Assessment assessment - part 7 May 6, 2005
Posted by Andy Roberts in : ultraversity , trackback
The Questions
You approach ideas about research critically – eg logical positivism (although I thought this could maybe have been explained a bit more?)
I should probably disregard the above question mark. The fact is, I exceeded the word count for just about every section, and it’s pretty much a stock phrase in these assessments to say “I would have liked a bit more about this, you could have explained more about that” but they never say what they want a bit less of in order to make room. My discussion of the differing philosophies which can underpin research is contained in the first part of the Appendix, and continues for 614 words. It’s in the form of a dialogue and if the other person involved had deigned to respond then it may have continued a bit further, which brings me to the related question:
When you discussed your own philosophical stance, you said you may have made some mistakes but no one seemed interested. What do you mean no one? It just doesn’t seem to fit with the rest of your tone.
No one would mean nobody, but that’s another misquote. My actual words in the report in question are:
I tried to make explicit my own philosophical stance and how it differs from anti-positivism through a dialogue in the Ultraversity community (see appendix1). I felt sure I had made one or two mistakes but nobody was interested in exploring the ideas any further at the time so I shall have to return to it later.
“nobody was interested in exploring the ideas any further” means just that, no response, nil reply. Possibly they could have been put off by a reply from the same Learning Facilitator who wants more explanation now, but at the time warned everybody:
A note of caution to anyone reading this thread and thinking they have to know this stuff for their assignment - you don’t!
Yes, that’s exactly what I mean by nobody was interested in the exploring the ideas any further at the time. Next question….
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