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It would be great if you could show us some examples of artefacts and module 3 work? It might help to get a visual representation of what we are aiming towards and ways we can present our work.
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Thanks Liam Yes I will have these available. It is also good when people have these in a digital form - a number are on People's archived learning blogs - take a look - they are up on the Libguide blog page. Some examples http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.co.uk, http://lauraweir2001.blogspot.co.uk, http://elliesykes.blogspot.co.uk
DeleteHey Paula, i would like to know if I have to asure to give copies of my work to participants of my survey when i asured that in my consent form? Further more I would like to know how I can structure my final writing and my work. Can I include images or should that be included as an appendix?
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Cathy
If you said you would give your participants a report of your participant research - this could mean a brief anonymised 1 page summary of the main findings - so you do not have to give people all of the data - most do not want that anyway. This is a part of your studies at university, you do not have the resources to provide much more. Generally, this is not something people put in the consent materials because it is extra work and can sometimes be problematic when people move jobs and it is hard to get in touch with them. Next time you could also just say that this brief overview would be available upon request and make sure the participants have you contact details. I think with your research you had ethical concerns about giving data that might be put to advantage some participants, an interesting and very relevant concern in the workplace. You can discuss this concern in your Critical Review. Part of professional practices is deliberating on the boundaries of what is appropriate while learning in the workplace. There is no one answer because people work in such varied contexts and circumstances.
DeleteWe will be going over more about the structuring of the Critical Review next week but you might actually want to start drafting it up already if you have carried out elements of your inquiry. Yes visual images and displaying information using visual and audio-visual communication is appropriate. Images can go in the main body and the appendices - if they are in the appendices they need to be explained in the text.
Hope that helps
Paula, very useful to chat with you on Monday about my stage 1 of Module 3 and the Professional Inquiry Process in Five Stages. It made me realise that I had also been working on parts of stages 2 & 3 within the process. Here are some points you may wish to consider if appropriate at this early stage, speaking about;
ReplyDelete1. We touched on breaking down/unpicking points to write about them, clarifying further to the reader, making your point and closing the work, the nature of the project
2. The main points to consider in the five stages.
3. How do I talk/write about sensitive cultural issues and the ethics around it.
4. Stage 5 and the Artefact as Liam also mentioned.
All good wishes.
Corinda
Thanks Corinda - much appreciated - again starting early with Module 3 will mean that there will not be a mad rush to sort of important issues at the end of the process. We will be talking more about the artefacts in Campus Session 2 and around that time on the blogs.
DeleteHi Paula, I would also love to see an example of work. Would it be possible to have one posted up online? I am worried about structuring the writing, it seems like a huge amount. Also as Corinda says, approaching the ethical issues sensitively.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately can't be at the campus session but will be finding out all about it.
Many thanks, Emily
Thanks Emily. Thanks for your comment, it is a case of using a more professional or academic style for this piece of writing so that you can get the most our of the word count. I tend to call our programme's 'professional practice' style of writing a cross between writing an essay and a reportage style - generally the three parts of the review and the critical reflection are written in the first person and tell the reader what you did during your inquiry (so generally past tense). It also uses the Harvard style of referencing to acknowledge sources of knowledge and expertise that you used in your critical thinking about your topic and inquiry questions, with a bibliography at the end to share these sources with others.
ReplyDeleteThe Critical Review documents that come to us are confidential to the student, but it is an idea to get permission to put up a few extracts of past work. I will look into it for the future. However, one of the main changes we made to the curriculum of BAPP Arts was an emphasis on actually doing the inquiry (which usually includes an element of practitioner research) and then summarising and analysing that in order to inform your own professional practice and that of others in your community of practice. So instead of a 12,000 word document you are now asked to do a 6000 Critical Review and a Professional Artefact, with a presentation at the end in order to add to and clarify these explanations.
You might want to start drafting the Critical Review document just to get over that hurdle of 'what is it supposed to be?' If you go to the writing tab on the Libguide - I actually did a small film related to my own PGCHE work - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJW_5LPFnK0&feature=youtu.be - again suggesting using spidergrams and mindmapping as a way to start the process. I sometimes need these devices to start my thinking off...
You might find that the 6000 is actually not as much as you would like! and others have used the appendices for more in-depth literature reviews and for images or audio-visual elements that could not fit in the 6000. Finally - the 'indicative' word count - because creative approaches to your inquiry are encouraged and people might be using a variety of forms of communication - think of the submission as a 'space' to tell others what you have accomplished (or challenged you and could do better next time) and the learning journey you have been on while on the course.
Like Corinda I also had a very useful chat with Paula on monday, I've written about it on my blog:
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Unfortunately i won't be able to make the 1st campus session, so blog updates from all would be really helpful!
Looking forward to reading about your journeys!
Hannah
Hi Paula, thank you very much for your detailed reply on my last question. Today, I read a sentence in the Reader 7 that I am not sure about: "No work should be quoted without the prior permission of those who produced the original material." (p. 18/second paragraph). Does that mean that I have to get the prior permission of the author or the publisher which did produce the literature I am planning to quote in the inquiry? Thank you!
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