Is anybody other than me interested in this question?What is already known about this issue?

IMPACT OF FOREST SCHOOLS ON CHILDREN’S PHYSICAL AND PYSCHOSOCIAL

The Research Process: how the parts fit together
The research process has a number of parts which are sometimes presented as distinct phases
Figure 1, but would emphasise that a linear representation can disguise and over-
simplify the process, which is often messy and involves much iteration.
The first phase of the research process is deciding on a topic of interest. Initially, it is unlikely that this will be expressed as a fully formed research question, but is more likely to take the form of wanting to know more about something, for example does being brought up in a bi-lingual or multi- lingual family affect how a child settles into an early years setting or school. Before this can be turned into a research question, it is necessary to address a number of questions:
• What is already known about this issue?
• What does the literature tell me?
• Is anybody other than me interested in this question?
• Is it something worth researching?
• Is this issue researchable?
• Why should this issue be researched?
• What is the purpose of the research?
• Is research in this area ethical?