Here’s one I wrote about the 1st campus session…
This is the first session I have been able to attend and I know I was grateful when others updated me on what I’d missed so here it goes...
The first thing we tackled was 'Mapping the Knowledge of Professional Practice' - This involved getting into groups with others in your profession and discussing what you need to know in order to be successful. There were several different diagrams that were produced such as a ladder, a pyramid, a diamond and a mind map. I found this useful as it proved that everything is linked in some way or another, there are things that I will need to know as a performer that are specific to my profession but these will be linked to general knowledge that is necessary to everybody in any given profession.
We then moved on to ‘Establishing Questions of Inquiry’ – This was a chance to put our ‘big question’ out there and see how the group reacted. I think I have decided to go down the route of whether funding is more important than talent and whether if given the right resources and opportunities ‘less talented’ people so to speak, can go on to become more successful than their more talented, yet less wealthy peers???
I am right at the beginning of my inquiry at the moment so I may change my mind…
It was interesting to hear other people’s questions and why they thought they were important to explore and I shall be fascinated to see some of the findings.
‘Insider Inquiry’ was the next topic we worked on. We wanted to establish the challenges and opportunities of being an insider in our chosen profession. The knowledge we already have that others won’t have and how we can use it to our advantage.
Finally we discussed SIG’s (Special Interest Groups) and we came to the conclusion that a facebook page would be the best way to go about this as people are more likely to keep up to date with facebook than their blogs.
I’m excited to start work on my inquiry and watch how it develops and new questions arrive…
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