For my special reference I decided to have two people I work/have worked with that are specialists in the two areas I am looking into for my professional inquiry.
- My dance teacher since I was 7 years old has agreed to offer her guidance. This will offer me strong support whilst I look further into my inquiry which will help me in the future for my own dance/theatre school. This makes me feel very lucky as she has a very successful dance school which has been running for a long time.
- Another person who's guidance I have asked for is a Special Educational Needs Teaching assistant who I have known for a long time and worked with in the past. With her knowledge and expertise I will be able to understand different difficulties I may face and how to over come them.
I look forward to working with both of these people and I have also tried to look at others ideas of Professional Inquiry to create a SIG group. I hope that as others ideas come up I will have others on the BAPP course with similar ideas. I have already commented on one persons professional inquiry and I invite others to let me know so we can create a facebook page!
My idea for Professional Inquiry;
To find new and inventive ways to teach a variety of children/young adults some of which may be challenged with learning difficulties/special needs/disabilities and to help them understand and enhance them as performers in a kinaesthetic/visual/auditory way or a way which works with there specific need.
Hi Kirstie!
ReplyDeleteThey sound like two good people to use for your professional inquiry! My inquiry is similar in the respect that i am looking at how performing arts can enhance learning for students of all different abilities, as a separate subject and across the curriculum.
Will you be conducting your inquiry in schools? In terms of ethics, have you got on to the reader for that section? Because if you are using examples of students and in school placements it would be good for us to maybe share ideas on how we are going to ensure data protection? Have you any ideas about using evidence but avoiding mentioning names and getting permission?
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Hi Sinead,
ReplyDeleteThat sounds really interesting and something I would love to know more about once you have fulfilled your Inquiry as it is such an interesting subject to look into.
I am so thrilled to have those two people on board and look forward to working with them. I currently work at a school and have a few other connections to other schools as well but all three are primary schools. What about yourself do you work within schools or have a relationship with any?
Yes It will be great to keep in touch and help each-other out with ideas and certainly data protection and safeguarding online and in our work of children. I have spoke to both parents of both children I am working/have worked with before but I am looking into it and asking advice from my mum as she deals with all safeguarding in a primary school and at a youth group etc.
It would be great if I add you or you add me on facebook so we can start a group and if anyone else has a likeness to our Inquiry's then we could possibly gain others? Let me know what you think?
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