DIGITAL PORTFOLIO
Not having been able to attend the first campus session, it took me some times to fully understand the module and to develop a question for my Inquiry. I then started developing a line of inquiry and a great help came through my BAPP community of practice via comments on my blogs and via my personal SIG, which I based it on "Working and/or training in different countries". Thanks to the SiG introduction on the Middlesex University Facebook page, we were able to share similar interests and give each other ideas and opinion on our inquiry. I focused my first questions on the differences in cultures when it comes to training and working in performing arts. (Appendix A) (Appendix Aa). Unfortunately the group has been deleted from Facebook and this generated a loss of important material for us, as the page showed the development of our thoughts and activities through the conversation. I was still able to re-collect most of the data lost, gathering what had been said through blog posts of others and through my journal recordings.
Trying to find another way for discussion, I found and suggested the website Linkedin (Appendix B) who also had a board for discussions. I created one (Appendix Bb) and posted it on my blog (Appendix C), but I didn't receive enough responses and interests from my course mates and, in the end, didn't result to be as useful as I could have been.
With the second campus session we started to look into Ethics, professional and personal, even though I was still working on the development of my inquiry. On the day I further developed my questions with a good help given me by Rosemary and Adesola, academic advisors holding the session, while the others where heading on with the studying of ethics. I accomplished to narrow down my questions further, focusing more on the advantages and disadvantages of working in different environments (Appendix D)).
After getting through the Reader 4 'Developing lines of professional Inquiry', I started answering to the set questions given, starting to analyze what I was capable of and where I was missing something in my training. I then posted my findings in "Identifying knowledge and skills" up in blog post. (Appendix E)).
After considering my interests and the line for inquiry I was working on, I decided on my final rationale for my Award Title. As Musical Theatre is my major but I wanted to keep my professional opportunities open to different areas, I decided on 'BA (Hons) Professional Practice in Performing Arts'. (Appendix F))
Catching up on Reader 5 'Professional Ethics' I started to get a first understanding of how Ethics relates to my area of work posting few tools I discovered through my research and also using my 'visual lens' for learning on what I perceived about Ethics. I then formed my own ideas on code of practice for a performer. (Appendix G))
With the third, and last, campus session we looked at the final part of the module, Reader 6 'Tools for Professional Inquiry'. After the useful slide show that Paula Nottingham and Rosemary showed us, I got a good understanding on what the final reader was about. We also did some exercise among us to understand the tools ofinterviewing and observing, some of the methods we were asked to try out for our inquiry. (Appendix H))
Further reflecting on Ethics I wrote a post on the outcomes obtained (Appendix I)). Also I gathered information of the code of practice of my day job, and compared it to how closely relates in a hypothetical performing job.
Through the development of my questions and with the help given me through my BAPP fellow students and my academic advisor, I achieved a final question for my Inquiry Project (Appendix L)) and I started, from then on, working on the next tasks given on this module.
With the piloting we were asked to try out, I gained a better knowledge on pros and cons this different tools have; observation (Appendix M)), interview, the different ways of doing it and its advantages and disadvantages (Appendix N)) (Appendix Nn)), a Focus Group (Appendix O)) and finally a pilot Survey (Appendix P). I gathered a good expertise on which tool would work best to find material for my inquiry and why.
Via the findings of literatures that relates to my topic, I was able to analyze and study what others have said on 'self-management skills for a successful career for a performer' (Appendix Q), R, S) and further investigate the matter. From these and others literature found I could notice what kind of advices are given from professionals working in different areas of the arts. I then finally booked mark findings and useful websites on Delicious, a website that gathers and organizes the links and pages you want to save. (Appendix T))
Together combined with the existing literatures and personal experiences I had during this module, I now have a good understanding of the tools I can use to help me gather more information, on ethics and code of practice of my professional area of work, and how to be able to further investigate on what it takes for an emerging performer to grow professionally and succeed.
Not having been able to attend the first campus session, it took me some times to fully understand the module and to develop a question for my Inquiry. I then started developing a line of inquiry and a great help came through my BAPP community of practice via comments on my blogs and via my personal SIG, which I based it on "Working and/or training in different countries". Thanks to the SiG introduction on the Middlesex University Facebook page, we were able to share similar interests and give each other ideas and opinion on our inquiry. I focused my first questions on the differences in cultures when it comes to training and working in performing arts. (Appendix A) (Appendix Aa). Unfortunately the group has been deleted from Facebook and this generated a loss of important material for us, as the page showed the development of our thoughts and activities through the conversation. I was still able to re-collect most of the data lost, gathering what had been said through blog posts of others and through my journal recordings.
Trying to find another way for discussion, I found and suggested the website Linkedin (Appendix B) who also had a board for discussions. I created one (Appendix Bb) and posted it on my blog (Appendix C), but I didn't receive enough responses and interests from my course mates and, in the end, didn't result to be as useful as I could have been.
With the second campus session we started to look into Ethics, professional and personal, even though I was still working on the development of my inquiry. On the day I further developed my questions with a good help given me by Rosemary and Adesola, academic advisors holding the session, while the others where heading on with the studying of ethics. I accomplished to narrow down my questions further, focusing more on the advantages and disadvantages of working in different environments (Appendix D)).
After getting through the Reader 4 'Developing lines of professional Inquiry', I started answering to the set questions given, starting to analyze what I was capable of and where I was missing something in my training. I then posted my findings in "Identifying knowledge and skills" up in blog post. (Appendix E)).
After considering my interests and the line for inquiry I was working on, I decided on my final rationale for my Award Title. As Musical Theatre is my major but I wanted to keep my professional opportunities open to different areas, I decided on 'BA (Hons) Professional Practice in Performing Arts'. (Appendix F))
Catching up on Reader 5 'Professional Ethics' I started to get a first understanding of how Ethics relates to my area of work posting few tools I discovered through my research and also using my 'visual lens' for learning on what I perceived about Ethics. I then formed my own ideas on code of practice for a performer. (Appendix G))
With the third, and last, campus session we looked at the final part of the module, Reader 6 'Tools for Professional Inquiry'. After the useful slide show that Paula Nottingham and Rosemary showed us, I got a good understanding on what the final reader was about. We also did some exercise among us to understand the tools ofinterviewing and observing, some of the methods we were asked to try out for our inquiry. (Appendix H))
Further reflecting on Ethics I wrote a post on the outcomes obtained (Appendix I)). Also I gathered information of the code of practice of my day job, and compared it to how closely relates in a hypothetical performing job.
Through the development of my questions and with the help given me through my BAPP fellow students and my academic advisor, I achieved a final question for my Inquiry Project (Appendix L)) and I started, from then on, working on the next tasks given on this module.
With the piloting we were asked to try out, I gained a better knowledge on pros and cons this different tools have; observation (Appendix M)), interview, the different ways of doing it and its advantages and disadvantages (Appendix N)) (Appendix Nn)), a Focus Group (Appendix O)) and finally a pilot Survey (Appendix P). I gathered a good expertise on which tool would work best to find material for my inquiry and why.
Via the findings of literatures that relates to my topic, I was able to analyze and study what others have said on 'self-management skills for a successful career for a performer' (Appendix Q), R, S) and further investigate the matter. From these and others literature found I could notice what kind of advices are given from professionals working in different areas of the arts. I then finally booked mark findings and useful websites on Delicious, a website that gathers and organizes the links and pages you want to save. (Appendix T))
Together combined with the existing literatures and personal experiences I had during this module, I now have a good understanding of the tools I can use to help me gather more information, on ethics and code of practice of my professional area of work, and how to be able to further investigate on what it takes for an emerging performer to grow professionally and succeed.
References:
Appendix A: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/10/developing-lines-of-enquiry.htmlAppendix Aa: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/10/task-4b-develop-sig.htmlAppendix B: http://www.linkedin.com/Appendix Bb:http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Interested-in-sharing-ideas-thoughts-93013.S.82081311Appendix C: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/11/linkedin-eureka.htmlAppendix D: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/10/campus-session-2.htmlAppendix E: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/10/identifying-knowledge-and-skills.htmlAppendix F: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/11/task-4d-award-title-proposal.htmlAppendix G: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/11/first-glance-at-ethics.htmlAppendix H: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/11/campus-session-3-09-11-11.htmlAppendix I: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/11/campus-session-3-09-11-11.htmlAppendix L: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/12/inquiry-question-final.htmlAppendix M: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/12/wicked.htmlAppendix N: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/12/pilot-interview.htmlAppendix Nn: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/12/re-evaluation-of-my-pilot-interview.htmlAppendix O: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/12/pilot-focus-group.htmlAppendix P: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/12/pilot-survey.htmlAppendix Q: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/12/6c-literature-1.htmlAppendix R: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/12/literature-review-2_30.htmlAppendix S: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2012/01/literature-3.htmlAppendix T: http://laurasinigaglia.blogspot.com/2011/11/delicious.html
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