- Between weeks 8 and 14, each student should provide a weekly reflection (500 words) on the data you have collected to date.
- What data did you collect?
- What is your initial impression of the data?
- How have the data you have collected this week changed/progressed your thinking about your research project?
- What challenges did you encounter while collecting the data?
- What are your next steps?
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Research Portfolio
This week I collected data from 6 students with differing backgrounds, who all currently attend an elite US college/university. One male, African-American student who identifies as middle class and attends Georgetown University. One male, Latino student who identifies as upper-middle class and attends Princeton University. One male, Asian-American student who identifies as middle class and attends Claremont Mckenna College. One female, white student who identifies as upper class and attends Stanford University. One female, Asian-American student who identifies as middle class attends Middlebury College. And finally, one female white student who identifies as upper-middle class and attends New York University. It will take too long to transcribe each interview here, but a few of the questions that I asked are as follows: How do you identify politically? Do you hear opposing viewpoints at your college? From students? Professors? Administration, even? How do you tend to form your opinions on certain issues? Have you ever felt hesitant to speak your mind? Why?
This week I also began an outline/structure for my paper. I will begin with a two-part introduction. First, an introduction to the current political, educational, and social climates in the US, followed by a section devoted to the historical relationship between education and politics. This will be a crucial portion of the paper because it sets the contextual stage for the rest to come. I still have more work to do to structure the rest of the paper, but it was a good start.