Day 3 or 4• Review of Course logistics• Try out a carbon footprint measure• Literature review development: develop the

topics and title for the research projects using Card sort and graphic organisers

• Introduction to research concepts and processes

• P Confirm groups• RD confirm and assign topics for the lit review• RD confirm presentations

Topics and TitlesResource Depletion (RD) group – in small groupsCreate a title for a research

project that looks at • what resources are available

for the future?• what resources do we as

individuals use (what is our Carbon Footprint)? and

• what meaning would we make of the information about the above?

Create a list of things you might have to explore for this project `Carbon footprint measure

Practicum (P) groupsIn groups discuss what topics

of research interest you.Create possible titles Create a list of things you

might have to explore for this project

Topics-Themes-Title Imagine that we live on a lake

Some earnest believable people say that the water level is going to rise 2 metres permanently and shatter

our way of life

All around the world. How do we react? What would we do to understand the possibilities of

the future and our part in them?

What are the

solutions?Can we change

and adapt to a new way of being?

If we can’t, why

not?

Cardsort“Cardsort is a generic name for any process that uses

statements written on cards and has participants sieve, cluster, or rank ideas or statements” (O’Reilly , 2008)

“Cardsorts are especially helpful with ethnic and minority groups. In today’s increasingly multi-cultural world where the norming of standardised psychometric instruments beyond Anglo-Saxon western culture lags behind, Cardsorts offer another distinct advantage. Interpretations are not dependent on predetermined norms…”(Stevens, 2006:2)

Dennis O’Reilly – consensus cardsort

whanau futures cardsort

Cardsort stage 14 RD groups 7 per group – 2 Practicum groupsWrite your idea (topic) on a yellow ‘idea card’Practicum – you can write ideas about more than one

topic RD Write out each idea 4 times – your ideas have to go

to 4 groupsWrite neatly one idea per card. If you have more than

one idea use another idea cardWhen you have finished writing all your ideas gather all

the idea cards together and shuffle them.RD Create 4 identical packs of idea cards. Keep 1 and

give one to each of the other 3 RD groups

Cardsort stage 2• Distribute the shuffled idea cards equally amongst the

group• Cluster similar white idea cards into categories or

themes• Make sure that you all are in rough agreement

(consensus) with the categories created and the cards within each category – this may take some time and compromises will be needed. Categories with lots of idea cards may need to be broken into two or more categories. Idea cards could go into two categories

• Give a label to the category on a pink summary card and put this on top of the relevant pile

Create a title

Graphic organiser – mind map

Deconstructing our title

• Men’s movement – definition, participation, themes

• Direction – history, where’s it from?

• Development – where’s it going? Leaders, key ideas

• Aoteroa – NZ context, regions

What is a literature review?It defines the words in the title of your research projectIt analyses the underlying ideas and theories that are

suggested by the titleIt gives a sufficient background and/or a history of the

topic so that the context of the research can be understood

It describes the groups/populations that are most affected by the events and theories under examination

It analyses evidence from other research that supports or denies key theories related to the topic

Theme 1

Theme 1 Topic 1

Theme 1 Topic 2

Theme 1 Topics 1-4

Themes 1-5

All themes – all topics

Flexibility of Cardsort

Advantages• Adaptable • Inclusive process • Variety of ways to input • Open ended• Transportable• Cheap to run

Disadvantages• Takes time – about 2

hours• Groups tend to conform

to majority view• Depth of data

questionable

Accessibility of CardsortAdvantages Disadvantages• Helpful with ethnic and

minority groups - Cross cultural • Resonates with Maori• Useful method for hard to

reach communities • Enables engagement with

people who might otherwise be destructive

• Lower literacy demands• Sensitive to community

symbols and voices

• Groups tend to conform to majority view

• Doesn’t capture group dynamics

• Not able to quantify commonness of cards in a cluster

Comfortability of CardsortAdvantages Disadvantages

• Participants feel at ease• Non-hierarchical• Mitigates personal

issues• Useful for conflict

resolution

• Views change over time and may shift

Effectiveness of CardsortAdvantages Disadvantages

• Good starting point• Fosters authority over

self• Promotes Puawaitanga

(study, strategic thinking)

• Fosters synergy• Results generally

exceed expectations