I posted the following in our Google+ Community
I am an examples kind of person, I learn best when I am given examples and then I make up my own based on my personal interests. I like that the Leedy book has practice examples. I've thought it would be interesting to observe the Teach for America teachers that are living in company provided housing together. Ethnographic Study? Understanding teaching art in an Alternative school setting. Phenomenological? The other thing I've thought would be interesting to look at is 1st year art teachers, those with education degrees and those without. Depending on what aspect I wanted to look at this research could be conducted in a lot of different ways. I could start with a case study of a few and see if there are patterns and then do a wider quantitative research project. 

Continuing that thought.....

First Year Art Teachers compare those with degrees and non-degrees (alternative licenses)

Quantitative: number discipline problems
Portfolio Assessment scores....this would be a really interesting one methinks...hmmmmm
Types of projects/activities
More along Qualitative side:
Case studies, personal recounts of their first year and look for patterns
Does training or mentoring make a difference?
Personal reflections after each time they meet with a mentor teacher or have a class.

I had never really given too much thought to what type of research I would conduct, qualitative versus quantitative and the specific type, I always just thought about the topic. I actually thought all that qualitative quantitative stuff was the boring part. Now that I am seeing all the different ways research can be conducted I am more interested in all my choices. My learning as a doctoral student always mimics what I know from being an effective teacher. Choices make things more interesting to learn, especially when you start connecting those choices to real life scenarios and interests.