CMN 3103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Participatory Action Research, The Sociological Imagination

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 3103
• Professor: Rukhsana Ahmed

Document Summary

Learning outcomes: to understand the role of the sociological imagination in identifying research topics, to discover common sources of inspiration for research topics, to learn to develop researchable questions based on a topic. Personal experience as a source of research ideas: research topic ideas often come from a researcher"s personal experience: everyday life, difficult circumstances, or unexpected events, research topic ideas can also come from a researcher"s professional experience. 2: for instance, sociologists often find their experiences as professors to be a good source of research ideas and may also conduct research on the practice of teaching, pedagogy, and learning. Serendipity as a source of research ideas: sometimes there is no rhyme or reason to how researchers stumble upon their research topics, they discover them by accident, perhaps by a chance encounter or meeting. Hanging around to find a research topic: related to serendipity is what we sometimes call hanging around or.