Reflection towards a unifying theme (write answers on a separate piece of paper):
What have I learned:
• About my general topic (student debt, kids playing video games, costume design, eating disorders, stress and college students, runner’s culture, Pakistani immigration, designer knockoffs, online genealogy sites, college mission trips, child abuse in third world countries)
• About the much more general issue (economic conditions in America, technology, self-esteem of teenage girls, the world of fashion design, sports psychology, theories of immigrant assimilation).
• About the people I interviewed
• About the places I observed
How am I different/changed by this study?
Brainstorm a possible theme(s). These themes will direct what you do and don’t include
Three reasons in support of this theme from your secondary sources
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One reason against from your secondary sources
Three reasons in support of this theme from observations/interviews
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One reason against from observations/interviews
Three Reasons in support from personal reflections
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One reasons against from personal reflections
You will want to test this theme (and perhaps quality it) through more research.
Three interview questions to ask about this theme and/three things to watch for as you go on future site visits:
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Three things to research at the library
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