Thanks goes out to all those bloggers...................

I've been spending some time reading through blogs posted by fellow students including  Natalie and Chiara who have had the opportunity to attend campus sessions or in skype mode and I have found them extremely useful in putting Module 3 into perspective for me.

It seems we write in the past tense as this final inquiry is all about what we've done and achieved and not what we are going to do, so we are writers of an event that has taken place and we want to tell everyone about it. The inquiry should be developed as a story taking the reader on a journey of learning and providing them with an insight into who we are, what we do and how we have learnt in our exploration of a subject that intrigues us and relates to our work.

The idea that we are baking a cake and have ingredients, methods and an end result is a great way of visualising what we are doing and makes it all the more doable on a personal level. As a teacher of dance I appreciate the art of movement and visual aids and so this benefits my way of thinking.

The insight into the professional artefact also now makes alot more sense and I look forward to exploring the best way to produce my inquiry to others in a way that will be informative, interesting and of value.

Update on Inquiry Process

I have spent today immersing myself within my work and trying to gain a greater understanding of what pathway this Module will take me. I have re-read my previous work, trawled the net, looked at fellow students Blogs and also spent some time following up on campus sessions which I unfortunately miss due to work commitments and location.

After a tutorial by phone call with Paula this evening and many notes later I feel I further understand how I can direct and in some terms re-direct my inquiry towards an end result which I would hope I ultimately will benefit from. I am the one who devised this line of inquiry as I felt I could further enhance my skill set in the effectiveness of my practice when teaching older students.

One of my next tasks is to bring together my research completed by interview and collate this into some kind of explanatory information that I can then include within my evaluation.

I think as its Friday evening and the end of another long week and lots left to do in terms of work and study before we reach Monday morning again I should let my thoughts relax and get off the merry go round!

Need to return to the zone .........................

So at the weekend I held my dance school show, with a cast of 200 students and performances to 800+ people. The anxiety levels leading up to the production were extremely tough at time especially when I sent thousands of pounds via an overseas transaction to a Chinese costume company in the hope that the goods that were returned would be worthy of the stress !

All that said the show was a huge success; the costumes were out of this world and most definitely worth every moment of sleepless nights. The feedback and comments from those who came to watch have been unbelievable and so heart warming.

So now I begin my next mission of completing this Uni work and I need to get my head back in the zone alongside running my school, organising exam sessions and its nearly Christmas - watch this space ! Just a few snapshots from behind the scenes for which permission has been granted to use them.