10th Meeting with Supervisor

Date June 7, 2013 Time 17.30 - 18.30 Venue: Rm 422, Runme Shaw Bldg, HKU Key points - set deadline for chapters draft (and for Gerry's review) - What's my thesis? e.g. social economic indicator, family or social background, income level - stick to only one thesis, instead of a couple. For instance, a study by Professor Chou Kee-lee of the HKIEd showed that in 2011 48.2 per cent of 19- and 20-year-olds from the wealthiest 10 per cent of families were enrolled at university, compared with 11 per cent of those from families with incomes less than half the median level. Overall enrolment rates in university and non-degree tertiary courses were nearly 80 per cent for the rich and 41 per cent for the poor. - Finishing my dissertation is like building a tower: The hypothesis goes hand in hand with Lit Review; Indicator -> Hypothesis -> conceptual framework - Is the survey a good tool to prove my hypothesis? If not, adjust the tool! - assess the validity of the tool, ie. Did students understand the questions? - obtain the profile of students via the survey, cf CEDARS report - ask if students work full or part-time - how long do they travel from campus to home? - student's ethnicity, e.g. South Asian - students married with kids? how much time devoted to take care of kids? Actions: 1. Next time bring along a recorder, instead of jotting down notes; 2. for next meeting, print out a copy of the original CC Survey and the adapted one with highlighted changes; 3. Send Gerry the complete version of the questionnaire (with highlighted changes)and thus finalize the questionnaire; 4. Present my hypothesis, backed with Lit Review & Conceptual Framework; 5. Prepare a total of 10 slides, including 1 slide for Hypothesis, 1 Problem Stmt, 2 Conceptual Framework, 3 Lit reviews, 2 data analysis; 6. To be met in one month later. PS As I have to bring a group of students to Queensland for a 2-week English excursion, I will meet Gerry, probably in mid- or late July. Pls note.