The Shift

I wasn't able to make Tuesdays Module 3 discussion due to work, but so far I have found the blogs on the discussion very helpful.

I can really relate to the idea of a shift happening during the inquiry process. For me, it was the understanding that 'The theoretical world is not composed of a single idea' (S.R Koff, 2003)

My inquiry question is....

What is the relationship between the Multiple Intelligences Theory and Dance Teaching? 

The theory has many different perspectives, and through reading them through literature I learnt that I have to stay reflexive. And not to look at the theory as something to behold but instead as something that can be adjusted, reworked to my ideas and practice.

I went into my inquiry not knowing how I will answer the question... And now I have completed my data collection and am in the final stages of writing my draft (cutting out the fluff and trying to get that word count down)

I still don't have a definitive answer, I do however have lots of new ideas, thoughts and questions.

I'm hoping that's the point!!! Right?

If you were on the call and made any notes, in the spirit of 'Connectivism' (G.Siemens, 2006) please do comment any of your thoughts below.

Bibliography

 Koff, Susan.R (2003) Why the Multiple Intelligences?, Journal of Dance Education, 3:1, 5-6, DOI: 10.1080/15290824.2003.10387223 

Siemens.G (2006) Knowing Knowledge, Milton Keynes

The meme says it all....

                                                   (Pintrest 2019)

This is me today!!! I have literally written this first sentence 10 times trying to find the right words to explain where I'm at. And I think that explains it all.

Right now I feel like I have hit a brick wall. I know what I've got to do but I'm panicking that I don't have time to do it. And that panic is creating a mental block, I feel like my last few study sessions (3 hours of peace, while the mother in law has my 3-year-old and 1-year-old) have been wasted due to me going into brain overload. And I'm starting to overthink and doubt all that I have done so far.

But I'm not going to lose my cool... At our uni session, I advised Laura from Module 1 to just start writing. You might write 100's of paragraphs that don't go into your final essay but its all part of the process. Adesola agreed and explained that the first things we write are how we start to shift through our thoughts and the final draft is the conclusion of our thoughts. If we start putting down our thoughts too late, what we TurnIn is essentially our unfiltered thoughts.

I think I have been concentrating too much on what my literature is saying and not thought enough about what I have to say. 

SO all I need now is a week locked away from the world to start writing. If only!!!!

How's everyone else doing? If you could just leave one word, what would it be?

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Pintrest (2019). Forever Panicking. [image] Available at: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/373306256598250019/ [Accessed 8 Nov. 2019].