt' [affective + behavorial]? e.g. attendance
Am I referring to "actual learning", e.g. motivation?
Jeremy Finn
CCSSE (plus cultural context)

- You need to show a critical engagement with the research literature in the area in order to identify the gap (engagement in community colleges in HK) in a more intellectually focussed manner.

So what does it mean to me?

Next step:

- read more articles on SE
- ccsse.org