HEY!!!

So, it's draft submission time! 

This is more like a 'Diary' blog for me. I feel better when I've typed/written what I've done so far and need to get working on. Anyway, how is everyone doing? How did your inquiry go? Are you surprised by your results? Have you all nearly finished your Critical Reflection???

I finished all my practical investigations a couple of weeks ago and had been spending a lot of time on my literature review as this is a big part of my inquiry. I usually sit down and do big bulks of the Critical Reflection at a time because I can't quite sit down and focus in my breaks or evenings after work. I'm constantly planning to use any spare time off work to do uni work which is hard nearing Christmas, work is busy, shows, class assessments, end of term presentations etc!!! I am now on the analysis part and really hope to get it done by the end of next week so I can send it off to my advisor for feedback and start work on my artefact!

Hope to see some of you at the Campus Session next friday?! 

Stressy Chiara :) 

Campus Session 3

Hello Everyone! 

Apologies for the lack of Blogs! 
This is a quick one just to give those of you who could not make the campus session today some info on what we learnt and discussed. 
The session was with Adesola, discussed the artefact for the end of the inquiry and the Critical Review. 
The other students will also be posting blogs so look out for theirs; the blogspot address' are on Adesola's latest blog. 

The artefact does not display your results from the inquiry, you can use some of your findings but it's basically a different way of presenting your inquiry. You can be creative, the '3000 word' bit in the handbook is just a guide as to how in depth it should be. You do not need to present/submit 3000 words in an information type booklet or leaflet etc, you can make a presentation, write a song, present it in a class like format etc...if you create some sort of installation, take pictures and write a little bit of info on what it is you've done to submit online whilst bringing in the actual artefact to the Oral Presentation day in January. 

The Critical Review - Be sure to not separate all the parts (like it says in the handbook) you want to build bridges so that the whole of Part 1 flows. The Intro, Evaluation of the inquiry process and Analysis of findings should all piece together, they should not be written as the (beginning, middle and end) It shouldn't sound like a story but more of a big explanation of the finished inquiry. It should all be written in the past tense. You will be writing the Critical Review after you have completed the whole inquiry otherwise it won't make sense, you do not need to include all of your findings, just the useful data that may/may not relate to your data and make sure to include your themes throughout. (Establish the underlying themes of your inquiry and mention them throughout) If you are still doing your practical part of your inquiry, look to start analysing what you have already found so you can begin the draft of your Critical Review, there are only a few weeks until you need to  start thinking about sending the rough copy to your advisor. 

The whole critical review is like baking a cake! If you were to tell someone you were baking a cake, set out all of the ingredients but didn't tell them what cake the ingredients would make, it wouldn't make sense. You need to explain what you're making (what you're finding out from the inquiry) explain the whole process first (tools and lit review), then break it down and explain how you get to the finished product. (the findings, overall analysis) Finally, how the cake tastes, was it a good bake?! (critical reflection on how the whole inquiry was and how you will carry your findings and use them in your professional work)