Sunday, February 3, 2008

DETAILED PROPOSALS - 15 QUESTIONS

For a detailed proposal, you will need to identify the following:

1. Topic Area
2. Proposed title, question, hypothesis
3. Teacher approval granted, in principal?
4. Principle texts (if text based study)
5. Reason for choice
6. Academic context for this study (similar research, relevant theory, named theorists)
7. Institutional context for this study (industry focus, other texts for comparison, named practitioners, relevant theory, issues, questions)
8. Identify the audience context for this study (audience profile, access to audience, potential sample)
9. How will the 4 key concepts be relevant to your study (audience, institution, forms and conventions, representation)?
10 Potential research sources (secondary): secondary academic books and websites, secondary industry books and websites, secondary popular criticism. Please identify specific examples you have come across.
11. Potential research sources (primary): audience reception research, your own content/textual analysis etc
12. Modifications agreed with your lead teacher
13. Potential limits/obstacles/problems?
14. Teacher concerns
15. Teacher approval

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