To prepare for this Application:
Review the Janesick readings.
Consider the potential usefulness of journal writing for the personal and professional development of a qualitative researcher.
Write in a journal for completed in one sitting. You may write by hand, or use a computer. Consider using Exercise 4.5: Reflective Journal Writing Practice on pages 96-97 for a suggestion of what you could write about for your journal periods.
Take a few moments to review what you have written, then take an additional 10 minutes to reflect on the journaling experience, writing down your reflections on what you have written and on the journaling experience in general. How can journaling help you develop as a researcher?
The assignment:
Craft a 3-page paper in which you do the following:
Render an account and an analysis of your journal writing experience.
Be sure to include considerations of how journal writing can help with the development of a qualitative researcher, or a researcher in general.