This document provides information and guidance for students completing their final module of the BAPP WBS3760 course. It discusses the three main assessment parts: a critical review, professional artefact, and oral presentation. Students are encouraged to find ways to manage their stress as things seem busy yet stagnant in the final module. Deadlines are provided for submitting assessments. The document also provides examples and guidance for the inquiry process, including developing research questions, managing ethical issues, reviewing literature, and gathering data. Students are instructed to update their advisors and use blogging to communicate with peers.

1. Campus Session 1
Module 3 BAPP WBS3760
10th October 2012
The Grove
Hendon Campus
School of Media and Performing Arts

2. Sometimes people can feel
manic in this final module
because things seems to be
standing still even though they
are very busy! so it is good to
find ways and peers to help you
manage the stress levels. See
the advice on this BBC YouTube
animation.
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=hnpQrM
qDoqE

3. Final Module 3 Assessment – 3 main parts
Part 1: The Critical Review
It is 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
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’

4. Professional Inquiry stages and steps
Where are you now in your process? You could be in several places at once now!

5. Professional Inquiry
Professional Inquiry involves using the inquiry approach to
develop knowledge and understanding about a topic that has to
do with your professional practice.
This process uses steps and stages to allow the questions to
evolve into finding our solutions, creating interventions,
developing expertise in particular subject that are valuable to the
interface you have with your work.
It also involves a personal dimension in that there is a
progression in the ability to think through issues and problems
using analysis, academic argument (convincing someone of your
point of view using evidence) and reflection.

6. Date for submitting this semester
Submission by 7th Jan 2013 – paper copy posted to Paula and a
digital version sent to BAPP@mdx.ac.uk
This is for the Critical Review and Professional Artefact as the Oral
Presentations will be have been pencilled in for the 24th January
2012 with morning and/or afternoon sessions to be attended by
advisers and BAPP (Arts) peers
Please label these with your name and module code when sent as attachments. Also
make sure these are in a readable format (like Word).
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.

7. Simple Inquiry
Simple
inquiry is a
cycle that
can be
entered into
again an
again.
http://www.indiana.edu/~irap/phase1/intro1.html

8. Professional Inquiry
It can be chaotic in certain stages.

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

10. Advice
Update your adviser is a way of organising thinking about your
inquiry
Continue to blog as a way of communication with the BAPP
(Arts) network/SIGs
Communicate with your adviser in a meaningful way – use the
formative feedback throughout the study period
Begin the drafting process by verbally explaining your inquiry
and using the update to start the writing process

11. Professional Inquiry: the Critical Review
The critical review has formal structure.
http://www.greek-islands.us/athens/parthenon/

12. Professional Inquiry: the Critical Review
Structure is discussed and reflected upon as you present your critical review.
http://www.younghackney.org/organisations/all/hackney-shed.php

13. The Artefact
The artifact can show various aspects of what you do.
Co-curator of the Gauguin exhibition Christine Riding talking about 'Oviri' during filming for the
Tate's short film on the artisthttp://blog.tate.org.uk/?p=3179

14. The Artefact
The artefact might show something like a curriculum or planning for a performance.
http://www.publish.csiro.au/multimedia/projects/FINA/sections/sports/sync_home.html

15. The Oral Presentation
Creating a summary of all that the module has explored and achieved.
This is about your being able to
identify and celebrate your
achievements from your study and
your work.
We will talk more about this later in
the module…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jch
KtFn1Dec

16. 1st Group Exercise
Group exercises
Reviewing your plan…
Where are you now?
Discuss with the others in your group:
1) Your research/inquiry questions and ideas
2) Your inquiry title
3) Ethical issues that are involved in the inquiry
4) What you have done so far in terms of researching
literature
5) What you have done so far in terms of gathering data
REMEMBER you can use diagrams to and concept mapping to
do this

17. Look at feedback and discuss
Locate where you are in an update – identify milestones and actions.

18. 2nd Group Exercise
Updating your plan - using the earlier discussion,
spend some time clarifying with others what you
need to do now, and establish some action
points that can be discussed with your adviser..
Action:
Action:
Action:

19. Older and New Group Exercise Examples
• 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 get permission from the Gatekeeper (head,
director, boss) at my workplace
• Action: I need to transcribe quotes that I intend to use as evidence
• 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: buy/borrow an audio taping device.
• Action: put the BAPP schedule into my diary
• Action: contact my adviser
• Action: do my update for my myself and then send to my adviser

20. Formative Feedback p. 12 in the Handbook
• Week 1: Formative feedback - 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.

21. Please use the suggested topics below as blog topics
p. : 8-9 Module Handbook
• Updates on inquiry progress and sharing discoveries
• Reviews of campus sessions
• BA (Hons) Professional Practice (Arts) 3760 – Professional Inquiry Module
Handbook
• Commentary on discussions with your peers and SIGs
• Reflections on working collaboratively using social media
• A conversation with professional externals to the BAPP (Arts) network – put up
their thoughts or have them comment
• Thoughts about your artefact – what is it and who is your audience – is it a
product or a work in progress?
• An evaluation of your processes for doing the inquiry i.e. the tools you have
used
• Summary of your main project findings in 100 words or less, what do you think
is the main benefit of your findings
• Critical reflection on your learning experience for Module 3.
• Thoughts and plans for your oral presentation
• Summary of your learning experience across the BAPP (Arts) course

22. Plenary
Points to take away from this session?
A good sense of direction for what you need to do and
the feeling that the job is achievable.
Continue using your blog for yourself and others in the
BAPP (Arts) community of practice.