Design Research Methodology - Critical Review
Ashila Putri Sandi (0332938)
Design Research MethodologyAugust-December 2018
Project 2: Critical Review
Continuous Assessment – Research (30%)
Research Brief
At this stage students need to utilise secondary data to support their study. Secondary data can be obtained by using relevant literature and reviewing them critically, contextual and in relation the research problem.
Requirements
Students are to:
1. Select relevant secondary sources such as publications and online journal articles
2. Write a summary and critical review about each source
During weekly tutorials, students must present their progress through
PowerPoint. An individual tutorial feedback form will be filled by the lecturer and students to record the students’ learning progress.
Duration
Briefing: Week 4, Deadline: Week 7
Submission Format
Digital submission in e-portfolio blog, CONVERTED TO PDF.
Assignment Goals:
1.Students to identify relevant sources of secondary research.
2.Students to examine the relation of the research materials to the research problem.
Experience
From this assignment encountered some obstacles while I was doing it. First, it was hard for me to actually find literature that related to my topic of interest. It was not because my specific topic, it was more because of the lack of knowledge of finding the right article/journal. I needed to look through a lot of different sites and there were a lot of titles that I thought could be useful for my research but I couldn’t be able to access it. Thus, I needed to be patient and keep searching for the article/journal or even books. Although there were a lot of books that I could borrow from the library, Ms Jinchi preferred journal article because the next task was to make a critical review about those chosen article related to our research. Second, for the critical review, I had some trouble making the summary of each one of the articles because some of them consisted a lot of pages that I didn’t even understand unless I read it one by one carefully. Moreover, there were a lot of example of critical review that I found on the internet, and from previous seniors. Because I didn’t have much time to read all of the articles, all I did was scanning the pages, read the abstract first, then go through each paragraph and look at the method and skip all the way to the conclusion. Despite of my lack of experience in writing, I managed to finish this assignment and read again some articles that I found interesting.
Observation
I observed that research skills are really important for this module. I need to be aware about this subject and do more research about research methodology. I can’t just rely on the lectures that our lecturer provide us with. I need to explore and dig deeper.
Findings
Time management is really important for this module. I need to be more punctual in doing my assignments and research. I need to stop procrastinating and ask people if I don’t understand about something. Moreover, I gained and learned a lot of new things from this module. Although I encountered some obstacles while doing this project I think it would be beneficial for me in the future. Also, I am looking forward to do this research and hopefully ready for another challenge and solving problems.
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