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Module 1 Focus Group - Synthesis of information through reflection

Tonights discussion covered many areas (as we always seem to do) and has left me with lots of questions.


My head’s been in essay / artefact mode for a couple of weeks now and it was really nice to touch base with everyone and regroup in a discussion. It made me feel less isolated and comforted me to know where everyone was at and how we are all feeling!


We spoke about tools of reflection and discussed what everyone has discovered about themselves and how they reflect.


Adesola spoke about how we shouldn’t always learn by trying to prove something is wrong or right, that we shouldn’t always go down the route of ‘doubting something… proving our point and then persuading our audience of our point’. We spoke about how we can be curious of an idea and be open to different ideas.


Since starting this course I have certainly realised that there is no right or wrong and that we must question ourselves and everything we discover to learn and reflect on ideas and experiences.


Module Ones main focus is to discover what our practise is. To gather everything about our practise, our dreams, our history, what we have learnt and then reflect on it and bring it all together, but also remembering not to close our doors and to keep on learning.


Until taking this course I realised that I hadn’t ever consciously reflected on my practise. When finding out my areas of learning I wrote a page full of notes of things I could potentially talk about and it wasn’t until then I realised how vast and complex my practise is and how much I have learnt over the years! It’s been really eye opening!


Thank you for everyones comments during the Skype it was so interesting to hear everyones different views! I certainly am going to try and watch the recommended ‘Athlete A’ on Netflix this week!


Comments

  1. Roanne CoxNovember 17, 2020 at 11:10 PM

    Great blog Emily! I definitely felt so much better after we all came together because it's so easy to start to feel alone when your work is so personal and there's just you at home trying to get through it.
    I found the point about not trying to prove or disprove something very interesting as I think all too often that is our approach - we hear or come across something and want to know if that specifically is right or wrong, rather than explore and learn more about the whole topic.
    Reflecting on my practice had me similar to you with a page of notes that I never thought I'd fill! I think it just shows how much we have learnt over time and how much module one has taught us to be able to recognise and appreciate it all! x

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  2. Clare IsaacsNovember 18, 2020 at 1:14 AM

    Hi Emily, yes firstly I defo reccomend the Athelte A! It really touches on my point of how the elite athletes are ready to go above and beyond for their practice! Whether that be right or wrong! But its a great watch!
    If im honest the Skype left me very confused...it took me a while to realise what we were meant to speak about...but I got there in the end.
    Nice to also hear how other people came to their areas of learning and how they got on.

    x

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  3. Alice PettiniNovember 18, 2020 at 11:33 AM

    Hi Emily, I really enjoyed reading your post! It's amazing to think about how far we've come on this journey and it's nice to know we're not alone.
    I also wrote pages of notes when it came to my AOLs, but as I was writing my essay draft and using reflective tools, I decided to write about 3 completely different AOLs. When we reflect on these, we realise how much we have all been through to be where we are, it's extraordinary. I'm now finding it so hard to narrow these aspects down to create my portfolio, but we will get there soon :) x

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