GOALS FOR THE PAST WEEK:
Send out one email to a mentor, and narrow down my research further.
MENTOR:
I sent out a email this week to a person with a background on sex education, and I am also working on contacting a doctor who specializes in sex education of teenagers.
RESEARCH:
This week I was looking at past articles I had found, which were mainly at the Guttmacher's web site (see bibliography page). However I did find a page on on rutgers.edu that listed all the sex education policies in the 50 states (see bibliography page), which I plan to look further into next week.
Narrower research topics: top 5 and bottom 5 states in teen pregnancy and their policies, affects/ types of STD's, types of contraceptives, and sex myths commonly believed by teenagers.
I chose the first topic because I realized that I had yet to look further into the actual policies used by the states, and that they would be critical to my research essay. I chose the last three because they will be my main focus when researching and with my product, so I feel like I should start learning as much as I can about them early on.
GOALS FOR NEXT WEEK:
Continue my search for a mentor, and find more articles about my narrower research topics.
Send out one email to a mentor, and narrow down my research further.
MENTOR:
I sent out a email this week to a person with a background on sex education, and I am also working on contacting a doctor who specializes in sex education of teenagers.
RESEARCH:
This week I was looking at past articles I had found, which were mainly at the Guttmacher's web site (see bibliography page). However I did find a page on on rutgers.edu that listed all the sex education policies in the 50 states (see bibliography page), which I plan to look further into next week.
Narrower research topics: top 5 and bottom 5 states in teen pregnancy and their policies, affects/ types of STD's, types of contraceptives, and sex myths commonly believed by teenagers.
I chose the first topic because I realized that I had yet to look further into the actual policies used by the states, and that they would be critical to my research essay. I chose the last three because they will be my main focus when researching and with my product, so I feel like I should start learning as much as I can about them early on.
GOALS FOR NEXT WEEK:
Continue my search for a mentor, and find more articles about my narrower research topics.