Week 4

Open topic.

I would like to begin by saying thatI have learned a lot in such a few days. I am not an expert,nor can I say that I fully understand the different research methods, yet I have a much clearer idea of teh different approaches to research.
There is hope for me then, in understanding that research is not all about scientific methods.
Yet, cerdibility is important and I also understand the importance of replicability.
It would be "more" useful to make research with results that could be replicated for further studies.
Yet, some cases are unique. And replicability is not of much use as education changes from decade to decade.

As we said in class, what was useful data in the 70's might not usable in the 80's, and so on through the other decades. Schools are always changing. Students change, populations change and teaching methods change. Researchin education, in order to be valuable, must change with the times.

Unlike Scientific research where once you know what an atom is, that will neverchange and will always be useful to future generations of researchers.

I would trulyenjoy conducting a case study or several case studies related to specific problems of education in Puerto Rico.
All I've read so far regarding educational research has to do with schools in the United States. Sometimes I cannot quite place myself in a position where I truly understand, for I can not identify with the position of the researcher nor the position of the researched. Studies about cultural diversity and equality in US schools are not very similar to the situations in Puerto Rico. We are not immigrants so those kind of studies are not that reliable either.

It would feel good to contribute to educational research that would be significant in Puerto Rico. After all, that is the environment and setting where I will be going back to.