Skype Chat

Ive just had a Skype with Helen going through my feedback form and discussing where to go next with my inquiry. It was very insightful after feeling that my inquiry had hit a stand still it just shows that talking about it vocally can really be helpful. After speaking quite passionately about my new job and what I have been observing the past 7 weeks has made me realise that the lens I'm observing through on a daily basis is the key to my inquiry. I did not see it before but Helen has made me realise that my own observations are shifting my ideas for my proposal and its okay for my ideas to shift and change at this stage. Helen said talking to me on Skype about what my proposal is to me and where i want it to go is a lot more exciting than what i currently have on paper. The lens I'm analysing is behaviours and social skills with is a performers lens, Im interested to find out if other members of staff at my school see it the same as me or not. I also need to reconsider  my ethics as I work in a school so i already have permission to be there but it would be good for my research to be able to make a focus group at school and to not ask them any questions but to get them to choose which activity they would prefer to do and analyse why they chose certain ones. I would be able to start with year 1 and go up to year 6 to be able to study the differences in behaviour. Using my own journal i will look at a different idea each week so for example one week ill look at who is most vocal in class and the next week ill look at who moves around the most confidently i.e who wants to be the leader in a line up to the hall. With regards to my data collection Helen has told me that I do not need to try to include everything and spread myself to thinly that if i pick one or two and really focus and go in-depth with those it will be much more effective. With my literature I am going to focus on finding more sociology articles and research as it is more helpful with the road I am going down. I am so glad I had a Skype with Helen as it has got me excited again to research into something that Im truly interested in and has made me realise the path I want to go down and how to narrow it down to specifics instead of keeping it to vague and more work for myself. I feel I am heading in the right direction to get stuck in!  :)

Feedback Form

So the time has come to get stuck back into my Inquiry. I received a feedback form to fill in about what has changed and what I have learnt since module 2. It was more informative than I thought it would be because a lot has changed in my personal life and career. My current job now will make my research for my Inquiry a lot more easy and straight forward, because I now work in a school the resources and knowledge I am hoping to uncover is a lot more within my grasp. I look forward to getting back into the swing of things! Hope everyone is well :)

New adventures ahead

So after a busy few months since completing module 2 I have been working a lot and saving i have recently accepted a new job back in my home town of Worcester as a teaching assistant in a primary school. I am very excited but nervous at the same time! This will be really good for my career progression as I have the potential of doing a PGCE with that school in the future. It will also help me with my Professional Inquiry so everything is looking good!! Looking forward to starting back up again in September but in the mean time Im going to continue with some research so I'm not overwhelmed when September comes around! hope everyone is having a fab summer!

6D

I sent a first draft of my inquiry proposal to Paula and I have received it back with feedback which has given me a lot to work on!

 hope everyone is doing okay with their inquiries!!

Task 6C

After reading the award specialism title form I took a long time to decide which title was right for me career wise. After talking to a few of my SIGS i have come to the conclusion of choosing the 'Performing Arts' title. After doing some research the term 'performing arts' means" forms of creative activity that are performed in front of an audience, such as drama, music, and dance."  As i want to be a drama teacher I feel this definition sums up my career choice.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/performing_arts

Task 6B

I know I have left it a while to post my thoughts of reader 6 but I've finally got round to it!
I really enjoyed reading reader 6 as i found it really insightful into the different tools and methods i could use for my inquiry. I think its important to not choose to many tools of research as it will be to time consuming. I have decided to use the following tools in my inquiry, I will discuss the merits and limits of these below:

Interview Merits

• Probe responses and investigate motives and feelings (Bell,2005,p.157)
• Being able to ask 'why' questions
• Interviewing the people with the right knowledge 
• Good source to collect data
• Use recognised data collection techniques
• qualitative method
• Allows me to have a more in-depth understanding 
• Allows me to gather appropriate research

Interview Limits

• Would be difficult to transcript the answers given
• Finding the time appropriate for me and the interviewee 
• Finding the space/area to conduct the interview
• Not gathering all the information i need in one sitting 
• My questions not being correct

Survey Merits

• An easy way to gain a lot of opinions
• Quick if the survey is online such as survey monkey
• A lot of online tools to record the research after surveys are completed

Survey Limits

• Not gaining enough response to record the answers
• The questions I ask could be to vague if they are hitting the general public
• Posting the survey on Facebook could not generate enough interest in my chosen topic

Questionnaire Merits

• Generally get a good response
• Could hand them out at work 
• data could be kept anonymous if the person wished to do so
• easy to record the data

Questionnaire Limits

• Can not garuntee everyone will participate
• answers could be limited to yes or no

Observation Merits

• Being able to record the session to look back on 
• a lot of data to analyse

Observation Limits

• As my inquiry is child related i don't think observing and recording a class would be permitted

Overall I will trial interview and survey with my SIG group.

https://www.campyatc.com/positive-impact-theatre-education-kids/