This document outlines the key points from a campus session on the Module 3 professional inquiry for the BAPP Arts program. It discusses defining a professional inquiry, the three parts of the final assessment, stages of the inquiry process, conducting a literature review, and next steps. The main takeaways are understanding what a professional inquiry entails, developing an action plan, reviewing the literature, and beginning the drafting process with guidance from an advisor. Key deliverables are submitting the critical review and artifact by January 8th, with oral presentations scheduled for January 20-21st.

1. BAPP Arts
Module 3 WBS3760
Campus Session 1
(to be continued online)
10th October 2014
Paula Nottingham

2. Ideas for the session…

3. Three points to get out of the session
An idea about
what you
need to do in
terms of
planning, and
analysis
An idea about
what a
professional
inquiry is about
An idea of
how to plan
Module 3
work

4. What is an inquiry?

5. Professional Inquiry 7a
What is your definition of a Professional Inquiry?
Spend 3 minutes thinking up and jotting key words of your
own definition. You might use a picture to help you do
this (in the campus session there are some images on hand).
I think that a professional inquiry is…
Note: the reportage style of communicates with explanation and examples.

6. Paula’s attempt at a definition in words…
The professional inquiry is a learning approach that develops knowledge
and understanding about an arts-related area of practice that is
contextualised by your experience.
The inquiry uses steps and stages to allow inquiry questions to evolve
responses or solutions & develop valuable expertise in particular subject
areas. It informs your thinking using your experience, appropriate
literature and data from practitioner research; the process allows you to
think about the meaning of what you do.
The critical review explains what you have done in more formal terms.
The professional artefact demonstrates that you can communicate your
new knowledge within your professional setting.
The inquiry involves professional and personal dimensions that are
reflexive. There is a progression in the ability to think through issues and
problems using analysis and interpretation, academic argument
(convincing someone of your point of view using evidence) and critical
reflection.

7. Paula’s explanation in pictures…

8. The 3 parts of the final assessment for WBS3760
Part 1: The Critical Review
primarily written but can contain visual or audio visual
elements showing the process of investigating a topic
(practitioner research) with analysis that has implications for
your practice
Part 2: The Professional Artefact
a product or a work in progress that is created - it can be a
document, an event, or an activity - it can be something that
informs others in your community of practice or workplace -
the artefact should emerge from the inquiry
Part 3: The Oral Presentation (submitted later)
an in person/ audio-visual demonstration that shows that you
have progressed in your ability to show knowledge and
understanding that is based on your ‘inquiry’

9. Professional Inquiry process
Structure your thinking
A process of preparation, scheduling, doing,
evaluating, putting back into practice, and
reflecting on the process with others in
mind…
Drafting
and editing
Make your points
Explain your thinking
Cross the finishing line!
http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/double-gold-delight-for-farah.html

10. Professional Inquiry stages and steps – from the Handbook

11. Formative Feedback
Week 1: Task for 7a
After looking at your adviser feedback from Module 2 -
students send a 1 page summary to your adviser with
your inquiry title, your research/inquiry questions and
ideas, ethical issues, literature review up to this point,
changes to your plan, ideas for your artefact, and any
questions or issues that might have arisen for the
module after reading the Module 3 Handbook.

12. To review your plan for your professional inquiry -
look at feedback from your Module 2 plan and
discuss with your adviser and peers

13. 1st Group Exercise
(use the oral process to develop your thinking)
Reviewing your plan… talk with someone over Skype or
phone to pinpoint what you need to do… tell this to your
partner and they write it down for you…
Where are you now? Use KEY WORDS
Discuss with the others in your group:
1) Your topic area & inquiry questions
2) Ethical issues that are involved in the inquiry
3) What you have done so far in terms of researching
literature
4) What you have done so far in terms of gathering data
5) Have your partner write this down for you and give/send
it to you – it is a great way to get started and to clarify
what your are doing.

14. 2nd Group Exercise
(develop your own action points)
Updating your planning… write down action points.
Using the earlier discussion, spend some time clarifying
what you need to do, and establish some action points that
can be discussed with your adviser (write them down).
Action:
Action:
Action:
LOOK AT BAPPMDX YouTube
http://youtu.be/nYQ08zKIf2Q for some exemplar questions
and answers…

15. 2nd Group Exercise
(develop your own action points)
Action:
I need to review my
literature and complete
this by adding sources
that will inform my
analysis of my topic –
maybe that have
academic arguments
that are not in
agreement with each
other
Action:
I need to get
permission from the
Gatekeeper at my
workplace
Action:
I need to send
my information
sheet to my
participants
and schedule
my interviews
Action:
I need to
do my
interviews
Action:
I need to talk to
others on the
course about
my inquiry – on
the blogs of
Skype
Action: I need to
transcribe quotes
that I intend to
use as evidence

16. How do you carry out a literature review?
The literature review for the inquiry is more comprehensive
than Module 2 - which showed you how to find and review
individual pieces of literature – look at Reader 7.
Start to accumulate sources that will inform your thinking.
Use the Middlesex library (under the MyUniHub) to help
you find academic sources as well as Google and Google
Scholar (books, audiovisual, audio sources).
Use key words to look up sources using the Summon tab
and look at the advice on the Libguides. Refer to Paula’s
blog about searching for love
http://paulanottingham.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/campus-session-
1-continued-what-we-did.html

17. How do you carry out a literature review?
Jo and Ahmet and Paula suggest criteria:
1. Relevance
2. Time and place written (currency)
3. Level and expertise
Your literature should come from the areas that you are finding out
about for your research and work-based activities and should
show the expertise in the various fields (disciplinary) or workplace
(transdisciplinary) where you are focusing your inquiry.
Remember digital resources are available under the
Reading Lists tab on Libguide
http://readinglists.mdx.ac.uk/index.html

18. Advice for the next few weeks
Begin the drafting process by verbally
explaining your inquiry and using the update to
start the writing process
Communicate with your adviser in a
meaningful way – use the formative feedback
throughout the study period
Continue to blog as a way of
communication with the BAPP
(Arts) network/SIGs

20. Dates for submitting this semester
Submission for the Critical Review and Professional Artefact by 8th
Jan 2015 on your WBS3760 on the university MyUniHub site (or
sent to BAPP@mdx.ac.uk).
Audio- visual artefacts need to be under 500 mb to submit to
MyLearning – or we can do WeTransfer or send them recorded post
(recorded post ONLY!!)
The Oral Presentations will be have been scheduled for the 20th and
21st January 2015 with morning and/or afternoon sessions to be
attended by advisers and BAPP (Arts) peers
If completing the module is not possible this term, you need to discuss this with your
academic adviser so that they can help you decide on the best course of action.

21. Points to take away from this session
A good sense of
analysis and how
to use others to
enhance critical
thinking.
A good sense of
direction for what
you need
A good sense of
to do and the
feeling that the
job is achievable.

22. Next campus sessions…
More on writing
up the Critical
Review
More on the
Professional
Artefact
More on working
with others
about your ideas
*Thanks to the BAPP Arts learners at the 10/10/14 for the feedback on the slides!!