Campus session 2 - continued

After looking at 'mapping professional domains' (See previous blog http://michellewhitney1.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/mapping-professional-domains-campus.html ) we  separated off into our module groups and Paula lead our session.  I am so grateful that I managed to ask all the questions I had jotted down over the last few weeks of studying and now I feel ready to move forward with my work.  Here are some of the points we covered;

• Enjoy other things - don't get bogged down with work, sometimes walking away and getting some perspective will mean that you work more effectively. 
• Evaluate - Look at the work you have done and evaluate what you have achieved.
• Handbook - It is there for a reason, don't forget to re read it every so often.
• Appendices - These can be used to fill the gaps in your writing.  for example you only get a paragraph or so of your critical review to analyse your literature reviews, use the appendices to add information that you can't cover.
• Drafts - Try to write at least 3 drafts of your work, it should be at least the second draft that gets sent to your adviser.
• Drafts - Try to self analyse your work so any 'frilly' writing becomes more formal
• Literature Reviews - Analyse the writing, try to discover what it means to your inquiry.
• My work - What does it mean? What have I discovered?  How does that meaning inform my thinking?
• Videos/Audio - This can be added to your appendices, do they inform your research?
• Summarise your work
• Scanning - You don't have to read all literature word for word, scan documents to pull out the important pieces.  Highlight these pieces for future reference.
• Criteria - What is the criteria for your selection of research participants?
• Practice - Has your practice changed through what you have learnt?

These are just a write up of my notes, if you would like more clarity on any of these just write a comment and I can add to the detail.

Paula asked us to say out loud the main questions of our inquiry, this was so helpful because it makes you realises what is clear and what isn't.  I would recommend everyone trying this, even if you can't say it to someone on the course it will give you an idea of weather you are articulating what you need to.