Blog 8

Statement of purpose (what you hope to show/discover)

Detailed statement of your research question

List of the information you need to gather

A preliminary list of sources

Plan for gathering your information that includes:

·         who/what you will be studying (for example:. students in a College Composition class, how they think about the comments teachers write on their papers)

·         where you will collect your information (for example:. in interviews at Kean University)

·         how many subjects you will study (for example:. 3)

what methods you will use to conduct your study (for example:. interviews, textual analysis, discourse analysis)

Statement of purpose
This study will examine the social acceptance of student loan debt in the U.S.

Detailed statement of your research question
Why has taken out loans to pay for education become a social norm in society?
Why is it socially acceptable to accrue immense debt to attain a degree?

List of information you need to gather
Look into;
Power structures
Student identities, what it currently means to be a student
Effects of loans on;
Picking school, picking major
How debt delays normal life processes like getting married, having kids, buying a house.

List of sources

Plan for gathering information
Interview 3-5 students on their current knowledge of their loans
-who told you to take out a loan
-how was it said, addressed
Survey students on how debt affects their lives