Emily Richards BAPP Blog

I feel like this task comes up completely out of the blue! We're talking about our proposal for our inquiry and then all of a sudden this pops up. And through conversations with my SIG I know I am not the only one who was thrown by this. I gather from talking in my SIG and through group Skype calls that this will be the title of our degree upon graduation. We all have been given BA (Hons) Professional Practice in Arts. And from there we need to put something on the end that tells everyone about our practice and what we have been basing our practitioner work on. It needs to be relevant now, but also something that remains relevant in our future careers if possible. I am currently dance teaching, however I am in the dilemma at the moment of what I want to do long term. So I am currently going back and forth thinking about doing a PGCE. As well as dance teaching i am also volunteering in a school to gain work experience for my PGCE. I feel strongly that my career will most...

Hi everyone, If you could take a look at my survey. I would appreciate any feedback. thanks. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/YGR5M6P

This task asks us to critical reflect on the tools used to address our inquiry. Questionnaires - After reading through reader 6 I have decided the way way to produce my questionnaire would be through a source such as survey monkey. I will ask questions aim at dancers who have undergone dancer trainings for more than ten years under the age of eighteen or three years at a professional college. I will mainly use statements in my questionnaires which will have a multiple choice answer to rate the sentence, for example highly likely to highly unlucky etc. I intend to ask many participants to complete this for me, however I do not expect that everyone will will this out, as reader 6 says to expect only a 20% repossess rate. Advantages -  Ease of use for participants Can collect lots of data in a short space of time If kept to quantitive data they can be easily evaluated. Less time consuming than other methods. Disadvantages -  Rely's on use of internet for participant...

After reading through reader 6 I feel I have a better grasp on the research process needed for our inquiry.  There are many types of research tools explained in the reader and it is advised we use some, but not all of these tools Observation Interviews Focus Groups Surveys Analising Literature I would first like to do an informal trial within my SIG of an interview. An interview will collect data in a qualitative manner. There are many considerations I need to observe whilst doing an interview. First of all ethical considerations (ensuring my participant remains confidential), human element (for example the mood of the participant could affect their answers), neutral questions (to avoid affecting the answers with bias questions). I would also like to trial an observation, as this is another form of research i would like to use in my inquiry. Ethical considerations also need to be followed for this. I was thinking of ways I can gather information from an observation...