Really enjoyed the Skype call on Sunday this last week. The Journey. We often seem to talk around this theme as we look at where we are all coming from, which seems to be so diverse, where we are and where we are going to. I think the longer I am on this course the more I have appreciated the Skype conversations and now feel bolder to contribute without feeling like what I'm saying isn't valid. I say this to encourage those of you who are on the first module. The question that I asked and wanted to talk about we didn't really get to, which is absolutely fine, but I have put something about it on LinkedIn which I'm hoping people will respond to.
We discussed reflections and whether they are a means to an end, a beginning of something or part of the journey. I think they are all 3. We often start a journey reflecting on something, for instance when we start on module one we are reflecting on our journey up to this point. What have we learnt before we got to this MA stage of our learning journey. For me the first module made me realise that I actually have a broad amount of learning that I hadn't even fully realised was there. Not to say I know everything as if I knew everything I wouldn't be on this course! There are areas of our teaching that we want to learn more about and this is what we start to reflect on through module two. Finally narrowing that down was hard!!
Now in module three I'm still reflecting as I gather the evidence of my research and realise that actually my thinking and reflections are changing. Is this OK? On talking with Helen this morning she says yes and that even this is part of the process/journey of learning and therefore part of the research.
I'm excited about my research at the moment as I look at the interviews I've already done, read more literate that helps to ignite my thoughts and look at the experience I have through working with my students. Yes I worked out what triangulation is!!!! I get frustrated though as well as I start to see things in a new light and wonder why others don't see it the way I do. Why does our society seem to put so much emphasis on the brain and think lower of our bodies even disregard our bodies and their intelligence? I've just read an article from The Guardian that talks about children and young people and the rise of mental health issues which apparently the government sees as one of it's priorities to deal with and yet the pressure on children to do well academically at school has increased and continues to increase? Anyone else see a correlation?
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