The task 3d of the Module 1 of the BA (Hons) in
Professional Practice at the Middlesex University consists of reflecting and
think critically about what you have been doing to date in Module 1 through
answering the questions below, also it is important that we posting in other
students blog that have captured our attention and thinking.
Prior answering the following questions, I would like
to say that this Module 1 has been an incredible process of learning and
re-learning many things that I already knew or that I thought I knew,
especially in the Part 3 of Networking.
- Do some very specific ideas emerge
about your networking and sources? Does your engagement to date seem
appropriate? Limited? Focused? Planned? Unplanned?
After completing this Part 3 of the Module 1 of the
BAPP Course, I feel that I have learnt so much from it, as I have said many
times through this process of the Networking, for me it was a re-learning due
to I already knew some parts, because since I started my professional career
last year I already engaged quite a lot of this networking, however it was
really interesting to check what I have done as well as to increase my
knowledge and improve it in the future. In my opinion I feel that I have
engaged quite a lot in this course through my blog as well as other students
blogs and other social media plus all of our Module Programmes & Readers,
but as always there is more you can do, therefore I will engage more in the next
Module and so on, because you can always get better and improve what you have
done in life.
- Are your ideas, position or
concerns shared by others within and/or beyond your professional area of work?
In many cases, I think I share my ideas, positions and
concerns with others people that are related in my professional work, for
example in my company when the Christmas season is coming we are all concern
that the work load is going to increase because of Nutcracker, or when we are
creating a new premiere I always try to share my ideas both with the
choreographer & dancers so we have a better cooperation and at the end
create a better work. As artist we are always sharing knowledge and ideas, this
is the creative process itself, so when it is very important that we share with
everyone so we can have a better process, the knowledge and ideas will aid you
to become a better artist.
- Does
sharing ideas and communicating with others shift your thinking, planning or
practice?
Of course, for
me, it is very important the communication with other people so I can always
have other opinions and points of view of my work and other issues, I´m like a sponge, I try to absorbe as many things
as I can so slowly I´m introducing in my work to improve and progress as an
artist, I believe that life is a process itself, so you have to always have appetite
for knowledge.
- Does critical reflection help you decide what really
matters and the actions to take?
Yes it does.
For me, critical reflection helps me to analyse what I have done, how I have
done and how can I improve it in the future. It ´s an essential process for
every person to keep progressing in their professional and personal life. In my
case prior even moving to London in 2011 I was already some write reflection,
however now thanks to this BAPP Course I´m improving these skills quite importantly.
- To what extent do concepts and theories assist you
in thinking about your professional networking in different ways? And do these
different ways of thinking have some purpose for you?
Before this
BAPP Course I have Heard of those concepts and had vague idea of what they
really meant. After studying them, definitely assist me in my thinking and have
a purpose for me, for example in my case I used a lot Social Constructionism
and Social Practice, because they were incredible useful to build my
Professional Networks in the pasts years, and now to improve and increase those
networks I will introduce the other 3 concepts: Cooperation, Affiliation and Connectivism.
- Are you left thinking differently prior to this part
of the module? And if so, how?
Absolutely, the
Module 1 of this BAPP Course at the Middlesex has helped to change my way of
thinking in order to have a deeper understanding of those concepts so I can approach
them differently in a much more mature way. Also for other professional aspects
of my work it is also helping a lot to improve them in quite unexpected but
fantastic ways (such as new ways to act to some things, or new ways to create better
networkings)
Now that I have finished all the tasks of Module
1, it is time to get started with the Assignment of it, and keep checking the
blog with the new tasks from Module 2 early next year!
Gonzalo
