I should have done this a long time ago. I created 2 new pages on the blog to collect an indexed list of the videos of mini-lectures for my doctoral research and my Army classroom professional stories. These will be a more organized way to layout a menu of choices for students and interested parties […]
Tag: education
Lifting our voices: a reflection on Voice in curriculum, in doctoral research, in life
“Lifting our voices” by Ken Long (PAR journal entry J20090724.doc) In this essay I will describe a construct we are calling “Voice”, my background, my research, and some implications for the doctoral research process in general and how it is affecting Dr Alana and me in our mentor-mentee relationship. I am a retired Army officer, […]
Reflecting on theory and practice, and how research questions connect them; part 2
A continuation of the reflection on theory and practice in our doctoral cohhort discussion. Weick (1995) talked about the continuum from mature, accepted dominant theory to the first conjecture arising out of some anomalous observation. There is a continuum between the generalist inquiring into the purest of theoretical distinctions, and the pragmatist seeking to add […]
Reflecting on theory and practice, part 1
From our doctoral cohort discussion group. I first want to describe my reaction to the articles on theory referenced below and then conclude with some thoughts about the relationship between theory and research. I began with the Feldman article, an editorial piece included at the front of a special edition of the Journal of Management […]
Reflection 2 on the practitioner-scholar divide: a case where it was the thinnest of veils, unknown to any of us
I will answer this from my preferred pragmatist and action research perspective I believe most interesting problems originate in the practitioners world, and that most chief decision-makers (who approve projects, set priorities and allocate resources) MUST be practitioners first, if only to satisfy political and social constraints. I believe our action groups that solve problems […]
Reflecting on the source of qualitative judgement
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: Respect Volatility, use its power for good
At the most fundamental level, volatility is the fluctuation in the price of an asset. The greter the price swings in the shorter periods of time, the greater the volatility. Periods of great volatility are like thunderstorms. They get your attention. Volatility is an absolute requirement for a trader to make money. Most investors look […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: Good traders know and exploit their edge
As an individual trader, you must be absolutely clear about where your edge is in the market place so that you can ensure your trading strategies are designed to put you into positions where your edge can make the difference against the average market return. Let’s be clear too: your edge must give you a […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: Stalking your way to success
One of the more neglected topics in trading systems development is the concept of stalking. Traders, particularly early in their career will tend to spend lot of time, if not ll of their time, focusing on the entry, reasoning that if they can get that part right they will have some control over the market’s […]
Profitable ETF Trading Strategies: Finding your best mental state for trading
In previous articles I have described my concept of the “zero-state”, and the combination of personal satisfaction and improved bottomline performance I get when I trade from that state. In this article I want to describe some other mental states that traders I know find useful and consider the implications for your own journey of […]