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Great developing ideas here, and thank you for that other reference. I looked it up and located it, though I am not clear if it were a white paper, conference paper, publication, or something else. Where is it from?

Been looking for more of your English writing, so glad to hear it is coming.

I have found that the more academic blog work I do, the more I “put myself out there” with work and thought I am still developing. I do not wait until it is perfect and finished, as then I will not have the opportunity to get feedback to help me to develop my ideas a bit better. That is what I am doing with this research, as well as the previous module coursework. I started this during my first course at Lancaster, and found more benefits with it than I ever imagined. I encourage you to try this, even by keeping names, specifics, and other confidential information shrouded. For example, while I am speaking about this project and expect to talk about it here as I am collecting and analyzing the data, I simply will not give anything that will be traceable back to my participants, nor will I mention anything about which I am uncomfortable or otherwise i appropriate to share.

As a for example, I am still working on my research design, and have made numerous changes to it just since the comments on the last few postings. They have helped me understand my thinking, and this process helps me produce stronger research.

As to paradigms, I used to be a positivist for many years, and as I was struggling from there to a constructivist (or post-structuralist even?), I wish I would have been blogging then, as the feedback would have been very helpful.

Looking forward to continue chatting about these items . . .

Jeffrey