three things examiners look for in methods chapters

Detailed analysis of what examiners are looking for when deciding if you can get a license to do further research!! From Patt Thomson’s blog

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Once upon a time, when I worked in schools, early childhood teachers routinely issued young children with a ‘pen license’.A pen license was much sought after as it meant that a child could ‘advance’ to using a pen instead of a pencil. Using indelible ink meant that the child was able to write legibly in longhand. But legibility wasn’t enough, the child also had to be able to copy and compose text without making lots of mistakes that needed to be erased. Writing in pen meant the pupil had been deemed competent at basic writing tasks.

Of course, while schools issued rubrics about what counted as the standard for the pen license, different teachers did interpret the rules slightly differently. And different children learnt differently, so they didn’t all achieve the license at the same time. However, by and large, it seemed that most children got their pen license well…

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