The Art of Questioning:Look At Your Research Topic From Multiple Perspectives
WONG KAH [email protected]
Why this workshop?
What is this workshop all about?
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What are the Learning Outcomes?
Start to use:1. 5W 1H - What, When, Where, Who, Why,
How …..and What If 2. PESTLE analysis (Political, Economic, Social,
Technology, Legal and Environment factors)
to question and view an idea or an issue from multiple perspectives
I want to find out how to help disabled students move around independently in NUS
• What is a disabled student?• Who are these disabled students?
I want to find out how to help disabled students move around independently in NUS
• Where does a disabled student go?• When do they move around?
I want to find out how to help disabled students move around independently in NUS
• How does a disabled student move around now?• How does NUS help disabled students move
around?
I want to find out how to help disabled students move around independently in NUS
• Why does a disabled student want to move around independently?
• Why do I want to help them?• How can I help them?
I want to find out how to help disabled students move around independently in NUS
Define the issues Find solutionsWhat?Who?Where?When?How?Why?
I want to find out how to help disabled students move around independently in NUS
Define the issues Find solutionsPolitical NUS admin/facultyEconomic Cost of maintaining
services and facilities
Social Awareness of community
Technology Ramps, wheelchair lifts, wheelchairs
Legal RegulationsEnvironment Steps, terrain
What keywords identify the factors?Political Government, policies, master plans, etc
Government bodies, PUB, Nparks, LTA, etcPolitical lobbies, influences, etcPAP, Worker’s Party, Republicans, Democrats, etc
Economic Economic growth, economy, inflation, etcIndustries, businesses, corporations, etcCost, expenditure, profit, loss, etc
Social Population, elderly, women, teens, etcMiddle-income, professionals, etcEducation, awareness, lifestyles, habits, etc
Technology Technology, devices, methods, processesLegal Laws, legislation, agreement, regulation,
mandatory, etcEnvironment Land, air, water, space, etc
Individual activity: Read & find PESTLE factors (10min)
• Read the Water article http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/ilp/RUWaterArticle.docx• Identify the PESTLE factors by highlighting them
in different colors.
What’s next?QUESTIONING THE TEXT SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS
Social factorsnotes from the article
Question Keywords Source to search in
Searches Answer & source
1. Educationcampaigns are not effective in get people to conserve water.
When was the last water rationing in Singapore?
Water rationing Singapore
Factiva “water rationing” and SingaporeLimit to Singaporenews sources
Waterrationing started in 1964. No nation-wide water rationing exercise since.
What will happen if we impose water rationing again?
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Political5W 1H
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Economic5W 1H
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Social5W 1H
What IfTechnology
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Legal5W 1H
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Environment5W 1H
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