My Area of Inquiry

I wish to inquire about the transitional journey from actor or performer to teacher. Exploring the change in approach and concept to the practitioner's practice, the steps that need to be taken to get there and the transferable skills a practitioner already has. The questions and research will guide my steps as I make changes from actor to teacher and act as preparation for teacher training. The inquiry will not only inform myself along this transitional journey, but will become a useful guide to future practitioners wishing to learn about becoming a teacher, both on the BAPP programme and beyond.

After blogging my questions, I took them to a fellow practitioner outside the BAPP programme in an attempt to develop them further. This was a great excersise that enabled me to really grasp the concept of questioning for reasearch and the planning that would have to go into such a process. Being clear and concise was one point discovered, however the way in which you ask a question appeared as a vital consideration too. My Award Rationale and SIG recruitment blog also proved an important sign post to what my area of inquiry could or indeed should be.


However after blogging my questions and conversing with practitioners comments, my journal informed me of, "a feeling of emptiness. I asked the questions and people answered, now what?" (Ahmet, A 2012). There was a sense of no direction, I asked some questions and I got some answers, how was this supposed to lead me to an inquiry. I then found some much needed advice for module two on Adesola's blog post,

These are no

            These are not questions you will be finding answers to!!!!!!! They are questions 

            about something you want to find out more about. Think of your research 

            question as something you want to ask BETTER questions about when you 

            have finished the research NOT something you will have found an answer to 

            when you have finished the research. So maybe look back at the reflective 

            work you have been doing see what keeps interesting you, what keep making

            you excited to work, what you are curious about. This is probably the area you

            could work in (Akinleye, A. 2012).

It helped my open my mind to the idea of not trying to decide on something tangible, rather collect reflections that point to an area of interest. Both for me an for the interest of others. With this in mind and Martyn Denscombe's (2002) of finding a purpose for inquiry and choosing a general area of interest to research, as a good place to start. I began to reflect on what this could be. I was also assured that my questions pointed towards a good area for inquiry, when a a company I believe to be a teacher agency called J and R Tutors, somehow found my blog and left a comment claiming, "These questions are useful for tutors".