Summary of Module 2 Zoom Session

Today's Zoom session really encouraged me to delve into the next module and created a clearer understanding of the "little wonders," involved within my practice. 

I have now realised that the inquiry I aimed to focus on seems a little too broad and I need to narrow it down to a specific area to make the practice-based inquiry in Module 3 more manageable. Although I am not required to know exactly what that is yet, I will begin to get ideas from other practitioners and the BAPP community and then determine what I already know and what I feel curious about. 

It was great to hear everybody's ideas on what they feel their inquiry shall be focused on and it was interesting that everybody had different curiosities and paths they intend to follow. That is what is great about this course, we are all given the same information and guidance but it's how we used the information and adapt the knowledge to our personal fields. 

I think it will be more important for this module to engage with others and keeping a reflective journal about what I discover around me and my feelings and questions. Whilst gathering data and information from all areas of literature, not just from reading books but also from articles, TedTalks, and artwork. 

Helen described it as an adventure, our question is the starting point, we are then exploring to find out other things and gaining more knowledge. We are not supposed to be answering the question, we are just setting ourselves up to go and explore but understanding how I am going to go about exploring this area. This will be involving different research methods including surveys, observations, or a case study of a particular community. Although we don't need to do all of these methods, just one or two. 

Ethics will be a big part of this inquiry project but I am not going to think too much into that at the moment as there will be a dedicated session to get a clearer understanding of this. 

Welcome Back

Tuesday 7th September

Welcome Back Zoom.

It was great to get back on Zoom yesterday evening and see some familiar faces and also new faces, the students starting module one. After several months away from the course, it felt great to be back with like-minded people with similar mindsets and backgrounds. I remember back to my very first zoom call and feeling so overwhelmed and unsure about what was to come. My main piece of advice to the module ones is: Communication is Key!! If you are feeling out of your depths then there are plenty of people to open up to get a clearer understanding.  The beginning of module one felt so difficult and stressful as I felt as though I was completely alone and wondering whether I had understood the objectives correctly. During the course, I connected with others via blogs, Facebook, and Whatsapp and it spurred me on to have more faith in my knowledge.

The next module and area of study are the curiosities that we have within our field and practice. Creating a deeper understanding of any concerns or questions and planning the research project for when we get to module 3. Learning from who is around you and those before you and how it has changed throughout the generations and how we have learned from it. I am very eager to get stuck into this module as I feel I have a greater understanding of the way the course works and how to manage my time for my studies.

Let's get started...