Qualitative research - phase one - What themes are present in my writing?

Cmap #1: Roles of Teachers and Students

Cmap #2: Environment, Motivation, and Identity

To begin the qualitative research based on this blog, I first went through and highlighted words and phrases that seemed significant to me. I did not verbalize any standards for significance before highlighting, I was going by gut feeling. The ideas that were floating around in my head before starting this process were the universality of change and movement, and the importance of systems thinking. 

I originally wrote ideas on note cards and sorted them on my kitchen counter. I liked that system better than the CMaps I have posted. It was easier to see the interconnections between different categories in real space. I used Cmap to have a representation to post on this blog. CMap is limited by screen size so I have posted two Cmaps. There are points of overlap between the two maps that would make it unified if I could post something that big. Then again, if size weren't an issue, I could have just posted a photo of my kitchen counter!

The themes that popped up during this process were:

1. The role of teachers
2. The role of students
3. How motivation affects creativity process
4. How culture and environment affect motivation
5. How teachers can affect environment
6. How culture can affect teachers
7. How education affects identity
8. The interconnection between students and teachers

Keywords: Roles, culture, environment, motivation, education, identity, interconnection

Right now I am seizing upon an overall systems view of education, socialization, and identity formation, with a recognition of movement and interrelationships.