Module two has provided me great
opportunity for professional growth, both in understanding and practical
skills. I now feel more professionally confident, and secure, providing me with
direction for further development.
Developing lines of professional
enquiry.
When searching for my line of
inquiry, I struggled with finding the right questions to ask. Many topics
really interested me. (Appendix
1). My initial questions were too broad and couldn’t pinpoint a direction.
This prompted me to develop further questions related to a particular career
transition (Appendix
2). These questions were answered immediately from by BAPP peers and
therefore I realised this topic was too narrow. After further thought, setting
up SIG, (Appendix
3) conversing with my peers and advisor and a particularly relevant work
experience (Appendix
4) I settled on a theme of the benefits of dance. It was only after
networking, relating my ideas to my practice, reflecting and considering the
impact of this new knowledge was I able to discover what I really wanted to
know. Asking the questions and developing them with support from others allowed
me to discover in myself what is important and how I move forward. I feel more
confident and secure as a professional having gained this insight and in developing
a line of inquiry that I see as valuable for my continuing professional
development.
Professional Ethics.
I had considered ethics a fairly
simple topic; how I choose to live, work and behave are determined by my
ethical code, I would not be willing to align myself with anything that does
not parallel this. (Appendix
5).
In looking at the ethical codes of
practice provided by my employers I found that I agreed with the guidance, and
came to realise that if I did not then it wouldn’t be my professional field. I
do what I do as I consider it valuable and important, not simply for my self
but for others and therefore feel that ethics directly informs my employment.
The reader explained ethical
frameworks, I was able to apply some of these more easily to my employment that
others (Appendix
6) and realised that ways of viewing ethics can be complicated, there are
different motivations, implication and even legislation plays can play a role
but the overall message for me was to work in a way that causes least harm.
This is what I will be constantly in mind of professionally and during inquiry.
(Appendix
7)
Professional inquiry tools.
I developed a whole new set of skills
in piloting inquiry tools. It allowed me to develop my line of professional
inquiry further by ascertaining through trial and reflection which methods
would best suit to gain the data that I required.
It also allowed me to gain
professional confidence by trailing ideas with professional colleagues and
creating new dialogues around my topic of interest. (Appendix
8)
I found further support in my
literature reviews, (Appendix
(9), (10)
& (11)
showing that there are publicly accepted ideas around my topic but also
showing a niche for my specific area.
It will allow me to move forward
not only with confidence in my methodology but also in the validity of my
ideas.
References.
Middlesex University, (2012) (e) Reader 4 Developing
Lines of Professional Inquiry, BA (Hons) Professional Practice in Arts WBS
3630.
Middlesex University, (2012) (f) Reader 5 Professional
Ethics, BA (Hons) Professional Practice in Arts WBS 3630.
Middlesex University, (2012) (g) Reader 6 Tools of
Professional Inquiry, BA (Hons) Professional Practice in Arts WBS 3630.
Oliver, P (2010) The
Students Guide to research ethics. 2.ed Maidenhead: Open university press
Skoning, S. N. (2008). Movement in dance in the inclusive
classroom. Teaching Exceptional Children Plus, [online] Wisconsin. Available
from: http://journals.cec.sped.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1512&context=tecplus [Accessed 05/12/12]
Webber, D (2012) BA (Hons) Professional Practice Blog.
[online] available from
Appendix.
(3) http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=4693406&type=member&item=180063198&commentID=105682591&qid=345fe57b-e07b-4b33-9b7b-cc74c203b7fa&goback=.gmp_4693406#commentID_105682591
(4) http://danniwebber.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/teaching-children-with-learning.html
(5) http://danniwebber.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/5a-my-first-thoughts-on-my-own-ethics.html
(6) http://danniwebber.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/5c-my-employment-related-to-ethical.html
(7) http://danniwebber.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/5d-my-enquiry-and-ethical-considerations.html
