Critical Reflection Portfolio

Critical Reflection Portfolio
Sarah Dunn - Module 2

 

I started this Module 2 and the tasks at first got me a bit anxious as I just wasn’t sure what I was meant to doing or looking in to. Appendix A
Fortunately with help from others on the course I was able to start exploring and really trying to find out what it was I wanted to look in to. Appendix B

After a few weeks I finally thought I was getting somewhere with my award title and inquiry question Appendix C until a Skype chat with my advisor and other students shook things up.
The Skype chat was one of the most beneficial things for me through this module though.
I was originally quite confused about why I couldn't teach without a degree, or why Dance was in the PE curriculum, and I had to stop being negative, and focus on something that I would actually benefit from. I started looking at Dance as a whole. Appendix D

The work on the module helped me to explore this in more detail and I was able to finally start looking properly into my Professional Inquiry Proposal.

I had decided to go down the route of why the arts are not as specialised in schools.

I joined SIG Performing Arts in Education which was set up by Emma Corboz Appendix E and was able to speak freely about all my concerns, ideas and also receive feedback on my line of inquiry. Appendix F

 
A part of the module which was different but extremely beneficial was section 5, ethics. I was able to explore the ethics needed for this proposal, and also the ethical practice in teaching, which is my future career. Appendix G

This suddenly then shook things up for me. All of a sudden it became apparent to me, while submitting my first draft to Adesola, that I was more interested in the different types of dance available, and the ways this can be taught. After all my future career is dance, and I am confused about which genre of dance teaching I want to go down!

I sort advice regularly on my blog and SIGs to ensure I was having a range of people’s opinions. We have a Facebook group for students of Module 2 which has been helpful for us all, no matter our line of inquiry, to talk freely.
Web 2.0 which we discussed in Module 1 has been the greatest tool for my inquiry.

 

Something that helped me structure my Inquiry, all 3 drafts I eventually did was listing the headers on a blog post. Appendix H. Whilst it doesn’t look much as a blog post, this was ideal for me when writing up my final Professional Inquiry Proposal. Even though what is on that blog post now is nothing like how my final inquiry propsoal turned out!

My main progress was made when I submitted my drafts to Adesola. I eventually was able to stop being so broad in my subjects, to finding a topic I really wanted to explore and that would be beneficial to my future.

I benefited me greatly was looking at the Module 3 material so I know exactly what I am preparing myself for.
This has given me confidence in my preparation, schedule, ethical practice and proposed inquiry.