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/

Tasks 6 & Written Inquiry

Im nearly done with my first draft of my proposal ready to send to Paula for some feedback, I have done tasks 6 but havent got round to posting my thoughts on my blog as of yet! Hopefully today i will complete my first draft! Good Luck everyone!!

Vygotsky’s Social Development Theory

https://www.learning-theories.com/vygotskys-social-learning-theory.html