Drafts...Feedback...Thinking...

A note on Drafts...

Great to receive yor drafts of work this week...As your supervisors work through them a note for your consideration moving forwards from this point and looking at the value of drafts and feedback in furthering your thinking...


Drafts are intended to initiate a feedback dialogue (in person, skype, via email) with your supervisor, they are not usefully used to ask if things are 'right' or sent with an expectation of receiving corrections, by way of a pre-marking opportunity.

Please do receive feedback as an extended discussion of your work. 

Often feedback contains prompts for further reading, suggested texts/practitioners to look at, comments regarding the level of critical thinking/analysis in your writing over overly descriptive personal narrative approaches etc.. Feedback comments are not telling you to 'correct' something and re-submit, but more trying to help you to move your thinking and writing on as we see the process of your work developmentally.

With this in mind, when you have received feedback on a draft of work, please take time to read and consider comments made, come back to your supervisor asking to extend the conversation, arrange a skype is you have further thoughts and questions as a result of the feedback, but please try not to send a 2nd draft asking if the work is now 'correct'.

You are all working as professional people within your industry and as such we see our role as supervisors as guding you, being a critical friend, promting, pushing your thoughts, challenging you in order for you to develop your thinking further. We are not testing you getting things 'right' we are interested in your engagement and curiosity about your own work. This is pivotal to your development and to the BAPP Programme.

Late night coffee house discussion group...

Last night we covered a lot of different areas mainly looking at the 'things' that are supportive of, integral to, make up the portfolio of work to be submitted for Module Two and Three. 

We talked a lot about 'things'...the professional artefact, the gantt chart, MORE forms and critical reflection.  I asked those who were a part of the discussion to blog what they felt the conversations we had were really about, if they removed the 'thing' itself as something needing to be done and instead looked at the value and relevance of what the 'tings' are and why they form part of the portfolios you are asked to work towards for the modules.

Some suggestions were to look at the process of creating a professional artefact, as a means of communciating the inquiry process within your field of professional practice.

To consider how a gantt chart may offer you a structure in the form of a time frame to help the progression of your inquiry within the context of the term of study of module three. 

The importance of the ethics of your research being integral to your professional practice not just a form to complete. Looking at how you might use the MORE process as a way of helping you to ask the questions you need to address as you plan your inquiry so that the MORE form and your proposal are working in relationship with each other.

We came to the point of the Critical Reflection at the end of the call, considering how this is a useful way to look back on your learning through the module you're on, and as you move onwards through Module Two and Three, recognising and making the connections between the modules in terms of how your understanding of process and practice has developed.  It is important not to see things in isolation as you move through each module, and the programme as a whole, but to look at the relationships between the 'things' presented, be that in the tasks or components of the module submission, the literature, the data you gather...
 

Beverley, Harry, Charles, Andrew, Sophie, Jess and Lee do comment below with your blog posts and further thoughts on the discussions...