Communicating your ideas

 Last Wednesday we had a skype session with a module three focus. 

Adesola and I offered an example of communicating ideas with me presenting some of my current research and Adesola posing questions to me to further my articulation of the ideas I was sharing.  This is the kind of dialogue we encourage you to have with each other in our discussion groups (last one this term is this coming Sunday at 8pm - UK). The process for me of communicating the ideas of my research enabled me to offer a context to the research as a whole, identify my intentions and the questions driving the research and it allowed me to consolidate my ideas to what I felt was key to express (so not telling you everything I'd done in my research). The process of Adesola's questioning then pushed me to define areas of clarity, terms I was using and to (re)consider why and their relevance, to think aloud some of the areas of tension and to make connections in this process between different aspects of my research.

In each module of the programme you are required to communicate your ideas in different ways.We would really encourage you to pair up and try this as an 'in-conversation' moment with each other.

In Module One, you are using a theoretical framework of Reflection through which to evaluate and communicate your prior learning experiences

Module Two is asking you to communicate how you intend to approach and undertake a research inquiry in relation to your professional practice and how will you communicate your intentions to others (ethics).

In Module three you are asked to communicate the journey of your inquiry process having undertaken it, in three distinct ways, through a critical review (formal academic essay), by sharing with the MAPP community through an oral presentation and through the production of a professional artefact.

Each time you are communicating your ideas in relation to your own experiences in relationship with what you have learned from and acknowledged through others experiences (literature and other data gathered) and you are commenting on how this process has continued to develop, perhaps shift some of your own ideas. Be open to share, to listen, to exhange and be changed by the process.

Looking for more Student Voice Leaders for MAPP

 We are hoping some of you will consider becoming Student Voice Leaders for the MAPP programmes - it would be great to have voices represented from all modules, so ideally someone from Module One, Two and Three. 

Being a SVL is a voluntary position and one that is highly valued by us as a Programme Team, the the University and by employers. SVLs contribute to the positive development of the MAPP programmes by gathering and disseminating feedback between the student body, programme team and the university. 

Stella (Module Three) is currently our SVL - please take a look at her blog here on being and SVL, the need for more voices in this community, and get in touch if you're interested

https://stellaeldon.blogspot.com/2020/11/hello-from-your-student-voice.html

Presentations and referencing

 

 some notes for guidance:

Presentation of Essays

 

Guidelines

 

 

Essays should be typed, 1.5 or double spaced. 

 

Please justify the margins on both sides. Fonts: use Arial, font size 12. 

 

The first page of your essay should include at the top; 

-       your name

-       student number

-       year and term of study (ie: autumn 2019-20)

-       module title and code

-       module tutor

-       full title of assignment

-       date written 

-       final word count (this excludes your cover page bibliography and any appendices)

 

 

Please do not use bold type or underlining in your essay, but italicize any foreign words as well as book titles and titles of choreographic works, plays or films.

 

For direct quotes in your essay use single quotation marks ‘…….’ followed by a full citation (author, year, pg).

 

For quotes of 3 lines or longer please indent the whole quote and citation from th body of the essay text (1cm margins on both sides).

 

 

References in bibliography:

 

A bibliography is a list of all source material you have used, whether or not you have quoted from it. It is important to show that you have extended your knowledge by referring to other texts/works. A bibliography should be presented in alphabetical order of author’s surname. There are various ways of setting out a bibliography, but the details should always include:

 

Book:

Surname, Initial(s). Date of publication. Title in italics. Place of Publication: Publisher.

 

ie:

Fraleigh, S.H. 1996. Dance and the lived body: A descriptive aesthetics. USA: University of Pittsburgh Press.

 

 

 

Edited book:

Surname, Initial(s). (ed.). Date of publication. Title in italics. Place: Publisher.

 

ie:

Fraleigh, S. ed., 2015. Moving consciously: somatic transformations through dance,

yoga, and touch. University of Illinois Press.


 

Book chapter:

Surname, Initial(s). Date. Chapter title. In Name of editor (ed.), Book Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, pages in book.

 

For example:

Akinleye, A. and Kindred H. 2018. In-the-between-ness: Decolonising and Re-inhabiting our dancing. In Akinleye, A. (ed)., Narratives of Black British Dance: embodied practices. London: Palgrave, chapter 6

 

Journal articles:

Surname, Initial(s). Date. Title of article. Title of journal volume (issue no.), page numbers.

 

ie:

Nelson,L. 2006. ‘Fragment of a tuning run’, Contact Quarterly, vol.39. no.1

 

Videography / DVDs (a list of videos /DVDs you have used):

Name of choreographer. Date of work. Title of work in italics. [DVD/video, etc]. Place of distribution, distributing company.

 

ie:

Khan, A. and Cherkaoui, S.L. 2008. Zero Degrees [DVD]. Sadler’s Wells on Screen. Axiom Films International Limited.

 

Media broadcast, e.g. television programme

Title. Year. Type of media. Originator (e.g. channel). Exact date and time of broadcast.

ie:

TEDTalks. 2018. https://www.ted.com/talks. TED conference Boston July 2002

 

Live performance:

Choreographer. Year of premiere. Title in italics. Company (optional). [Location. Date seen].

 

ie:

Morris, M. 2018. Layla and Majnun. [Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London. 8 November 2018].

 

 

Check list: 

 

·      Whose essay is this? Remember to put your Name on your essay!

·      Guide your reader – PAGE NUMBERS and SUB-HEADINGS are helpful

·      Is it all your own thoughts? MAKE SURE TO REFERENCE OTHERS WORK YOU ARE INCLUDING

·      CITATIONS after quotes (WHO, WHERE, WHEN)

eg: (KINDRED, 2018:Pg.4) from a book or article, OR (https://www.helen-kindred.com/) from a website.

·      Talk to people whose work you’ve read or watched by name… FULL NAME at first mention, SURNAME, thereafter.

eg: Eric Franklin talks about alignment as dynamic and uses imagery to help dancers attain correct postural alignment…Franklin also discusses…

·      READ to LEARN, not for a QUICK QUOTE (Wikipedia is not a great source to use!)

·      Acknowledge ALL you’ve read and watched that has informed your learning for this essay.

·      NOTE your own experiences and how you can RELATE these to what you are reading. LOOK FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE.