Info from Campus Session 5

Critial Commentary for Learning Diaries

Commentary using your learning diaries (blogs) – summing up and evaluating the entries using critical analysis (is there any learning theory or theory about professional practice or work based learning that might apply?) use examples…

Seeing progression of thoughts, confidence, ability, knowledge, etc. from the earlier part of the module to the conclusion AND providing evidence of this

Using comparisons – compared to learning in the workplace, the 3002 module, the BAPP network (how have you used it as a virtual community of practice?)  

The Final Project Proposal 

It is an explanation of what you are going to do for your project and how you are going to do it, with some expectations stated (you cannot predict the results before you carry out the project)

Beginning middle and end - structure is important – use headings for sections, summarise and use examples

Research element - well thought out and critically evaluated (approach, methods)

Ethics - always when dealing with human subjects…
Worker-researcher

The Final Project Proposal – progress!  

You have made a lot of progress in the module – celebrate this (sensibly and with evidence) in your Learning commentary and Project Proposal

Your BAPP work should be aligned with your professional work (both what you are doing now and aspirationally)  and organisation – or if you are self employed – may have implications for your community of practice or your professional network – this should have positive aspects. 

The Final Project Proposal - pitfalls 

 

Have vague and ill-defined aims
Lack detail about the research design
Be overly ambitious and unrealistic in terms of scope and timetable

(Fox, Martin and Green, Doing Practitioner Research, 2007)