As teacher practitioners, you have the privilege and responsibility of choosing a research question of focused interest and passion to pursue over
two semesters. This capstone experience will challenge you to think beyond the boundaries of the usual graduate class assignments and course exercises to engaging in your own learning quest that is designed, generated, implemented and narrated by you. In the process you will begin to
own your research direction, focus and motivation. Since you may be pursuing different research questions, you must begin to trust yourself, your experience, your expertise in acknowledging your creative learning processes and not comparing yourselves to each other as much as challenging yourselves to do your best.
SECTIONS
INTRODUCTION
What I wanted to know (research question) and why it is worth knowing, including reference to reading that has helped bring me to this point in my thinking. This leads to your research question.
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
RESEARCH DESIGN & DATA COLLECTION
ACCOUNTABILITY & ETHICS
What I have done to share this information with people to whom I am accountable.
What I did to answer the question.
DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION
What I found out. What I think this means, including relating this project to my vision of myself as a teacher researcher.
IMPLICATIONS
What I will do with this, including new questions and where this takes me next.
REFLECTIONS
What have I learned in this research process about myself, my teaching and learning? How have I been changed in the process? How has my teaching been changed as a result?
REFERENCE LIST
Provides alphabetical list of document sources used in research article for identification and retrieval purposes. References cited in text must appear in the reference list. Personal communication is NOT included in the Reference List.