Mrs Shapland
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Where do you see the lines (or not) between ideology and research methods? How does one “choose” and evaluate perspectives and research as an academic?
March 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Where do you see the lines (or not) between ideology and research methods? How does one “choose” and evaluate perspectives and research as an academic?
Hi Paul. Just starting out on my MA so this is a genuine query. Used your work a lot when I did my CTeach.
When I attempted an MA before one our first tasks was to look at the political bias of journals & how even research methods are politically weighted. Here’s my query 1/2
When I attempted an MA before one our first tasks was to look at the political bias of journals & how even research methods are politically weighted. Here’s my query 1/2
March 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Hi Paul. Just starting out on my MA so this is a genuine query. Used your work a lot when I did my CTeach.
When I attempted an MA before one our first tasks was to look at the political bias of journals & how even research methods are politically weighted. Here’s my query 1/2
When I attempted an MA before one our first tasks was to look at the political bias of journals & how even research methods are politically weighted. Here’s my query 1/2
Read that last year. It was but not in the way I expected. Would be interested to know your thoughts when you are done with it… I could t decide what I thought about it.
September 10, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Read that last year. It was but not in the way I expected. Would be interested to know your thoughts when you are done with it… I could t decide what I thought about it.
Yes. Exactly. I forget why we moved from CAT to CEM (happened about 7yrs ago)…. I think because of the level of big data and VA analysis you get.
August 31, 2024 at 7:18 AM
Yes. Exactly. I forget why we moved from CAT to CEM (happened about 7yrs ago)…. I think because of the level of big data and VA analysis you get.
Yes. And again in year 10. CEM gives verbal, non verbal and numerical reasoning scores which generates predictive data for subject outcomes.
August 31, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Yes. And again in year 10. CEM gives verbal, non verbal and numerical reasoning scores which generates predictive data for subject outcomes.
Value added is my personal and professional benchmark, cross referenced with headline figures and pastoral knowledge. We use CEM as our VA benchmark as it’s a standardised scoring system. headline figs are important as we have had zero or very low non pass figs. Pastoral = SEMH awareness.
August 30, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Value added is my personal and professional benchmark, cross referenced with headline figures and pastoral knowledge. We use CEM as our VA benchmark as it’s a standardised scoring system. headline figs are important as we have had zero or very low non pass figs. Pastoral = SEMH awareness.
One of my ancestors is the reason Lavenham church has little/no stained glass, very few carvings &a musket ball hole in the ceiling … 17th C professional fanatic and vandal in the name of Puritanism
August 27, 2024 at 6:12 AM
One of my ancestors is the reason Lavenham church has little/no stained glass, very few carvings &a musket ball hole in the ceiling … 17th C professional fanatic and vandal in the name of Puritanism