Tuesday 31 March 2015

Catch up

A great catch up with Paula earlier this week has made me think about many small details
I perhaps overlooked for example the word success,which I have used within one of my main inquiry questions -

Does the success of Dance within the curriculum alter depending on whether taught by a specialist or generalist ?

The definition of success is - the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.
 
Paula explain I needed to be careful when using the word success as  each individuals view of success may be rather different, on reflection this is completely true one persons perception of doing well and being successful may be just ok to another. I therefore decided to make my own definition for use in the inquiry as to what I am referring to whilst using the word success.
In the context of the above inquiry question I refer to the relationship between the objective of the lesson and the outcome of the lesson. How has the individual turn the objective of the lesson (ability to confidently perform a double pirouette) into the outcome (the child can perform a double pirouette confidently).
I feel success is a word I would still like to include in my inquiry as long as it is understood what terms I am perceiving success to be.

I am also looking into my inquiry's 'unique selling point', what makes my inquiry different, why is it needed, why should you read it!
I am currently conduction my observations and interviews and feeI have found a really good range of participants to get a really insight into education and Dance, my participants include two head teachers, one of whom brought the Royal Ballet into her Primary school on several occasions to encourage Dance within the school. I also have a range of generalist and specialist to gain an insight in to the rewards and struggles they face encouraging Dance within the curriculum.
I feel/hope my unique selling point will be proven when my analysis is underway....watch this space!







1 comment:

  1. Hee Hee, "watch this space!" Love it, your inquiry sounds like it has taken great shape!
    With regards to the importance of defining the word 'success' I feel I have experienced something very similar. I am looking into the concept of motivation within Drama and discovered through Skype sessions with Adesola and all the various sources of literature that motivation is an even more 'vague' concept than I originally thought. How would I know what to look for in my observations? Is it a student who is getting on with the task, is it a student who enjoys drama, is it a student who wants to do well? Even a variety of professionals within the field of human motivation cannot come up with one universal definition, and so I think it will be of great help to those who read your inquiry write-up that you have defined success in the context of your professional practice.

    Hoping your final week is going well!

    Pip :)

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