Research proposal submitted.

I have defined my topic of research, drafted a research proposal for consideration, and submitted said proposal; only awaiting approval. However, before I begin to gather my data from interviews, observations, and surveys I need to conduct some research on the again from published sources and confirm the overall viability of the topic, and if focus is appropriate. Nonetheless, I feel this subject matter will get approved with the proposed guidelines I’ve outlined, and who knows, it might take me to completely unexpected circumstances/places/results.

Friday, January 23, 2009. Weekly progress report: Research project.

Personally, there has been an interest in “identity development” within academia; therefore and as experiences have often shown, I would like to conduct a set of comparative studies of North American tutors identity development, in contrast to, tutors who speak/write/read English as their second/third/fourth language(s); drawing particular emphasis on academic and societal growth in and out of university grounds.

Research papers in academia have changed from being a case-sensitive portion of scholastic achievements, to a mandated (almost mechanical) duty performed by students to - not achieve - but rather complete a requirement and receive their degrees in the long run. The research paper, oftentimes, (assigned by professors) does not provide the student the ability to further their opinion and become true scholars.