Learning Reflection – Research Methods

-I know it’s not necessarily required for this course, but I would like to have at least a general idea of my terminal research topic by the end of the term.

I definitely have a really good starting point now, and I feel very eager to move onto the next step.

-Talking with Meredith about the logic model methodology made me realize that I don’t know all that much about different methodologies. I would like to expand my understanding in this area.

I still don’t feel like I know enough about methodologies, so I will try to fill in this information during my research reading. 

-I would also like to learn a sort of “best practices” for conducting academic research in this field. My undergrad degrees were both literature-focused, which made conducting research somewhat straightforward. AAD walks the line between “academic” and “professional” and I’m interested to see how that manifests in research.

The interesting thing about the arts management field is that it is so broad that “best practices” don’t really seem to exist specific to the field. After hearing about the research of many AAD faculty members, if became clear that everyone approached things differently. Still, I feel like I do have a better handle on how to conduct research well.

-I have an idea of a lot of different research methods, but I would like to know actual names and categorizations for them, even if it would only serve to give a better elevator speech about my topic in the future.

I’ve definitely learned about a lot of different methods, and I’m sure I’ll come across many more.