Tuesday, 4/1/2011
This was the first class of the semester as a Masters student. I felt quite nervous because the classmates were all new to me. But thank God, knowing that Dr. Izaham will be the instructor for this course made me felt a bit calm as he had taught me twice during my degree before. I am glad at least I see familiar faces in the class.
As for the first class, after a short ice-breaking session, Dr. Izaham explained what the course is all about. As its name suggests, I know that this is a research class, where we need to learn all terms and things related to research. I had had this course during my degree, but I am sure that this class will cover more in-depth about research methodology. The assignments for this course include article review, group presentations, test, and the biggest portion of marks will be on the Research Proposal. We had a little introductory lecture on what research is all about. As mentioned by Dr. Izaham, research is a diligent search that uses scientific investigation and study to discover facts. We do research when we want have identified a problem and wanting to find the solution for it. Or maybe we want to test some theories or maybe we are just curious to know about something which is pertinent and contribute to the respective field.
Overall, I am glad that we have this course at the first semester because it will be very helpful for us in doing our dissertation later on. This exposure to research methodology will aid me to understand more about how to analyze the data as well as the methodologies used in research. I hope I can gain as much knowledge and information as possible from this class and I am looking forward for Dr. Izaham’s lecture next week!
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