I've done heaps, but there is still so much to doToday I will read and edit my draft of chapter 1. I think I like it better this way. Its much shorter, the language used is simpler and gets it to the gist of the problem in 2 paragraphs. The whole thing has changed from about 15 pages to 4 pages. I'll edit it this afternoon I think, while Nina sees Ros. Then I'll pass it on to a supervisor for feedback- one of the eight times they mentioned. Sigh...
I edited all of the CD I am working on last Friday. It was lovely to see my name there as an instructional designer. I s'pose the students who use it, may in a bored moment, wonder who I am and get annoyed that I helped create the instrument of their torture :)
I also finished all my
human ethics reports on Saturday afternoon. I think I am finally getting the hang of it again. Its such a relief.
I also have to check with admin about extending my scholarships and degree because of interference caused by the accident. I'm glad I have 2 annual reports that say I was making such good progress on my PhD- in case I need some proof. March and the due end date for my degree and funding are looming fast. My supervisors think I need a further 8 months. I thought about 6 months. Who knows? I'm in touch with the Disability Liasion Office for support on it already.
Tomorrow I am going to write a human ethics application for reuse of data. That way I can validate the instrument Walt developed and I have refined.
Then it will be back to the dissertation yet again. I want to read heaps, renew my loan of a text, and start drafting Chapter 5. I can refine Chapter 1 at the same time (I hope).
Supervisor meetingWell I'm back to drafting Chapter 1 for the 2 hundred and fifty-ith time. They said it take another 8 or so drafts. At a meeting yesterday I sussed what is happening- maybe anyway. As my Supervisor's get more experience supervising PhD students they learn stuff. I was talking to another PhD student who has submitted. Her thesis was returned for correction, and some of these are things I am now being criticised for. As they learn, so Supervisor's criticise and yes- the Uni has no flaming right to inflict supervisors who don't know what they are doing to us. The money thing is really scaring me too and I am having so much trouble with Chapter 1 this new way. And then I can't work out how to/whether to focus on health and family and money versus the PhD or the reverse. I guess I negotiate as things come but its so hard.
Anyway the first 2 sections of Chapter 1 are drafted. Once its done I'll send it for comment. Then maybe I'll feel a lot happier.
Chapter 4 drafted and data entered!
Well its been a rough few weeks but all of the data is finally entered into
Excel and
QSR. I've printed it all too, just in case I need to deal with it manually. On all of the interviews I have commented if there's anything interesting or anything that supports my thesis. I finished entering data yesterday. It felt so good!
I finished drafting Chapter 4 last week but I need supervisor input to go much further. We have a meeting scheduled for Monday and I've prepared a draft agenda because its so hard to keep track of everything. I am really hoping for some feedback on Chapters 1-3 too, but maybe they will devise a plan to deal with correcting it instead.
Today I went through the web to try and find some top up funding so I can finish the thesis. I found a couple of things and I'll check them out next week I guess.
