Skype with Helen, Adesola and course members

Today we had a Skype conversation about where we were all at in the course.

I wanted to talk about the way in which people were going about their investigation including how they were going about creating the documents for observations and how they were going about the methods of collecting and analysing their data. 

I spoke to Jen about how she was going about her interviews and observations and she told me that her 'web-based interviews' were also on Survey Hero, which is the survey I had used. 

Jen reiterated the use she had from making a triangle considering three important aspects of analysing elements of her practice.

Experience

Literature

Data

Matt spoke about the views of Michael Gove and Nikki Morgan within our current government with some articles in the Independent that would highlight their views on the Arts within our mainstream schools, as determining current attitudes within Education can inform me even more about my current educational practice within a UK mainstream school.

Matt also mentioned looking into Steiner Schools and how they provide a very specialist Education. Helen then mentioned Finland and the holistic learning that Finnish schools provide. These educational opportunities are aspects that I believe would help inform me of the other opportunities out there, other than mainstream schools.

Jen mentioned the Human element and told us that when undertaking our inquiry, we should remember that elements can affect the data that we have ie. people not being in the best of moods when undertaking an interview.

The question we asked was 'is it about the method of learning rather than having subjects of dance and drama? Is it more about learning through dance and drama?'

This is something I have been analysing recently too and asking constantly since looking at different literature and what teachers use within their lessons already. 

This Skype was more food for thought.