Week 7

This week you have an opportunity to create a narrated presentation that highlights the context and theoretical significance of a proposed study.

Your narrated presentation should follow this format, with brief slides and detailed speaker notes as applicable:

● Title: Your title should accurately and appropriately capture your proposed study's keywords. Revisit the title you provided in Week 1. Reflect on how and in what way(s) your title may have changed or shifted. Thinking about these changes and shifts will provide you with some important insights about the development of your research ideas and goals.

● Background and Context: This slide provides the background contextual information that will situate your research problem within its appropriate context. On your slide, briefly state all relevant details.

NOTE: In your speaker notes, elaborate on the discussion, including relevant prior research. The goal of providing an appropriate background is to explain why this topic is currently of relevance and value.

Your topic, prepared in Week 1, with revisions could evolve into the background for the research problem. Therefore, refer to Week 1, when you introduce your topic. Refer also to Weeks 2-4 when you narrowed that topic to develop a researchable problem. Be sure to integrate all previous feedback provided by your professor.

● Theoretical framework: Propose a suitable theoretical framework for the study by choosing ONE theory from week 6. Here, your goal is to make a strong case for the study's theoretical significance and the potential contribution to the field's knowledge base. As explained throughout this course, Ph.D. research has a focus on contribution to theory, so in the Ph.D. degree, you will be conducting research that contributes to the broader discipline.

Refer to Part I assignment that you completed in week 6, and be sure to include the following, making sure to incorporate the feedback provided by your professor. In discussing your theoretical framework include the following, each on a separate slide.

● Definition: Define the theory using appropriate citations. Refer to the peer reviewed literature you accessed to review this theory.

● Description: Describe the theory briefly on your slide so that a reader can understand all the features of the theory and how it might be applied to particular problems or issues.

NOTE: Provide a detailed description in your speaker notes. Include any relevant details regarding how the theory may have changed and evolved since its original development. While this is not a requirement, you may also choose to create and include a diagrammatic form of your proposed theoretical framework. A visual can often be useful in laying out your framework!

● Application: Provide all relevant main points on your slide.

NOTE: In your speaker notes address the following prompts in detail:

a. how might this theory help frame your work? b. How can your work potentially contribute to a deeper

understanding of this theory? ● Conclusion: Provide a strong conclusion by summarizing your

presentation's major ideas and key takeaways. Think of what knowledge and insights you want your reader to walk away with regarding the proposed study's context and theoretical contribution.

● References