After reading the two book I purchased from the APA’s “Essentials of Qualitative Methods Series”, I decided to add two more to my collections: “Thematic Analysis” by Terry and Hayfield, and “Autoethnography” by Poulos. Alhamdulillah they safely arrived today.
Accompanying webinars are also available on YouTube: https://go.apa.org/qualitative-methods/
My purchase of “Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis” by Smith and Nizza, and “Narrative Analysis” by Josselson and Hammack safely arrived yesterday.
These two are parts of the Essentials of Qualitative Methods Series published by the American Psychological Association. I’ve been waiting for the latest books on qualitative methodology and these compact books are perfect for my references.
On top of that each publication came with a webinar that can be watched again on YouTube: https://go.apa.org/qualitative-methods/
My copy of the second edition of Interpretative Phenomenology Analysis by Smith, Flowers and Larkin arrived today.
I purchased the copy in order to enhance my understanding of doing this particular analysis for my two concurrent research projects at the moment: (1) “Experiences of ambulance drivers working in a congested city”, a collaboration with Dr. Marat Zagidullin from the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, Reading University, Malaysia, and (2) “Examining Epistemic Cognition through Personal Reflexivity among Student Teachers of Malaysian Public Universities”, a recently awarded matching grant with UiTM.
It was indeed a pleasure to deliver a talk entitled “The Psychological Impact of Smartphone on Students during Online Learning”.
The talk was basically based on our current UTM Encouragement Research project (UTM ER) “A Framework of Mediating Effect of Smartphone Usage on the Relationship between Life Stress and Emotional Regulation Strategies among Problematic Smartphone Users among University Students” lead by Dr. Hadijah.
Thank you UNIMAS for having me and Dr. Hadijah for the session.
For more videos on CALM webinars, visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-z7l42FHl2hi7VqwoJrCVw
Many congratulations to Steven Anthony Khan and his supervisor AP Dr. Azlina for successfully negotiated his proposed research entitled “Challenges on Learning English as a Foreign Language from Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor Perspectives among Saudi Arabia Preparatory Year Program Students”. I teamed up with Prof. Yeo as the examiners during the session, chaired by AP Dr. Zainudin and assisted by Dr. Lee.
I had the privilege to share my SoTL journey and the fundamental concepts underlying SoTL with colleagues at School of Mechanical Engineering (SKM) today. Thank you Dr. Aini Zuhra for excellently moderating the session.
I would like to extend a huge congratulation to my PhD student, Shanthini for winning the Best Presentation Award at IEEE TALE 2021. Her presentation was based on the paper entitled “Examining the Brain Functional Connectivity Pattern of Children with Dyslexia during Rapid Naming Tasks: A Preliminary Study”. You made our research team proud. Well done, Shanthini!
Many congratulations to Ong Ping Yeow and his supervisor Dr. Zakiah for successfully negotiated his proposed research entitled “Perception and Attitude of Teachers Towards Sex Education in Primary School ”. The examiners during the session were AP Dr. Azlina and AP Dr. Zainudin. I was assited by Dr. Roslizam.
Many congratulations to Hanizah Barbar and her supervisors Dr. Rustam and Prof. Hamdan for successfully negotiated her proposed research entitled “Model Kesejahteraan Subjektif Pelajar B40 di Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam Berasaskan Regulasi Emosi dan Ketahanan Diri Sebagai Mediator”. Dr. Zakiah and AP Dr. Zainudin were the examiners for the session, while Dr. Ibna assited me throughout the session.
I had the opportunity to present my SoTL mini research at the 10th International Qualitative Research Conference 2021 or IQRC 2021 (21-23 October 2021) organised by the Qualitative Research Association of Malaysia (QRAM). This year’s theme was “Humanness & Technology for Qualitative Research: New Approaches”.
My presentation entitled ““It is Not Easy to be a Housewife, Student and Teacher at the Same Time”: Stories of Struggles Among Malaysian Female Teachers as Postgraduate Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic” was basically a collection of narratives of female teachers who struggled to achieve balance while juggling their multiple roles as teachers, students, mothers and wives, among others, during the pandemic. The narratives were derived from my qualitative data that was based on reflection practice assignment from my MPPE 1113 Cognitive Psychology course.