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Student 1

The scholar of change video is chose is week’s 2 scholar of change video 2 titled “Battling Addiction in the Heartland” by Jackie Kundert. Jackie introduced herself as a mother as well as a nurse in Monroe, Wisconsin. She went further by saying that Monroe, Wisconsin is part of Green county and that Monroe's population is approximately rough l10,000 people which therefore makes it the largest city in Green county. According to Kundert (2012), the issue of drug overdose in Monroe, Wisconsin became a major problem and popular across the nation during the past five to seven years. Kundert (2012) asserted that what used to be a big problem in big cities was felt in cities that were small and that the issue of drug overdoses, drug problem, drug abuse touches are tremendously especially that it hit home to her with her son being hooked up in the cycle of drug overdose. According to Kundert (2012), her son ended taking prescription pain medication, and as a result became very addicted to and which led him to start taking heroin.

Because Kundert wanted to be agent of social change after looking at a Wisconsin State Council of Alcohol and Drug Abuse map that showed the rate at which heroin was taken in Wisconsin, she therefore said to herself that she had to make a positive impact on this community.

Kundert was not the only one explaining the ordeal that her son had to deal with. Also, in the video, was a woman who explained how her son started with dope and then to cocaine and that cocaine led to her son’s death.

Because of the negative impact drug overdose, heroin and cocaine had in Monroe, Wisconsin, Kundert was prompted on in June 2015 to start an organization called F.A.I.T.H. According to Kundert (2012), F.A.I.T.H stands for fighting addiction it takes help.

As I begin to code, I took into consideration the definition Dr. Susan Marcus gave us. According to Dr. Marcus, coding is sort of a short phrase that symbolically assigns a summative, summary, salient or essence-capturing attribute for some portion of language or visual data.

The first code I chose to apply to this video is Social Responsibility.  In a direct quote from the video Jackie states, “When I saw those rates it spurred something in me that made me know that I had to somehow try and make a positive impact on this community.” (Kundert, 2012). I also chose this code because in my field notes I noted that drug addiction is an equal opportunity illness. It does not care who you are, how old you are, what your background is or where you live. Jackie lives in Monroe, Wisconsin and what she once thought was a big city problem made its way to her city, into her home. She is personally impacted and feels like she must do something about the problem not just for herself but for her community at large. Her second quote, “If someone could be inspired in every community across the nation to create change, together all of our small changes would make one huge change” (Kundert, 2012) also speaks to her accountability to be a catalyst for change.

The second code I chose to apply was Empowered. In a direct quote from the video, Jackie states “It has given me a base to gather data and empowered me to begin the process of getting valuable education to the entire community” (Kundert, 2012). I noted that same sense of empowerment in my field notes, but my attitudes, beliefs, and values did not impact this selection of code, the participant chose it herself (Saldana, 2016). Jackie describes her time at Walden as giving her confidence and empowering her to begin contributing to her community. In using this quote, as the researcher I did not have to interpret her meaning. Jackie’s own words explained her lived experience requiring no further analysis of the data (Ravitch & Carl, 2016).

References

Kundert, J. (2012). Battling drug addiction in the heartland [Video File].

Ravitch, S.M., & Carl, N.M. (2016). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Rubin, H.J., & Rubin, I.S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Saldana, J. (2016). The coding manual for qualitative researchers (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Student 2

The scholar of change video, I chose was in week 1 titled "Inspiring Children with Special Needs. Benjamin Isaac is a Walden University student pursuing a doctorate degree in the field of special education. He then explains that research shows that students with special learning needs who feel good about themselves perform better academically than those with low self-concept. I thought it was so interesting, how he created cartoon characters Skeeter, Buzz and Gigi.  He used these characters to inspire children with special needs that they can accomplish anything through the activities seen through the cartoon characters. I found, this particular video inspirational and has motivated me to look at how I do my research differently. His qualitative studies focused on the phenomenon “show was not to elicit sympathy from the masses, but to show children with special needs in a very normal light.”Furthermore, collecting and coding anonymously without ever knowing the participants’ names, and  using numerical or alphabetical coding systems to link data to participants’ names, then destroying the system at the end of the investigation.

References:

Isaac,B. (2014). Benjamin Isaac,EdD student, inspiring children with special needs. 

Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N.M. (2016). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Chapter 1," Qualitative Research: An Opening Orientation"(pp.1-31)

Student 3

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The video I chose was the first-week video by Mr. Isaac. Mr. Isaac was a Walden University student working on his dissertation. The author created a video explaining his dissertation topic on changing how people look at special needs children. Thus, the author created cartoon characters with special needs. Consequently, the author used special needs children that he knew as the characters' voices but did not highlight their special needs.

Code description: children with special needs Code: AA1

Code definition: Study the children at home inside and outside of the home, interacting naturally with other children.

I identified the kids with disabilities and their challenges as the most considerable influence in my notes. The author had children with special needs, and that connected him to the research. Thus, the author wanted social change for the kids with disabilities through awareness of the cartoon characters' representation. The similarity of the kids having special needs characterizes them to one another (Saldana, 2016). The author did not use their special needs as a hindrance but portrayed them in normal light. Accordingly, the author did not change my opinion of the topic, but it has a strong potential to influence his target audience. The author created a theme in the presentation on similarities; however, the focus was on the individual's experiences (Ravitch & Carl, 2016). Also, I would have had some literature review on the effects of having special needs as a child. The author had the children in the video to highlight their physical similarity. Consequently, the author would benefit from highlighting the possible mental challenges amongst their peers.

References:

Ravitch, S. & Carl, N. (2016). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological. Sage Publication.

Saldana, J. (2016). The coding manual for qualitative researchers. Sage Publication.

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Student 4

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           The article I chose for this assignment was by Christin Topper, Brining the Natural World to Hong Kong.  Topper has discovered that there is a disconnect between children in Hong Kong and the natural world.  This disconnect, coined as nature deficit disorder, is due to the nature of the city with its skyscrapers and dense buildings taking up the areas previously used for parks or open areas.  This topic struck a chord with me as I have always enjoyed my time in the outdoors, camping, fishing, and hiking, and children not having this experience, to me, is troubling.  We all need to have the opportunity to experience nature in all its glory.    

            I coded three areas of interest to me with two codes each, Rubin & Rubin express that in the beginning, it is better to have multiple codes to prevent possibly losing information (p. 200) (2012).  The description of the situation as explained by Ms. Topper I coded as isolated and disconnected.  I felt these codes described the situation the children of Hong Kong were experiencing.  The portion of the video describing their rooftop gardening and its progression I coded as expanded consciousness and involvement.  The final codes I used were back to nature and reconnecting to describe the last part of the video talking about the initiative continuing and expanding. 

            The codes I used are due to a belief that we are all part of the same planet and if we separate ourselves as a community from other portions of our environment, those portions become unimportant.  The people of Hong Kong are in danger of separating themselves from their environment and possibly not considering these forgotten portions when making decisions.   When we forget to consider all possibilities we can make bad decisions that may not affect us now but that can negatively affect us in the future.

Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.).

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Chapter 12, “Data Analysis in the Responsive Interviewing Model” (pp. 189–211)

Topper, C. (2014). Christin Topper, PhD student, bringing the natural world to Hong Kong

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Student

1

The

scholar

of

change

video

is

chose

is

week’s

2

scholar

of

change

video

2

titled

“Battling

Addiction

in

the

Heartland”

by

Jackie

Kundert.

Jackie

introduced

herself

as

a

mother

as

well

as

a

nurse

in

Monroe,

Wisconsin.

She

went

further

by

saying

that

Monroe

,

Wisconsin

is

part

of

Green

county

and

that

Monroe's

population

is

approximately

rough

l10,000

people

which

therefore

makes

it

the

largest

city

in

Green

county.

According

to

Kundert

(2012),

the

issue

of

drug

overdose

in

Monroe,

Wisconsin

became

a

major

pr

oblem

and

popular

across

the

nation

during

the

past

five

to

seven

years.

Kundert

(2012)

asserted

that

what

used

to

be

a

big

problem

in

big

cities

was

felt

in

cities

that

were

small

and

that

the

issue

of

drug

overdoses,

drug

problem,

drug

abuse

touches

are

tremendously

especially

that

it

hit

home

to

her

with

her

son

being

hooked

up

in

the

cycle

of

drug

overdose.

According

to

Kundert

(2012),

her

son

ended

taking

prescription

pain

medication,

and

as

a

result

became

very

addicted

to

and

which

led

him

to

start

t

aking

heroin

.

Because

Kundert

wanted

to

be

agent

of

social

change

after

looking

at

a

Wisconsin

State

Council

of

Alcohol

and

Drug

Abuse

map

that

showed

the

rate

at

which

heroin

was

taken

in

Wisconsin,

she

therefore

said

to

herself

that

she

had

to

make

a

pos

itive

impact

on

this

community

.

Kundert

was

not

the

only

one

explaining

the

ordeal

that

her

son

had

to

deal

with.

Also,

in

the

video,

was

a

woman

who

explained

how

her

son

started

with

dope

and

then

to

cocaine

and

that

cocaine

led

to

her

son’s

death

.

Becau

se

of

the

negative

impact

drug

overdose,

heroin

and

cocaine

had

in

Monroe,

Wisconsin,

Kundert

was

prompted

on

in

June

2015

to

start

an

organization

called

F.A.I.T.H.

According

to

Kundert

(2012),

F.A.I.T.H

stands

for

fighting

addiction

it

takes

help

.

As

I

b

egin

to

code,

I

took

into

consideration

the

definition

Dr.

Susan

Marcus

gave

us.

According

to

Dr.

Marcus,

coding

is

sort

of

a

short

phrase

that

symbolically

assigns

a

summative,

summary,

salient

or

essence

–

capturing

attribute

for

some

portion

of

language

o

r

visual

data

.

The

first

code

I

chose

to

apply

to

this

video

is

Social

Responsibility.

In

a

direct

quote

from

the

video

Jackie

states,

“When

I

saw

those

rates

it

spurred

something

in

me

that

made

me

know

that

I

had

to

somehow

try

and

make

a

positive

impac

t

on

this

community.”

(Kundert,

2012).

I

also

chose

this

code

because

in

my

field

notes

I

noted

that

drug

addiction

is

an

equal

opportunity

illness.

It

does

not

care

who

you

are,

how

old

you

are,

what

your

background

is

or

where

you

live.

Jackie

lives

in

M

onroe,

Wisconsin

and

what

she

once

thought

was

a

big

city

problem

made

its

way

to

her

city,

into

her

home.

She

is

personally

impacted

and

feels

like

she

must

do

something

about

the

problem

not

just

for

herself

but

for

her

community

at

large.

Her

second

quo

te,

“If

someone

could

be

inspired

in

every

community

across

the

nation

to

create

change,

together

all

of

our

small

changes

would

make

one

huge

change”

(Kundert,

2012)

also

speaks

to

her

accountability

to

be

a

catalyst

for

change

.

The

second

code

I

chose

to

apply

was

Empowered.

In

a

direct

quote

from

the

video,

Jackie

states

“It

has

given

me

a

base

to

gather

data

and

empowered

me

to

begin

the

process

of

getting

valuable

education

to

the

entire

community”

(Kundert,

2012).

I

noted

that

same

sense

of

empowermen

t

in

my

field

notes,

but

my

attitudes,

beliefs,

and

values

did

not

impact

this

selection

of

code,

the

participant

chose

it

herself

(Saldana,

2016).

Jackie

describes

her

time

at

Walden

as

giving

her

confidence

and

empowering

her

to

begin

contributing

to

her

community.

In

using

this

quote,

as

the

researcher

I

did

not

have

to

interpret

her

meaning.

Jackie’s

own

words

explained

her

lived

experience

requiring

no

further

analysis

of

the

data

(Ravitch

&

Carl,

2016)

.

Reference

s

Student 1

The scholar of change video is chose is week’s 2 scholar of change video 2 titled “Battling

Addiction in the Heartland” by Jackie Kundert. Jackie introduced herself as a mother as well as a

nurse in Monroe, Wisconsin. She went further by saying that Monroe, Wisconsin is part of Green

county and that Monroe's population is approximately rough l10,000 people which therefore

makes it the largest city in Green county. According to Kundert (2012), the issue of drug

overdose in Monroe, Wisconsin became a major problem and

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