I am so excited to be conducting research on a topic that I got introduced to but didn't have time to really find out a lot of information about. The topic that I chose is immigrant children and their families. My subtopics are immigrant families and language barriers, immigrant families and access to quality child care and immigrant families and unauthorized immigrants parents. I am still in the process of coming up with a question, but I am trying to decided exactly what I want to ask.
The reason I chose this topic is because I live in a city, Austin that has a increasing number of immigrant families. I the subtopics that I chose are barriers that I see immigrant families are facing. As my community strives to end the barriers, I still see that the barriers are present.
When I was going through the simulation process, I tried to think about a topic that I was really interested about. I am a person who gets bored very easily, so I wanted to choose something that was going to keep my interest. During the simulation process, I created a brainstorming web. I started out with the topic that I was interested in, which was immigrant families, and then I made a web of topics that I wanted to learn more about. This is how I created the subtopics. The next step for me is to create a central question that is linked to my topic.
Research has always been a foreign concept to me, but I am learning so much in just a couple of weeks. I use to think that reading research was so complicated, but learning the process, is really making it easy. As I move forward I continue to learn tips about research, and I am actually finding job in the process.
Hi Cierra,
ReplyDeleteI really like the method you took to come up with your topic. This is a great topic that needs more research. I look forward to following your progress in the next six weeks.
Alysse
From Crista Kirkendall...Hey Cierra! Great working with you in another class. I think this is a great topic since we did a lot of learning on this topic in our last class. A great start at least. I can't wait to see where you go with it since it is a very current topic in education!
ReplyDeleteHi Cierra, A lot of immigrant families and children have problems fitting in here in the country with trying to keep up with their culture and not knowing whether to trust foreign teachers with their children. They deserve to have high quality education as well but it can be hard for them. Great topic!
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