Thanks! Restoring the sources of creativity to the forefront of learning and
teaching is my mission impossible I have set for myself or accepted from
the universe. I am one of those people who has trouble making money
because I like to do crafts with love that I can give with love. The child in
the urban jungle needs intense but safe input and how can we go about
this except in the spirit of a miraculous game whose outcome can produce
unlimited possibilities? Providing not only early learning centers, but intergenerational and hands-on Projects for all ages that help the community
are my goals and my Design by TEAMS is a simple framework.
When tutoring African American at-risk children in high school, I was able
to observe that it was more likely the boredom of the information than the
lack of the child's brain functions that contributed to being at risk.
One little girl could not read, but when I took her on an outing to the
library, we discovered a children's book on atoms that she liked and she
was able to read within a week, because she was interested! This is the
kind of stimulation needed for even very young children to become
interested in science and math, and the other ingredient needed in
creativity is freedom to choose your own interests. My MOM's SOS can
bypass all these closed systems of education that do not include the
access to sources of creativity but rather stifle it in the interest of
conformity. an early learning center that is a part of every community,
where Old school kid's clubs had hands-on learning are the best solution,
because they can be low-cost after an initial output for a house with at
least a two-car garage for a center, and teacher's can be nominated by the
local community stakeholders, the best ones being given theseomes with
salaries. The concept of Montessori, Head Start, Isadora Duncan, the
Greek philosophers and artists, IDEA, and constructivism all back up
these types of centers as the best solutions and they can be voluntary and
funded by grant or donation. In the name of Dr. Wood, I will start a model
center with a grant Project, not unlike the idea of Habitat for Humanity
combined with early emphasis on art, dance, music, and creative and
cooperative flows, to launch a new paradigm. Waiting for the politicians to
come up with solutions to local or global issues is like waiting for a
waterfall to flow uphill. It's a mystery what use there is in ineffective
solutions.
Dear Ms. Bowe-Your IRB application has been received but it is unclear why you are
submitting it so early. Please clarify which specific fellowships you are
applying to (along with the application deadlines if you know them).
There are a few items that will need to be revised before an IRB review
can proceed for the KAM study.
1.-Please clarify how this is both a KAM study and dissertation study.
Dissertation studies cannot be reviewed/approved by the IRB until AFTER
the proposal is fully approved by the committee and the academic reviewer
for the program. You can either submit two separate IRB applications for a
KAM study and dissertation or else submit a single IRB application with a
multiphase study described in Item 13. I would recommend the former
option.
1. I will use the former option, as you suggest. I am taking a research
course 8438 this winter and 8448 in spring. I am also writing this proposal
as part of my second KAM, KAM II. Because I worked with Dr. Wood, one
of the Fathers of general systems theory, I did KAM III first. I submitted
three fellowship applications that all require IRB approval. One of these is
included below. The D. Ackerman early childhood fellowship, the Distance
Learning and the social change fellowships are the other two I have
applied for and the deadline was extended to Oct. 30th. This is why I
applied for IRB approval in advance, because it is required and these
fellowship funds, if I receive any, will be supplemented by grants I am
writing as parts of future KAMs.
2.- Please fully describe you analyses in item #12. The current description
is much too vague.
2. The computer program that gives the anonymity by issuing a number to each user will
also be geared to analyze the results in several different statistical formats, including
rubrics that are self-designed in the TEAMS Process on a scale of one to ten, or poor to
rich. Using statistical internet sites and software I design myself, a quantitative study will
research whether only one experience of a Design by TEAMS Workshop increases selfesteem in the participant population, who will originally be over 18 and consenting adults
to provide ease of assent Later, those who agree may sign on using their number to access
research updates and conclusions and I will ask for another short survey in three to six
months to create longitudinal research and ask for feedback in a comment section that can
later be anayzed for qualitative data according to the same rubric on a scale of one to ten,
or poor to rich..
-3. Please revise item #13 to more clearly describe how potential
participants will be identified and approached. Note that you are seeking
IRB approval to conduct the program evaluation (Walden does not sponsor
the program itself). In other words, Walden sponsors the research and the
intervention must be sponsored by someone else.
3. A computer simluation game I am creating myself will teach these TEAMS
Workshops online as a game and will collect anonymous data for action research on
sources of creativity, such as choice and freedom, and how these factors may be affected
by increasing self-esteem through constructivism and metacognitive faculties stimulated
by the researcher's Design by TEAMS Methodology. No identifying data will ever be
collected from the participants, but a unique number will be given each one who uses a
Design by TEAMS game or workshop, allowing voluntary feedback and continued
participation as mentors to others. Thus the participants will be the community partners.
A short survey will be checked off by the participant after a consent form is agreed to,
they will watch a short PowerPoint or movie about the process and experience it in
person or online in a game format that simulates the other team members and the process.
another short survey will be taken and the computer will issue a crtificate of completion
with the user's unique number. they will be asked to check back online for another short
survey (10 questions or less), in three to six month intervals for further mixed method
studies and they will also be promised access to survey results online if they choose. The
statistical methodology will be built-in to the game format. Advertising through public
channels will be the accepted way that I will gather both community partners and future
TEAMS mentors. There will be only one qualification: Do you want to participate or not?
4.- Please list all community partners who will be assisting you with
recruitment or providing you with data in item #28.
4. As above, I am not using any community partners directly. Voluntary
participation and self-interest are the only variables, and radio and printbased and internet-based sites will provide both access and search
parameters for finding those willing to participate.
Please complete item #29 to describe how you selected the partners listed
in item #28. (see Above)
-5. Please remove the yellow highlighted items from the assent form (as
these are notes to the researcher).
5. I have removed these and the form is reattached in this email.
When you resubmit your IRB materials, please include a point-by-point
response to this email. Let me know if you have any questions. Once these
items are received, I will notify you of the next steps.
Sincerely,
Leilani Endicott, Ph.D.
Chair, Walden University Institutional Review Board
Email: IRB@waldenu.edu
Tollfree : 800-925-3368 ext. 1210
Fax: 626-605-0472
Information about the dissertation process can be found at this link:
http://inside.waldenu.edu/c/Student_Faculty/StudentFaculty_4276.htm
Don E. Ackerman Research Fellowship in Educational Leadership
ANDREA BOWE
816 5TH STREET
ANACORTES WA 98221
360-293-6229
Email Address:
spiritualun2002@yahoo.com
DESIGN BY TEAMS METHODOLOGY
Amount Requested: 10,000
Project involves use of human participants who will remain anonymous, as no
names will ever be taken in these Workshops offered as a new paradigm in
action research, using systems science, constructivism and multi-generational
learning centers based on the principles of the Old School Kid’s Club.
IRB approval had been applied for, and will also be included as the Application
Section of a KAM, as well as a class assignment in the Quantitative Research
Class being taken this Winter Quarter by the student.
No outside reviewer has been solicited.
ABSTRACT
Teachers apply technology to facilitate a variety of effective assessment and
evaluation strategies. Such strategies apply multiple methods of evaluation to
determine students' appropriate use of technology resources. Therefore, applying
a variety of assessment techniques, this Design by TEAMS Methodology will free
both the student and the teacher to become teammates on a lifetime voyage of
discovery. Using diverse techniques for reaching even non-literate users, this
methodology applies the simplest type of survey data, maintaining anonymity by
never taking any names or identifiable data in a short Workshop supplied with
pre-designed variables and roles. This will utilize available technology to collect
and analyze data, interpret results, and communicate feelings, by using principles
of systems scientists and feedback loops, to improve instructional practice and
maximize student learning. These are unique standards of assessment that can be
applied in any situation, or in any culture or language group, because they
transcend barriers of language, age, and status levels. They will aid in creating a
significant and meaningful change in both local and global academic and social
communities. This anonymous action research will generate new knowledge and
improve social conditions with a commitment to positive social change.
BUDGET
Research and Development, including development of software for
simulation games that teach TEAMS _________________7000.00
Data
Analysis_______________________________________1500.00
WebPages_for Design by TEAMS______________________1500.00
Print & Advertising (Radio, DVD, Internet , etc)
10,500.00
Hardware for documentary and film school production_____ 5000.00
__(In addition to that already being utilized by the investigator
whose personal loan of 20K may also be considered a matching
fund resource)________________________________20,000.00
Asking fellowship contribution to budget whatever portion of money
may be allocated toward the social change goals set forth in this
application_________________________________25,500.00
Total Resources needed for dissertation
research:_________________________________________50.500.00
Current Curriculum Vitae for Investigator in third year
of a Ph.D. Program in Education and Leadership, SelfDesigned. This includes the development through
effective practice of the following Learning Theories: