Sunday, October 29, 2006
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
0008
I have not been doing anything for Ultraversity the past week, because of my exams at Humboldt University this week. The first one was yesterday and it was okay. I was studying so hard for the literary theory part, but I couldn't answer the questions at all. I didn't attend that semester after all. I hope I still scored a point or two. But wow, I learn all about poems, and prose and theories about literature, and we get three rather stupid questions. Ah well...
The literary history part was easy enough. I was hoping for a modern American drama essay question and a Whitman/Dickinson one and .... TA DA! Those were two of the six questions.
I think I did well in those questions and even answered a third on (we only had to choose two) in order to hopefully score another extra point to make up for the rotten theory part.
But, no time to slack, I need to study for cultural theory and history now!
The literary history part was easy enough. I was hoping for a modern American drama essay question and a Whitman/Dickinson one and .... TA DA! Those were two of the six questions.
I think I did well in those questions and even answered a third on (we only had to choose two) in order to hopefully score another extra point to make up for the rotten theory part.
But, no time to slack, I need to study for cultural theory and history now!
Monday, October 09, 2006
0007: Things I want to remember
One element we try to develop with researchers is an ability to look at a situation from a range of perspectives. A good manager for example can understand how different employees will view change and can therefore factor that into his / her approach. As employees we tend to see things only from our own point of view. Try to put a situation in the centre of a circle and then stand in different positions around the circle to see it from a different perspective. A = my take on it, B = My bosses take on it, C = the customer / pupils view on it, D = the supplier / parents view on it.
What we are trying to achieve in this module is for you to consider your role, strengths and weaknesses as you see it but also from other perspectives too. As an identical twin I am used to looking at my sister and seeing myself...very disconcerting at first because you really see all the negatives as well as the positives! Certain things may well shock you at first..but seeing yourself through someone else's eyes can bring huge strength, just don't take anything personally. See it as an opportunity to move forward because you understand yourself far better than you thought you did.
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When looking at a day in your working life you are probably not doing anything you don't normally do.
"When you look back on any given day you don’t just think about what happened you think about its impact, about how you felt. You distill the new experience through past experience!
– you wonder why X said Y and if it was hurtful, informative, a smoke screen etc.? You wonder if you should have done something differently and why. You wonder if what you did/said was effective and did X really understand what you were trying to say/do? You might even consider what you learned from a particular incident.
Thus we want you to not only record but also to reflect - seeking learning."
REFLECTION [in capitals for emphasis] plays an important part in this degree. You may be busy pulling together aspects of a busy day....but STOP...THINK....REFLECT...on those roles and responsibilities.
What impacts on you...who influences you...who do you influence...why is that system used?
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What we are trying to achieve in this module is for you to consider your role, strengths and weaknesses as you see it but also from other perspectives too. As an identical twin I am used to looking at my sister and seeing myself...very disconcerting at first because you really see all the negatives as well as the positives! Certain things may well shock you at first..but seeing yourself through someone else's eyes can bring huge strength, just don't take anything personally. See it as an opportunity to move forward because you understand yourself far better than you thought you did.
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When looking at a day in your working life you are probably not doing anything you don't normally do.
"When you look back on any given day you don’t just think about what happened you think about its impact, about how you felt. You distill the new experience through past experience!
– you wonder why X said Y and if it was hurtful, informative, a smoke screen etc.? You wonder if you should have done something differently and why. You wonder if what you did/said was effective and did X really understand what you were trying to say/do? You might even consider what you learned from a particular incident.
Thus we want you to not only record but also to reflect - seeking learning."
REFLECTION [in capitals for emphasis] plays an important part in this degree. You may be busy pulling together aspects of a busy day....but STOP...THINK....REFLECT...on those roles and responsibilities.
What impacts on you...who influences you...who do you influence...why is that system used?
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Saturday, October 07, 2006
0006
Oh, there are two more things:
1) The feedback I got for my ILP was good. I am glad that Sarah agreed to it, and now it is time to see if I can put it all into place. If not, re-negotiating is at hand.
2) Have a look at my LA1. A Day In My Working Life (by Jessica Kelleher)
1) The feedback I got for my ILP was good. I am glad that Sarah agreed to it, and now it is time to see if I can put it all into place. If not, re-negotiating is at hand.
2) Have a look at my LA1. A Day In My Working Life (by Jessica Kelleher)
0005
Time to catch up here for once. I need to get into a routine of posting here every day or something, but I have been so busy sorting many things out.
My exams are coming up next week and I am seriously freaking out about them. I have so much more work to do and am trying to catch up with everything today. This is scary, because I know I should have done this months ago. I was seriously lazy and took on too much work.
Last week was a spectacular week. I was working all week on holiday courses and they went very well. Tuesday was a holiday (Reunification Day) and I managed to get my first Learning Activity pretty much done. I have been too busy to add the last two bits to it, but I consider it done. And I will get started on LA 2 at the end of next week.
I found the creation of my ILP harder than that of LA1. That is probably because I have had to think about what I want to do for it before I did it. So, having a plan, like the ILP, makes the tasks a lot easier.
I would like to reflect more and write more, but it is time to go to the bakery, get some rolls for breakfast and then revise, revise, revise!
Have a good weekend, everyone!
My exams are coming up next week and I am seriously freaking out about them. I have so much more work to do and am trying to catch up with everything today. This is scary, because I know I should have done this months ago. I was seriously lazy and took on too much work.
Last week was a spectacular week. I was working all week on holiday courses and they went very well. Tuesday was a holiday (Reunification Day) and I managed to get my first Learning Activity pretty much done. I have been too busy to add the last two bits to it, but I consider it done. And I will get started on LA 2 at the end of next week.
I found the creation of my ILP harder than that of LA1. That is probably because I have had to think about what I want to do for it before I did it. So, having a plan, like the ILP, makes the tasks a lot easier.
I would like to reflect more and write more, but it is time to go to the bakery, get some rolls for breakfast and then revise, revise, revise!
Have a good weekend, everyone!
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