Hello Fellow Bloggers and classmates,
So for this exercise, Ballenger in "Curious Researcher" asks us to come up with a proposal for how we plan to research our topics. Here's what I came up with.
My inquiry question is "Is Counseling necessary for everyone?".
Questions that I have concerning my topic.
How was professional counseling developed and why?
Why is counseling necessary?
Why do people go to counseling?
What are the benefits to counseling?
What are the defaults to counseling?
What are naysayers saying about professional counseling?
In what occasions is it almost mandatory to seek counseling?
Do other countries have professional counseling? Why or Why not?
How is counseling perceived?
Ballenger then asks us to bring in past experiences on our topic. This is what I got out of the assignment.
My entire life, my mother lived with us, provided for us and was an amazing person, outside of our house that is. The major problems she had was that she never asked us how we were doing unless she saw us in pain or if she was actually home. My dad was a great father, but he's a guy so I just thought it was weird to speak to him about my problems. I also saw my parents fight constantly always threatening to leave each other, but the only thing that kept them together was us kids. I always looked for someone to talk to about the simplest things like how my day went, or which boy I liked that month. I thought being a teacher or being a doctor is what I wanted to do because I've been to both places my whole life( I had led poisoning as a child and went to the doctor for any minor cold I had) and I've seen both teacher and doctors in action thinking I can be that person someday. I then realized that I did not want to be cold-hearted by telling families their father died, or having to deal little kids that want nothing less but to be in a place they call jail. So, I figured counseling is the right thing for me. With my past, I could actually have experience and apply it to my counseling. Thanks for listening to my rant fellow bloggers.
Be Blessed,
Jessica Guzman
Jess, as a social work major, I can see why this area of inquiry is interesting to you. I hope that your research will be on step towards preparing you for that calling!
ReplyDeleteI have a couple of suggestions about your inquiry question. First, how can you turn it into an analytical question? As written right now, you could answer either "Yes, counseling is for everyone" or "No, counseling isn't for everyone." Keep in mind that analytical questions typically begin with "how" or "why." Also, good inquiry questions can come from thinking about how one practice (like, counseling) relates to something else, either a specific group of people (like kids dealing with their parents' divorce) or to a specific life event (the role of counseling in preparing for marriage, for example).
I'm interested to see how you refine, focus, and narrow your inquiry question!