Georgina Knight BAPP Blog

This was a question that came up on one of the first zoom calls of this module and I am finally at the point in my own journey where I am ready to answer this for myself - what is the difference between methodology and method? Helen described the differences in the plain understanding of: Methodology - The approach you are going to take Method - How you are going to gather the data? What kind of approaches are there to research? Well one of the big ones here is that we are going to be doing Qualitative Research over Quantitative, I have an earlier blog about what Qualitative Research actually is, but now I am looking into what Methodology in the realm of Qualitative Research will I be using. Here are a few of the approaches I came across: 1. Narrative Research This research is used to form a cohesive story, or narrative, by way of consolidating several events from a small group of people. It involves running in-depth interviews and reading up on documents featuring similar actions as a...

So here we are, September 2020, not where I was supposed to be and yet exactly where I should be... Logged into Skype and anxiously anticipating my first call I had some time to reflect on how the journey I am about to embark on is going to be nothing like I imagined. I was supposed to be fitting my BAPP around my 6th cruise contract yet instead of relocating from Alaska to Hawaii I found myself relocating from the living room to our home office. It may not be as exciting but its not all doom and gloom, starting this course at home does have its benefits.  - I am grateful for the strong reliable WiFi connection - I don't have to panic as I watch my megabytes drain away before my eyes  - It's great to be in the same time zone as the scheduled call rather than trying to make a 7am Skype co-exist with the carnage that is breakfast in the crew mess. It's safe to say I had absolutely no idea what to expect from this call and I feel like I came away with even more questions that ...