The project was designed mainly to provide us with the opportunity to explore various possible research areas of specialization and choose those which are compatible with our own unique skills, knowledge, personalities, and interests. The areas in which we will enjoy working as prospective professional researchers.
This project was composed of the following three components:
Component 1
Supervised by: Dr Martin Terre Blanche
Aim:
In this component each of us ( the MA students in Research Psychology) had to create his or her own website.
This followed:
- Reading and discussions about principles (ie. basic do's and don'ts) in designing a website
- Evaluations of some of the websites already existing and the development of our own set of criteria for what works and what doesn't!
- Demonstrations of a number of quick and easy ways of creating website (by the component supervisor)
Component 2
Supervised by Prof. Kate Grieve
Aim:
Each of us had to compile a document on the research area to which he or she would like to devote his or her career as a researcher.
The document was compiled as follows:
- Defining and describing the area of interest
- Explaning what is being done in the area of interest (e.g. people or organizations involved)
- Providing a list of resources (e.g. organizations, support groups, contact people, promotional material, literature, etc.)
- Providing a hypothetical job description for a research psychologist who would like to work in this area of interest
Component 3
Also supervised by Prof. Kate Grieve
Aim:
Each one of us had to present on his or her area of interest. This took place on the the 19th of November 2001. The presentation took a form of a simulated job interview. Thus, each was interviewed for the hypothetical job he or she had described in the document. The interview panel comprised some staff members of Psychology Department at Unisa (including the MA program co-ordinators and project supervisors) and external examiner(chief manager of broadcast research at the SABC).
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