Thursday, October 18, 2007

New research question

I attended a Thesis Proposal Writing workshop on Saturday. I was trying to do too much in my last question and I needed to narrow thing down more. If I may try out my new research question:

Which adult learning theories are of the highest impact when we align the teaching methods of the ancients (Socrates & Plato) to the teaching methods of the 21st century?

I am still a bit broad but the areas I had previously were too WAY too big. This way I can bring in some samples of Plato and Paul if I need to and I can focus on only 1-2 adult learning theories.

From AM: The next idea is how we examine these constructs- either in a qualitative way or perhaps a mixed design - very exciting!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Lori,
This is Rebecca, thank you for your kind comment on my blog this afternoon. I'm curious how you found it? You are the first person from the outside world (not in our class) to have posted on my blog...good luck with your thesis project, it looks like you are studying philosophy? And applying it to instructional design?
I am sure that something wonderful will come out of this....isn't it amazing how technology allows us to mix the very ancient with the very modern (like, a digital version of the Hammurabi Code, or an online class for learning hieroglyphics?). Thanks again for your kind words,and best of luck to you as you pursue your studies.
Rebecca

Anonymous said...

Hi Lori,
That's interesting about the google alerts.. I am learning something new every day.
What do you think you will do your thesis about,and how did my post relate? Glad to be of service,
R