Research – Research & Creativity for Education and Linguistics

Setting up a research topic

Some students often ask supervisors and early career researchers to give them topics for their PhD theses and master dissertations. When students do not have what they have asked for, they may become upset. In this blog, I shall explain that we set up a topic and do not choose, as topics are not ready-made.Continue reading “Setting up a research topic”

Research impact

Here in this blog I briefly present some thoughts about research impact. I also should further explain what I said about the significance of the study in the previous blog (check this out: https://wordpress.com/block-editor/post/researchandcreativity.home.blog/121). Significance to research is understood as the research contributions that one may achieve, and refers to the possibility of extendingContinue reading “Research impact”

The research proposal

The research proposal is an integral part of the Research Degree (PhD) application process. Hence, it is worth investing time and energy to ensure clarity and effectiveness in your proposal. Research proposals are evaluated on the cost (time and money), the potential impact (significance to research and to practice), and rigour (the plans for carryingContinue reading “The research proposal”

Using the internet as a research tool

The use of internet in research has been reportedly on increase. Different approaches have been taken by scholars to expound how the internet as a medium of interaction can be useful in research, including researchers within the fields of education and linguistics. The interaction that is mediated by the internet is identified as ‘computer-mediated communication’Continue reading “Using the internet as a research tool”

Data visualisation in research

“A picture is worth more than thousand words.” Maybe you are asked to demonstrate some complexity (not complication) in your research, and that complexity is achieved by being creative and innovative – for example, using or adopting a concept or a method by crossing the boundaries of the discipline. Writing clearly as well as visualisingContinue reading “Data visualisation in research”