Ideas for COP essay

I quite like the idea of talking about globalisation and how our country is better for having things from all around the world. this also goes for animation like we have Pokemon which is anime like Japanese but Americanised so its all mixed and brought into our culture. But there are also down sides like our country is not our country anymore.

COP 2 lecture-what is research

process is more important than the outcome
research is what i do when i don't know what I'm doing

primary research-developed and collected for a  specific purpose to solve a specific problem. it hasn't existed before
secondary research -data that already produced but for a different reason
quantitative- generated numerical data or data that can be converted into numbers.
qualitative research- describes events people, not statistical nut about perceptions or views.

information is something that has been processed from data.
information should be sufficient, relevant, useful,

knowing that (there are 50 people in the room-you can't count it)-theoretical
knowing how (know how to do something)-practical
knowing where (knowing a place or a person exist)-contextual 
between theory and practice you form a synthesis. 
paradigm shift- when you believe one thing for a while then later on something happens and your belief changes
what is there to study? ontology
how can we know about it? epistemology

ontology- philosophical analysis of what is or can be known
theoretical analysis of facts properties and process that forms knowledge
the conceptualisation or categorisation of existing knowledge and what can be known.

epistemology- the philosophical analysis of the scope and nature of knowledge and how we can know something
the theory of knowledge and how it related to concepts such as truth believe and justification
distinguished between knowing and acquaintance knowing that and knowing how.

how do we study it? methodology
methodology
how will you find out what you are looking for
identifies who will be involved and how
specifies how you will turn source material into evidence
consider how you will generate
methodology approaches-what do i do
 literature review
case study
longitudinal survey
ethnography
experimental
action research
activity theory
techniques-how do i do it
interviews
observation
questionares
drawing
making
recording

once you have decided on this and come up with data you have to process it to turn it into information
evaluating, reflection, justification, claims,inferences, application, communication

what do it show?
what does it mean?

decide when you are going to stop researching and start doing

the purpose of your research should be formulated into research question


start with what you already know
identify what you want to know more about
plan how you are going to find out about it