11 weeks left

Where did February go?? I find revising this schedule a good reminder and kickstart of all there is left to do. Not to mention everyone here keeps asking when the thesis is due...and the date is getting closer.

Revised Timeline (Sunday evening deadlines):

Week of:

March 6 – write researcher perspective (coming clean on biases), article review and summary (3), study conduct AND LEFT OVER FROM PREVIOUS WEEKS THE FOLLOWING: notes on methodology from Lincoln & Guba, summarize remainder of printed articles, Refworks all relevant documents, have initial discussions with sample participants, prepare and print invitation letters and consent forms, mailing envelopes, write statement of research problem/opportunity, research questions (whys), study limitations/delimitations, need or significance, tell RK/DK about editor.

March 13 – schedule interviews, transcription, research methodology details (data collection, participants, site, data analysis, reliability and validity), article review and summary (3), literature review research and confirmation of direction (check Creswell's book).

March 20 – schedule interviews, transcription, introduction – background (what, why, outline theoretical framework, context),

March 27 – analyse interviews, coding, clean up anything not finished yet for analysis purposes [am at environmental education workshop most of this week]

April 3 – results and findings, outcome – descriptive first then specific to research questions, think about tables and figures

April 10 - follow up to interviews, transcriptions, results and findings

April 17 – discussion and conclusions re findings – hear the voice, summary of study, findings, interpretation of data, conclusion, implications, recommendations, need for future research

April 24 – write/edit

May 1 – write/edit

May 8 – write/edit, APA, references

May 15 HAND IN DRAFT

OK better crack on 'er...