"Researching The World Around You"

I have two things to share with the group the first being http://pinterest.com I found this really helpful with "pinning" everything I am researching onto a virtual board. Very cool! Adesola recommended it to me at the end of Module One and I found it really helpful this week and found a really informative book on my subject, which I’ve ordered! 

Also a friend of mine on Facebook shared an article he had come across about a dancer living in London I had mixed emotions on it especially the negative title, but related to the passion. I spoke to my sister yesterday via face time and we spoke about my proposal idea she teaches A-Level Phycology and Social Science and it was really cool speaking to someone whose research modes and methods are the same but who is completely non-artistic! We went onto speaking about positive thought and visualization skills which if you hadn’t noticed is very much at the heart of my professional practice and my proposal has elements interweaved into this, she recommended to me some work of a Psychologist Bandura on Self-Fulfilling Prophecy his investigations included with chosen rats and mazes and if you believed your rat would do it well then generally it would complete the maze! Although I haven’t looked into it further it kind of underpins my own theories about being a "product of you environment" which interestingly is a theme in Middlesex University YouTube video on the home page. And also shares themes with the article I mentioned before:

 http://industrydancemagazine.com/2014/03/why-i-will-never-be-quite-good-enough/

Let me know what you think.

Being an autonomous distant online student I reiterate the importance of sharing your own work with support structures be it family and friends, social media, the blogs and linked-in. Also in the process of completing your brief literature review like bibliography’s can lead you to other findings, these support structures in your learning environments be it virtual or not can do the same.

March On Everyone! (March's Group Tutorial Summary)

Today on the Skype tutorial, Adesola talked about the year coming into itself and how it can be overwhelming and how we are all sick of winter (apart from me I’m on a Caribbean cruise!) And how especially the module two’s finding the lexicon of the course.
We all spoke about any queries that we had from the course mine being about titling as appendix form two states we can omit the work “Technique”. Helen went on to state that it is an opportunity to think about the title of the award we want. If are research is “Inherently Embodied” on studying a technique such as ballet, tap, contemporary etc. then the award would state “ MA Dance Technique Pedagogy” or if we want to look beyond the Technique for example a historical cultural development than the word would be omitted. This really clarified this situation for me.
We discussed how process of entering into academia it is expected to understand new vocabulary, which sometimes can be a daunting prospect. I added to thoroughly let the word marinate into my personal glossary of terms so I can become “A Reservoir of Knowledge” I have to understand where the word derived form either Greek origin or Latin and how the Dictionary really aids me with this. Helen also explained the differences between Pedagogy and Andragogy the latter being how we teach Adults, Rose added, “As an adult how I like to be taught - taking it further. And how Pedagogy is the theory and approach or to cite the dictionary; “the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept”

Adesola addressed how we should be referring to the handbook and not to forget about it in addition to further reading be it on research or personal literature. And how the handbook is always their as a guide, I see it as our shining beacon of hope! And don’t forget that big orange fish #BiteSizedChunks!
 I’m observing we are all devolping our Autonomy further. We are “Pushing ourselves to the next level” and “Were in Academia now!”. Adesola also added that an MA is mapping (No pun intended) out our geographical area and that if were to push to the next level a PhD would be building our house. I found this Imagery helpful and “The research project is a vessel of acquiring academia”.
We finalized and concluded the conference call with a new date 6^th April 11:00GMT and we all need to start Linked-In special interest groups on personalized interest (Mary and Amber  -on Male Dancers Development). It will be great to support each other on this I have lots to contribute on this matter I did an AOL essay weaving in my experiences on the subject and backing up my theories on a study by Dr Doug Risner at Wayne State University USA Google his name and his thesis “Why Boys Dance” I think it was called.

I went to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter World this week in Orlando I'm the biggest fan especially being a Brit in a heavily American company! And I saw a saying from on of the movies that I really relate to in the journey of the Mapper:
“Broaden your mind use your inner eye to see the future”