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Name:
Tomasz Andrykowski
Date
of submission: Tutor group: CSE2
Action
Research Proposal (1250 words? )
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Overall
feedback from tutor
pass / referred
(also
see comments provided on the text)
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Working
Title: Should Prison Officers Be Allowed To Go On Strike?
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Number
of words
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What
is the focusof
the research?
I
would like to find out what’s the view of different groups of
people on this case. I want to make sure that all of this research
will be with a variety of people with different views as well as
from different background for example prison officers, teachers or
the public like myself.
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53/50
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Rationale
for the research,
why is the research important to you as a Future Public
Servent?,What are the big ideas and issues the research
addresses?(this
section needs to be underpinned with references from appropriate
sources)
I’m
really interested with this question on this case because after my
education I would like to become a prison officer so this will be
my everyday life. This question for myself is very interesting
because I have on my own different views on this case as at one
moment I think that yes the prison officers should be able to go
on strike but on the other hand I think that this would be
unacceptable to happen because prison officers have to be inside
the prison taking care of the prisoners as someone has to keep
them under control and make sure they are well because although
their right to freedom has been taken away, they still have other
human rights like right for a clean drinking water, food and care.
The prison officers are there for a reason therefore they should
not be able to go on strike but on the other hand they do have the
right to strike so I’m really unsure on whether they should be
able to go on strike or not. This question is very important for
me and I believe for many other people especially working in
public services like the prison service because it has to be very
clear on whether the prison officers should be allowed to go on
strike or should they not be allowed to do it as they could have a
very big problems if this is not clear for them, for the
government and for the public.
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251/400
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What
is the aim
of the research?
The
aim of the research is to find out what people think of this case.
I would like this research to help me make a right decision on
what I think on this case, whether the prison officers should be
allowed to go on strike or should it be banned for them as right
now I have mixed feelings and have different thoughts on it.
What
are the research
questions
being asked?
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75/50-100
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Methodology:
what is the methodological approach you will be using and why is
this useful to you as a future public servent? (this
section needs to be underpinned with references from appropriate
sources)
Mostly
I will be using the internet to research my topic of whether
prison officers should be able to go on strike or not. I will
mostly use the internet for my research as its very large and
contains loads of useful information’s about many different
cases. I’m pretty sure that there were other people before me
interested in this same case asking the same question that I have
to ask which will be very helpful for me as this will help me to
gather more information’s about this case and therefore get a
much wider view on what different groups of people think of it. On
the internet I can find information’s from many cities and
countries therefore I will not have any comments that could be
biased making my research and the outcome very reliable. To
support my internet research I will also carry out other methods
which will be for example interview at least 3 prison officers in
the local prison, interview with my public services teacher who
used to be a prison officer for couple of years as well as online
internet surveys on different social websites.
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191/150
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Data
collection methods:
explain how you will collect your data. Justify the data
collection methods you have selected. (this
section needs to be underpinned with references from appropriate
sources)
To
get the right information’s needed for my research project I
will not be able to only get my point of view or of other peple
around me as the research have to have a much wider view therefore
I will need to collect data and answers as well as points of view
of a large group of people from a different background as well as
of different age. I will be using a wide selection of methods to
collect the relevant information’s that I need to know for my
research project. I will need to book an appointment in the
nearest prison available with at least 3 different prison officers
and I will be interviewing them to see what they think of this
case and what do they have to say about this question. I will also
interview one of my public services teachers who used to be a
prison officer. My last method will be an online survey to collect
the different points of view from different people from the
internet. I will also carry out a research on the internet to see
whether this case have been discussed before and if it was then
what were the outcomes of it.
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203/150
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Arrangements,
Access and Ethics:
Describe what arrangements you have made to carry out your
research and for data collection with special reference to any
ethical issues you will face or are aware of. (this
section needs to be underpinned with references from appropriate
sources)
I
will need to book an appointment in the HMP Risley Prison which is
not far from my house which is a good thing, I will try to arrange
at least a 3 meetings with 3 different prison officers to make
sure that their point of view is not biased. I will interview them
and record all their answers in my notepad for later reference. I
will also try to interview one of my public services teacher who
is an ex prison officer to see what he thinks about this case, I
will also have to create couple of different online surveys over
the internet to get the points of views from different people.
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114/100
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Data
Analysis:
explain how you expect to undertake the analysis of your data?
What is the process you will use? Then provide a few bullet points
to illustrate what you think will be the main themes to emerge
from your analysis at this stage.
First
of all I will need to interview the people that I want to
interview, collect all the necessary information’s from the
internet, books and other sources then I will need to take all the
information’s, go over everything again to make sure I have all
the important things that I need to include in my research
project, make sure that none of my interviews or the information’s
that I found are biased or wrote by narrow-minded people. I will
then make notes on them, bullet point everything and make sure I
have a valid plan of actions on how to start, structure and end my
project.
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107/100
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Reflection
/ self evaluation:
explain what you have learnt so far in relation to setting up a
piece of research, what have been the challenges and barriers you
have faced? What are you looking forward too? What are your
concerns at this stage in the process
This
is my first research proposal ever therefore I was quite nervous
at the start of it but now its much better. When I got told that
we will be doing a research project I was not happy at all because
I thought that it’s going to be very difficult and not
entertaining for me at all. When I started setting up the research
project I did not know what question I want to ask in my project,
I did not know how to start it and I really was in trouble of
doing anything about it. After I thought of the question I want to
ask and started to plan what I want to do I thought that it might
not be as bad as I thought as I will only be doing the internet
research but then my public services teacher told me that it would
be very good and beneficial if I could go to any local prison to
speak to couple of prison officers, interview them and find out on
what they think about this case. At first I thought that I do not
want to go to the prison to interview some strangers as I’m
sometimes really shy if I don’t know someone therefore I thought
that this is not going to happen but then I thought that yeah it
will be very beneficial for me as well as for my research project
and that I will probably quite enjoy interviewing those prison
officers because I’m really interested in prisons and would like
to be a prison officers when I finish my education. I’m now
really positive about this research project and I hope it will
come out great and that I will enjoy it loads.
Word
Count
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291/200
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References:
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