Methodology Rationale for Action Research Project: how can I develop the time management tool to help neuro-diverse students organise study tasks more effectively? METHODS Formative feedback from a work colleague An initial conversation with my peer at UAL where I gathered some immediate feedback early in the research process really instigated the research question. University… Continue reading Methodology
Notes from individual tutorial November 2nd 2023
I couldn’t attend the group session the other week. I had meeting with my son’s duty solicitor, the head of prison law and a senior law partner over my son’s rolling custody awaiting a sentencing hearing. 3 months today actually he’s been waiting. He’s on recall in Brixton HMP, but is also charged with the… Continue reading Notes from individual tutorial November 2nd 2023
Rationalising exploration of phrases and colours for the developing time management tool (intervention) November 6, 2023
At the group workshop today, I got some great feedback on my questionnaire from my peer researchers. Part One: Sensory Integration and rationale for including colour in the Time Management Tool/Intervention Questionnaire. The following section of this blog is rationale for including colour choices within the time management tool in my questionnaire. During the tutorial… Continue reading Rationalising exploration of phrases and colours for the developing time management tool (intervention) November 6, 2023
Participant Information Sheet
Research project: how can I develop the time management tool to help students organise study tasks effectively? This study is part of my research on the PgCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication at UAL. I want to help neurodiverse students make positive changes in their organisation of study tasks and overcome challenges to… Continue reading Participant Information Sheet
Research Question and intervention overview: how can I develop the time management tool to help neurodiverse students organise study tasks more effectively?
October 13, 2023 Brief overview of research so far. After researching into people’s varied subjective perspectives on the passage of time (Zimbardo et al., 2012) I settled upon and Action Research project of refining a time management tool to help neurodiverse students who I support as a specialist study skills tutor, to organise their study… Continue reading Research Question and intervention overview: how can I develop the time management tool to help neurodiverse students organise study tasks more effectively?
post-ethics workshop reflections and permisions
Pre-ethics tutorial thoughts Oct 7 2023
In thinking about the broad area of ethics in relation to my AR, language came to mind. I considered: People have disabilities vs People are disabledPeople have dyslexia vs People are dyslexic Though the differences have been debated for decades, for me as a tutor/researcher, it comes down to how the person defines themselves, whether… Continue reading Pre-ethics tutorial thoughts Oct 7 2023
AR Thoughts over Summer 2023
Dyspraxia and ADHD and Time Punctuality Drawing upon Dr Ayres’ ground-breaking work, dyspraxia is ‘seen most frequently as causally related to underlying dysfunction of the tactile and proprioceptive systems in particular, which in combination is called the somatosensory system, involving the input received from touch/skin receptors (tactile) and the position/movement receptors in and around the… Continue reading AR Thoughts over Summer 2023
More Action Research Thoughts from Summer 2023 Oct 3 2023
My discovery of the relationship between ADHD and time blindness, some people’s inability to judge the duration of how long an event takes, a judgement that Fontes et al. (2016) explain is a person’s subjective experience of time, was a subject for my unit 2 submission. It helped the unit 3 topic formulate for me,… Continue reading More Action Research Thoughts from Summer 2023 Oct 3 2023
Notes on workshop 1 September 30, 2023
A bit of a Monday cohort traitor, I stepped into the virtual space of the online Wednesday cohort led by Rachel and Liz, swimming in guilt as I enjoyed spending time with peers not from my Monday group, as we explored research methods and AR topics. The workshop’s break out group discussing Alvesson’s (2012) (reading… Continue reading Notes on workshop 1 September 30, 2023