You can choose a topic you are interested in.
 Own experience
Work experience
Daily life
The media

Step 2: Using research to focus the topic - 

a)     what are 5 ways of narrowing the topic?  
1.the relationship between two aspects.
2.specific country or area.
3.

b)     How can you use research to narrow the topic?

Step 3: Creating a research question - tips?

Step 2: Using research to focus the topic - 

a)     what are 5 ways of narrowing the topic?  

b)     How can you use research to narrow the topic?

Step 3: Creating a research question - tips?

1)our experiences,
2)work experiences,
3) your interest,
4)social life,
5)The media
Step 2: Using research to focus the topic - 

a)     what are 5 ways of narrowing the topic?  

b)     How can you use research to narrow the topic?

Step 3: Creating a research question - tips?
create a mind-map to record your idears
the main research question should have a strong link to the research focus

a）own experiences
b）work experience
c)  interests
d)  From peoples life, some problems or phenomenas what to understand
e)   media

Step 2: Using research to focus the topic - 

a)     what are 5 ways of narrowing the topic?  
1) Look at the relationship between two aspects;
2) Look at a specific country or area of the world( or compare two of these)
3) Look at a specific industry( or compare two of these);
4) Look at a specific age group
5) Compare two examples cases
 

b)     How can you use research to narrow the topic?

Step 3: Creating a research question - tips?
a)  remember that you should aim to ask a question at the frontier of knowledge 
1.sample
2.setting
3.method
4.real-world problem
5.discrepancies

a）own experiences
b）work experiences
c) the things that you interests
d)  daily life
e)   From media

Step 2: Using research to focus the topic - 

a)     what are 5 ways of narrowing the topic?  
1.Look at the relationship between two aspects;
2.Look at a specific country or area of the world (or compare two of these);
3.Look at a specific industry (or compare two of these);
4.Look at a specific age group
5.Compare two examples cases (e.g. if you are studying usiness, you might compare two specific businesse

b)     How can you use research to narrow the topic?

Step 3: Creating a research question - tips?
1.sample
2.setting
3.method
4.real-world problem
5.discrepancies

●      Own experiences

●      Work experience

●      Your interests: are you curious about something?

●      Everyday life: have you seen a problem you would like to fix / a phenomenon you want to understand?

●      The media: have you read/seen something in the news you would like to understand better?

 

a)     5 ways to narrow the topic 

●      Look at the relationship between two aspects;

●      Look at a specific country or area of the world (or compare two of these);

●      Look at a specific industry (or compare two of these);

●      Look at a specific age group;

●      Compare two examples cases (e.g. if you are studying Business, you might compare two specific businesses).

b)     How can you use research to narrow the topic? Some ideas (not exhaustive but a good place to start):

●      Sample – could it work with a different group?

●      Setting – could it work in another place (country/institution/company type?)

●      Method – would a different approach be of use? Eg Qualitative studies can be followed up by Quantitative and vice versa

●      Real-world problem – how would it help in a practical situation? Can you test it?

●      Discrepancies – Can you find mediating factors that may have caused the differences between previous research results?

 

 

Step 3: The question needs to be

a)     directly linked to the focus

b)     a new question at the frontier of knowledge