My name is Natalie Stewart and one day I hope to work with children in some capacity. I’m not sure whether or not I want to go into child welfare, the foster-care system, or work for after-school programs/camp and child enrichment programs. Because of my interests, I would like to focus my research on how different factors influence the experience of childhood in different people, and how that shapes their future adult life. Having worked with children in several different capacities for the past several years, I have many anecdotal observations about how different factors effect different children, but it would be interesting to be able to have actual research to either confirm or reshape my personal observations. I hoping this course will give me a good framework on how to go about effective and efficient research methods to accomplish this goal.
