Hello everyone - Remember how time flies on this course! I have been trying to touch base with people this week and would encourage everyone to do the same. Start some conversations!
Here is an easy one for Module 1 - have you sent your blog address to me? I have been putting up addresses today under the BAPP Blogs tab.
Module 2 - Have you had a look at the Handbook and Reader 4 to start you off? Ahmet Ahmet wrote a good icebreaker blog that you might want to check out - also Afi Agyeman and Jo Clarke
Module 3 - Ah Charlotte Bidston has been letting us know where she is in her process doing interviews - those crafty taping devices sometimes have a life of their own - I always used 2 devices where possible for longer or important interviews. ALSO Jessica Hay and of course Corinda had already found Henley and Katharina has some good suggestions for gathering literature.
MANY more that I will add - PLEASE leave some comments to suggest others to explore!
Hey there!
ReplyDeleteI was indeed very inspired by Katherina´s suggestion for gathering literature!
I agree, that I also needed a break from blogging and Uni-work in general in order to let my ideas sink in, but also now feel ready and motivated to add wings to them and let them take flight.
I think a main theme for all of us has been getting our head round where we were in may, when we handed in our last assignment and planning the 12 weeks ahead.
I did so, by re-reading my assignment from module 2 and the critical review I was given by my adviser.
I also had had enough time to think about my methods of planning and studying (see my latest blog http://fionerettenberger.blogspot.de) and had also embarked on many conversations with people outside university and also some outside my regular community of practice.
I wish I was able to come to the campus sessions this term, but unfortunately I seem to be working a tad to much to make this happen.
I am looking forward to reading about them on fellow student´s blogs and watching the odd uTube video about them.
Katherina´s way of making literature more "bite-size" is healthy, as we do not have the possibility to actually read and fully comprehend a certain amount of books, etc. In this case less proves to be more!
Hope this post is helpful in any way,
.fione !!
Thanks Fione - good suggestions and it is clear you are also using the capacity of others to help you think about your own university work. I like the literature review stage now - however I think it can be frustrating if you are not finding the documents, audio-visual accounts etc. that give you what you need to inform your understanding or analysis of your topic or 'resolving' your inquiry questions.
ReplyDeleteFor example, I need to extend my knowledge of and application of the theories of multimodal research for a presentation on the 15th November so am anxious I will find the right literature (classic sources but also sources that let me know what the current discourses are in 2012) and then do the thinking that will be appropriate to the task. I still see it as a challenge although deadlines can be a helpful incentive to get things done! Sound familiar but how this relates to the professional inquiry? - just as with the literature for 3760, planning helps accomplish the task and using a personal strategy for doing the job at hand means you get to know yourself in the bargain. Fione you speak to this in your comment. I used the requirements of the PGCHE work I did this summer to get me started reading this literature but now I will need to limit what I read in order to - as your say - digest this reading - to give time to reflect and analyse and apply. SO while the literature for the professional inquiry might include 20 or more sources - spend time on the key sources so that you can make them work for you.
Your use of colleagues and peers as sounding boards is important for Module 3 work. It is sometimes hard to capture this but I have seen this done well using personal diary extracts that are put in the appendices of the Critical Review. It also sounds like you have used the inquiry process to good effect by engaging with those 'outside' your immediate circle - sometimes difficult to do but satisfying - it talks to the notions of expanding territory (of knowledge and understanding) and growth (how you see yourself and how others see and relate to you) - key components of good educational experiences.