Summary of Module 2, Part 4

I found my summary of each part of Module 1 a very useful reflective practice. It is a way to channel what I am learning and I intend to carry this notion on in Module 2. It was good to plug in and touch base with Paula Nottingham over skype and gather all my ideas and blogs from the last month or so, I wanted to start by saying that even though it appears that I am summarising Part 4, I by no means am saying that my work here is done. Through blog commenting, collaboration of these new exciting SIGs and the continuous engagement of the course, my ideas live on, grow and are ever developing. However, as a way of consolidation, it is good to stop for a minute, reflect and know what it is that I now know or still don't know. 

My last blog in Part 4 titled, My Area of Inquiry was an attempt to officialise my idea for inquiry and give it a tangible presence. Up until now it has always been in my head, my journal tells me, "it is important to put the inquiry idea out there," so that it may develop and change. The blog also shows the recipe and journey that brought to my idea for inquiry. There has been a shift in my thinking in that, rather than seeing my questions as a way to get results or answers. I now see them as questions that point towards an area I feel worthy of exploration, in an attempt to resolve as appose to answer. I feel what I need to explore more is this idea of asking questions in the most tactful way, hopefully my learning on Ethics might help this.

Refining and Refocusing

This was an interesting point that appeared during my skype session with Paula. Having developed my questions. I now can begin to notice where they point to and what interests me. The next step is to refine these questions, bringing an element of focus to the inquiry. I am hoping that Reader 6 will be the tool and learning, that will deliver this very important refining process the inquiry needs. Also, the idea that by categorising the questions and grouping them into three points of interest was advised by Paula. I found this advice useful, this grouping of the questions will allow an element of focus in the asking and allow me to know what questions best serve my inquiry. Sub questions was also an idea.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts and conversing through SIGs.