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BAPP ArtsModule 3 WBS3760 Campus Session 1
22nd February 2013
What do you want to get out of the session?
Three points to get out of the session
An idea about what you need to do in terms of analysis
An idea about what a professional inquiry is about
An idea of how to plan for Module 3 work
What is an inquiry?
Simple Inquiry
http://www.indiana.edu/~irap/phase1/intro1.html
Finding out about your topic area.
Kolb Cycle
http://www.ldu.leeds.ac.uk/ldu/sddu_multimedia/kolb/static_version.php
http://www.ldu.leeds.ac.uk/ldu/sddu_multimedia/kolb/kolb_flash.htm
Finding out about your experience.
Professional Inquiry 7a
What is your definition of a Professional Inquiry?
Spend 3 minutes thinking up and jotting key words of your
own definition. You might use a picture to help you do this (in the campus session there are some images on hand).
I think that a professional inquiry is…
explain your definition…
Discussion
Professional Inquiry
A process of preparation, scheduling, doing, evaluating, putting back into practice, and reflecting on the process with others in mind…
http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/double-gold-delight-for-farah.html
Drafting and editing
Structure your thinking
Cross the finishing line!
Make your points
Explain your thinking
Professional Inquiry 7a
Paula’s attempt at a definition…
The professional inquiry is a learning approach that develops knowledge and understanding about a topic area that is contextualised by your experience and your professional practice.
This process uses steps and stages to allow inquiry questions to evolve responses or solutions & develop valuable expertise in particular subject areas. The process uses literature and through practitioner research to gather information & data, and allows you to think about the meaning of these issues and interventions that interface with your work. The artefact demonstrates some of this understanding.
It involves a professional and a personal dimension. There is a progression in the ability to think through issues and problems using analysis and interpretation, academic argument (convincing someone of your point of view using evidence) and critical reflection.
Professional Inquiry stages and steps
Where are you now in your process? You could be in several places at once now!
Sometimes people can feel manic in this final module because things seems to be standing still even though they are very busy!
So it is good to find ways and peers to help you manage the stress levels.
This bbc video (click on link) is about stress is for when you need it…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnpQrMqDoqE
Working to your plan
http://blog.iqmatrix.com/stress-less
Advice
Update your adviser is a way of organising thinking about your inquiry
Continue to blog as a way of communication with the BAPP (Arts) network/SIGs
Communicate with your adviser in a meaningful way – use the formative feedback throughout the study period
Begin the drafting process by verbally explaining your inquiry and using the update to start the writing process
Look at feedback and discuss
Locate where you are in an update – identify milestones and actions.
Formative Feedback
(p. 12, Module 3 Handbook)
Week 1: Formative feedback
After looking at your adviser feedback from Module 2 - students send a 1 page summary to your adviser with your inquiry title, your research/inquiry questions and ideas, ethical issues, literature review up to this point, changes to your plan, ideas for your artefact, and any questions or issues that might have arisen for the module after reading the Module 3 Handbook.
1st Group Exercise
Reviewing your plan… 5 minutes each way
Where are you now? Use KEY WORDS
Discuss with the others in your group:1) Your topic area & inquiry questions 2) Ethical issues that are involved in the inquiry
3) What you have done so far in terms of researching literature
4) What you have done so far in terms of gathering data
REMEMBER you can use diagrams to and concept mapping to do this.
2nd Group Exercise
Action:Action:Action:
Updating your planning… 5 minutes
Using the earlier discussion, spend some time clarifying with others what you need to do now, and establish some action points that can be discussed with your adviser (write them down).
Module 3 Assessment – 3 main parts
Part 1: The Critical ReviewIt is primarily written but can contain visual or audio visual elements showing the process of investigating a topic (practitioner research) with analysis that has implications for your practice.
Part 2: The Professional Artefacta product or a work in progress that is created - it can be a document, an event, or an activity - it can be something that informs others in your community of practice or workplace - the artefact should emerge from the inquiry
Part 3: The Oral Presentationan in person/ audio-visual demonstration that shows that you have progressed in your ability to show knowledge and understanding that is based on your ‘inquiry’
Formative Feedback Analysis
Week 4: Send adviser 1-2 paragraphs as a sample of your inquiry analysis. Formative feedback will be given on the structure, the quality of the arguments and the quality of the supporting evidence discussed.
Analysis of practitioner research and literature (what have you found out and what does it mean?)
Analysis of inquiry activity and critical reflection (how do your findings relate to your larger inquiry question and your work?
Using ideas for analysis
Literature can to ground your understanding in the expertise of others.
Literature can help you analyse what people have said to you through your practitioner research (your findings).
Literature about your topic area - to review expertise and analyse where your research fits in with the knowledge and experience of others
Literature that informs your inquiry process – earlier theory from the Readers (e.g. networking theories) or books about research (e.g.Bell)
Do your have a literature review that you will inform your inquiry?
How do you carry out a literature review?
The literature review for the inquiry is more comprehensive than Module 2 - which showed you how to find and review individual pieces of literature – look at Reader 7.
Carry out a literature review for your topic and discuss how the literature and professional sources have provided theories and concepts that inform the inquiry you have undertaken.
Remember digital resources are available under the Reading Lists tab on Libguide http://readinglists.mdx.ac.uk/lists/1CBC3E89-922A-1358-5E5B-E27149E704B8.html
How do you carry out a literature review?
Jo and Ahmet and Paula suggest criteria:
1. Relevance2. Time and place written (currency)3. Level and expertise
How do you analyse practitioner research?
Observation, survey, interview, focus group, literature (includes documents that you find during your practitioner research)
Review Reader 6 Tools
Qualitative Quantitative Mixed
Findings are the result of your ‘coding’ the data (the evidence from what people said) to find common or ‘significant’ themes. What were you trying to find out? What did your participants say in response to your questions? This is your interpretation and analysis of the findings.
Group exercise
Discuss one of your emerging findings from your inquiry practitioner research and discuss what it means and how it relates to your practice.
What did your participant say and how does this compare to your expectations or literature?
How does this finding relate to your larger inquiry question and your work?
Discussion
Blog topics p. 8-9 Module Handbook
• Updates on inquiry progress and sharing discoveries
• Reviews of campus sessions • Commentary on discussions with your peers and SIGs • Reflections on working collaboratively• A conversation with professional externals to the BAPP
(Arts) network – put up their thoughts or have them comment
• Thoughts about your artefact – what is it and who is your audience – is it a product or a work in progress? …
Points to take away from this session
A good sense of analysis and how to use others to enhance critical thinking.
A good sense of direction for what you need
A good sense of to do and the feeling that the job is achievable.
Next Campus session…
More on writing up the Critical Review
More on the Professional Artefact
More on working with others about your ideas