RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
A component of DMN 905 (Learning through Ministry Practice) prepared by William Badke (REVISED August 2011)
Introduction to Assignments
This course consists of five assignments.
Before you get into the assignments, please consider the following principles:
Developing a good research question or thesis is crucial to success. As you choose your topic, go over Chapter One and the Appendix of the textbook, where you will find good advice. Note that this course is not an introduction to social science research that involves human subjects, but to informational research that might form a paper in its own right or the literature review portion of a social science project.
Process is more important than product. This course majors on the development of effective and efficient strategies for research. As such, I want to know how you got to your results even more than I want to see the results. I need to be assured that you have grasped the strategies and that you are using them well. Thus you will often be asked to provide information on the methods you used to get the results you reported.
You are not alone. If you have questions, or even if you're just feeling uncertain or depressed, please contact Professor Badke at badke@twu.ca
Follow directions in your assignments exactly, not because your professor is a hard taskmaster but because proper learning demands that you pay attention to details. Just do everything step by step, and you should be fine.
Be prepared for a lot of feedback from your professor on your assignments. It is very important that you pay close attention to assignment feedback, because it is a large part of your learning experience in this course.
You will be asked to do a series of assignments on a topic of your choice. Normally, the best option is to choose a topic for which you are doing another D.Min. course, or to choose a topic that may be part of your dissertation project. If you cannot think of a topic, any below can be used.
The Abortion Debate
Causes of World War One
Martin Luther
The Euthanasia Debate
Homelessness
The Resurrection of Jesus
The Crusades
Anti-Semitism
Confucianism
Moral Development of Children
Philosophy of Bertrand Russell
Family Violence
Charlemagne
Issues Facing the Modern City
The Exodus from Egypt
The Environment
The New Atheism
The John Kennedy Assassination
Post-British Hong Kong
Kingdom of God in the New Testament
RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES A component of DMN 905 (Learning through Ministry Practice) prepared by William Badke (REVISED August 2011)
Introduction to Assignments
This course consists of five assignments.
Before you get into the assignments, please consider the following principles:
Developing a good research question or thesis is crucial to success. As you choose your topic, go over Chapter One and the Appendix of the textbook, where you will find good advice. Note that this course is not an introduction to social science research that involves human subjects, but to informational research that might form a paper in its own right or the literature review portion of a social science project.
Process is more important than product. This course majors on the development of effective and efficient strategies for research. As such, I want to know how you got to your results even more than I want to see the results. I need to be assured that you have grasped the strategies and that you are using them well. Thus you will often be asked to provide information on the methods you used to get the results you reported.
You are not alone. If you have questions, or even if you're just feeling uncertain or depressed, please contact Professor Badke at badke@twu.ca
Follow directions in your assignments exactly, not because your professor is a hard taskmaster but because proper learning demands that you pay attention to details. Just do everything step by step, and you should be fine.
Be prepared for a lot of feedback from your professor on your assignments. It is very important that you pay close attention to assignment feedback, because it is a large part of your learning experience in this course.
You will be asked to do a series of assignments on a topic of your choice. Normally, the best option is to choose a topic for which you are doing another D.Min. course, or to choose a topic that may be part of your dissertation project. If you cannot think of a topic, any below can be used.
| The Abortion Debate | Causes of World War One |
| Martin Luther | The Euthanasia Debate |
| Homelessness | The Resurrection of Jesus |
| The Crusades | Anti-Semitism |
| Confucianism | Moral Development of Children |
| Philosophy of Bertrand Russell | Family Violence |
| Charlemagne | Issues Facing the Modern City |
| The Exodus from Egypt | The Environment |
| The New Atheism | The John Kennedy Assassination |
| Post-British Hong Kong | Kingdom of God in the New Testament |