Sophie Sharp - My BA PP Journey

A huge learning curve within this module was how to actually create my investigation. Research methods were a big part of this, and I had to do a lot of reading about which methods would be appropriate to use to help me get the right information that I can analyse to better understand my chosen topic. There were so many methods both quantitative and qualitative, such as: questionnaires, Qualtrics surveys, interviews, case studies, observations, group discussions. After reading about each of these methods and the advantages and disadvantages of all of these methods I decided to choose interviews. This is because I am keen to get a personal insight from all of my participants and I believe this is the best way to achieve this. I have lots of ideas for what I want to ask in my interviews and it makes me really excited to actually start interviewing people in module 3!  

This module has introduced a lot of new challenges to me that I have not encountered before. However, I was happy to see one section of it which I was familiar with and this was Gantt charts. I have previously come across Gantt charts when doing my EPQ at sixth Form and discovered them to be such a helpful way to organise my time. So, in my strange student way I was very excited to do this section as I understood how valuable it will be to module 3 and getting the practical investigation underway and finished on time. I think Gantt charts can appear quite daunting, but they are actually super simple. It is all about making sure you get the right information down, so before I do anything I sit down with a good old-fashioned paper and pen and write out what will need doing for the project. I the sort these under main headings and decide how long they will take to complete, giving a start date and end date. Once I have done this I enter all the information into a table on excel (this ...

For Module 2 I have chosen to base my proposal inquiry around mental well-being and dance. Coming to this topic as a question to investigate has been a convoluted journey.  Originally I was very interested in how dance helps with physical rehabilitation. After reading some existing literature around it I realised this was a topic that had been researched into a fair amount. What I noticed was missing in a lot of this literature was the mental rehabilitation journey that the patient would also go on through their physical rehabilitation, as surely they both coincide with one another? This surprised me because throughout my professional training I have been able to identify the positive impact dance has had on my own mental wellbeing. Therefore, it raised the idea about wanting to know more about the impact that dance has, or could have, on others mental wellbeing within society, even those who have never really had ties with dance in their life beforehand. Whilst reading some lite...