Module 2 Skype Session

Hello Everyone,

Yesterday we had the first module 2 skype session run by Adesola. Our group consisted of myself, Francois, Nicole and Charnelle. To begin with we all had a lot of questions that was related to the main topic of Module 2 ‘The Professional Inquiry’. As you can imagine, all our questions were very varied and specific to the area of our interests. So instead of starting off talking about why and what we were going to study, Adesola talked about what the Module 2 was really for, and this for myself clarified any worries that I had. Adesola made it clear that Module 2 was-

1.       Find an interest/inquiry in your professional practise.

2.       Find more information on this topic

3.       Map the information

4.       Investigate the Methods which you gather your information

5.       Ethics

To have these steps clarified was really helpful as I now know how to carry out this Module. Each aspect of the conversation was really beneficial but the two steps that stood out for me was.

Map the information and Investigate the methods which you gather your information.

I think I connected with these two steps as I had similar ones that I came to the session with. I learnt that you had to map the information you find. You may have an initial idea of what your inquiry is about but you also need to research different aspects that come from that first initial idea. After the skype session I started brainstorming what this could be similar to and I came up with a visual image to describe what I think as mapping.

                                          (Wikipedia, 2016)

1. Roots= Your Experiences

1a. Your experiences all influence what your inquiry will be about.

2. Trunk= Your Inquiry

2a. Your inquiry research methods will lead you into sub inquiries

3. Branches= Your Sub Inquiries

Side note- I did draw my own tree using Word, however it wouldn't load on my blog. I hope this Wikipedia Image is clear with the directions below it.

The above image and the skype session has helped me start my research in a more thorough investigation. As Adesola stated on skype- ‘It’s not what you need to know but it’s about what you don’t know as well’. This module in the skype session was stated by Francois and Adesola to be interlinked with module 3. The module 2 leads into module 3, and the main purpose of module 2 is to find a stable idea of what your inquiry should be about, to research into your inquiry and look at what other topics come from your initial idea, from this process you will hopefully know what you really want to inquire about in Module 3.

To achieve this, you must do the investigative process. Each inquiry will be different, and in hand the methods of research will be different. I didn’t realise how important the research methods would be for your inquiry. For this module you need to also research what investigative methods would be best for your inquiry as this will affect you in the long run. Adesola gave us a very good example to show you how important this part of Module 2 was. She gave us an example of when a former students research methods didn’t work out which affected their results of their inquiry. However, they knew it wasn’t at their fault as they had done the proper preparation into how to gain their information. This eliminated any anomalies of their own and they could focus on other reasons for why the research didn’t add up. Adesola said ‘Make sure you know its planned out before hand, so then you know it’s not your fault. Don’t make it your fault.’ This will stay with me during this module so that I know if my results aren’t as I predicted then its not from my lack of preparation but from another reason.

Overall, the skype session was very helpful, it was good to discuss as it has clarified all the questions I had. This is just the beginning of this Module and I already know it’s going to be one full of questions that need to be answered from me and about my inquiry! Thank you Adesola for a great start to the next Module!

Thanks for reading.

Cassie V.

Bibliography

Wikipedia, 2016. Roots. [Online]
Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root
[Accessed 26 February 2016].