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Nazareth Catholic College Yr 11 into 12 Seminar Day. Research Project- Designing a Research Process Conducting Ethical Research. Ethical Research. All research conducted must be – Manageable (time, money, etc) Ethical Safe Ethical Research – Guidelines for Students – SACE Board Policy.
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Nazareth Catholic CollegeYr 11 into 12 Seminar Day Research Project- Designing a Research Process Conducting Ethical Research
Ethical Research All research conducted must be – • Manageable (time, money, etc) • Ethical • Safe Ethical Research – Guidelines for Students – SACE Board Policy
Research Process • Once you have identified your Research Topic, you need to design a Research Process – a method for doing your research. • No two Research Topics will have the same Research Process.
Research Process • Start by breaking your Research Topic into manageable sections or small questions to be answered. • You may have to repeat this several times through the course of your RP – new information will lead you to continually revise your Research Topic.
Research Process- Example How does a Near Death Experience alter a person’s life afterwards? • What is a NDE? • What form do NDE’s take? • Who experiences NDE’s? • What impact does an NDE have on a person’s life after the event?
Research Process - Example What is a NDE? • Books • Journals (especially Psychology and Medical journals) • Search the Internet
Research Process - Example What form do NDE’s take? • Books • Journals (especially Psychology and Medical journals) • Search the Internet • Survey with NDE survivors
Research Process - Example Who experiences NDE’s? • Books • Journals (especially Psychology and Medical journals) • Search the Internet • Survey with NDE survivors
Research Process - Example What impact does an NDE have on a person’s life after the event? • Books • Journals (especially Psychology and Medical journals) • Search the Internet • Interview with survivors • Survey
Example – What issues arise? What is a NDE? • I plan to research this by reading some books especially ‘Life after Light’ by Dr Raymond Moody and ‘Tricks of the Brain’ by W Penfield. I also plan to do some internet searches and look at firstly university websites and also medical sites as well as sites by people who have experienced NDE’s.
Example-What issues arise? What form do NDE’s take? • I will research this also by looking at secondary sources – books and websites, but also by going on the Near Death Experience Survivors (NDES) website and asking if members there will do a survey that I have prepared. I might put the survey on my Facebook page as well.
Example- What issues arise? Who experiences NDE’s? • I am interested to know if it is just religious people who experience NDE;s or if non-religious people do as well. I am also eager to know if non-christians experience NDE’s. My cousin told me about a spiritualist church made up of people who believe that they can talk to deceased people. I am going to attend one of their services and ask them to ask the spirits what it’s like to die and see if the experiences match up.
Example – What issues arise? What impact does an NDE have on a person’s life after the event? • I am going to interview my 12 year old next door neighbour about the NDE that she had after a bad car accident last year and how it has changed her life. I am also going to go up to Queensland in June because there is going to be a NDE conference held there specifically about life after an NDE. I should get a lot of good information from that. I am also going to the home of a man called Tom who kindly invited me to his house to interview him after seeing my request on the NDES website. He set me a text (I posted my mobile number on the site) with his address in Norwood and said that I could come on a Thursday between 10am and lunchtime.
Research over these holidays • Safe • Ethical • Manageable