I was going to do a survey to generate a profile of teacher epistemologies, but seeing how the available instruments seem to be culture-bound, if not in some way flawed (cf. Schommer), maybe I need to do some exploratory study first to generate categories and test existing ones in the local context. Grounded theory, they call it.
So which way do I go? Quanti or quali? My supervisor advises that I should do both. Both?! The study is due in March next year! Oh well, let’s see how it goes.
I spent all day poring through the literature, and I have far from a comprehensive grasp of what’s out there. Why can’t scholarship be simpler?
Tomorrow I have to start crafting the proposal already. “Work in progress.” That’s the only way to think of it. And not lose sanity.
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