Sam's BA Professional Practice

Last nights skype call included people on all Modules. It was great to discuss subjects such as Mapping, Creativity, Diversity, Culture, Ethics, Questioning and Gender all in the space of one hour. Jessica, a Module 3 student, brought up a subject that was of particular interest. She wanted to talk about Culture, she was struggling with an inquiry too vast to know where she was anymore. I was in the exact same position in Module 2 and at the beginning of the term. In Module two I wanted to explore Safe Practice in dance but found this such a vast subject it had too many avenues to explore. I needed to be more specific in which area of Safe Practice I was particularly interested in. When training I was injured in a dance class performing Freestyle due to hypermobile joints and lack of strength in surrounding muscles causing a tear in cartilage in my knee joint. I did make a recovery after plenty of rest and physio however this then made me feel slightly cautious and lead me to undertake

I enjoyed speaking to everyone on the Welcome back skype on Friday, it was great hearing familiar voices along with new ones! The break has given me headspace and enabled me to see things with a fresh set of eyes. I have used this week to read handbooks, research literature, complete the online quiz and get back into the swing of things. I have scheduled myself a full day a week to get stuck into my Uni work, this being a Thursday. Due to a hectic teaching schedule, this is my only full day off apart from a Sunday but this is mainly spent planning lessons for the week ahead. I constantly dip into work when I have a spare hour here and there throughout the week but Thursday is my day to really make headway. A start has been made today and I hope to keep at this pace so I don't feel as rushed as I did in the last Module. My advice to anyone starting on Module 1 would be to plan time effectively, with it being a part-time course sometimes it takes a back seat which is understanda