Okay so having spent all night reading everyone's latest blog posts and the handbooks I am feeling rather clueless and particularly panicky!
Unfortunately due to heavy work comittments and distance, I have been unable to attend a campus session since the induction! To make matters worse, my email account seems to have gone into protest and I haven't received any of my mail since the beginning of February, consequently leading to me still not having my results from the last module and pushing me further out of the know about the current module. I have finally received the module hand book and the reflecting on learning handbook but having read them I am still pretty clueless about what is needed from me in this part of the course.
I have gathered that I need to begin thinking about a topic to base my research on and having watched a video on Peter's blog I have decided that I need to base it not only on something that I am interested or passionate about but also something that is present in my life on a daily basis. My initial thoughts are very very vague and all I have come up with so far is that I should perhaps base the project on some aspect of my current job. I have, since November, been working in a secondary school as a full time teaching assistant. My role includes: assisting the general delivery of National Curriculum PE and English; providing 1:1 and small group support to children with Special Educational Needs and learning difficulties; teaching dance in both curriculum lessons and extra-curriculum clubs and organising various dance projects/performances. In the last few weeks I have also been working on developing my own dance classes outside of schools after numerous requests from the children at the school. I love my job and find working in secondary education incredibly interesting so this is a starting point for me.
Hopefully the penny will drop and all will become clear with help and guidance from fellow students and mentors. I have a copy of Julia Bell's book on the way to me in the post and am very hopeful that this will answer all of my questions.
Any help/guidance would be much appreciated because as I said, I am completely clueless about what I am supposed to be doing in this task.
