Pre-thinking OutlineI have not come up a good research idea based on the data that I have on my blog. However, I try to analyze the data and sort it into different categories. It seems like I did not follow the qualitative data analysis guide because I do not have a very clear research idea in my mind first before analyzing. According to my mind map, it is clear that I have six big topics that I have interests. Well, they are really big and of course it might be beyond my capability. What if I conduct a small research idea/question instead? Such as “the comparisons between the pre-thinking and post-thinking of great teachers/great lessons?”, “How can I become a reflective teacher?”. On the other hand, honestly, I am really curious to know the differences of the educational values between the U.S. and China, but this is a pretty big topic and definitely it may need more time to search and read the literatures. I am open to accept any research ideas that I have provided in Popplet, however, could you help me think about these research ideas? Which one is appropriate? ? I think once I know my research topic/questions, it should be helpful to start to do the research! The mind map can be seen at http://popplet.com/app/#/4015255 and on the below. FormatI have two options for this summative project. First, I self-identify myself as a filmmaker, so definitely I want to create a movie with voiceover to present my research. Vision is more powerful than words - this is what I think maybe it is wrong. BUT what about the medium? the images and video clips? How can I have them? I only have data - "words". This is going to be difficult for me to create this film. Well, I thought I may use sketch books - use very simple figure drawing - describe the main ideas steps by steps - film the process of drawing, like Robinson's TED talks - the drawing synchronizes with voiceover. Pretty nice, isn't it? BUT, I am aware of my drawing skill that is limited. How could I overcome this difficulty? On the other hand, my second option is a purely written piece. I think this could be easier than the movie since it just need writing. Basically, writing should be harder than the other formats because it requires professional writing skills that I am short of. However, I am taking research course in this semester, to some degree, this project is relevant and related to the research course, so I'd like to choose writing as the final project format as well. Anyway, it depends on what kind of research topic I am going to choose. Once I figure it out, I will demonstrate why I choose this format. Final Educational Lineage Tree VideoIt is hard to remember all teachers during my educational history, while I still remember some teachers whom I am impressed by. Well, I am so surprised that there are not many negative aspects in my visual lineage when I review it again. Originally, I predicted that I would recall much negative experience about teachers because I think people prefer to remember some bad teachers. However, the result is tangible, my first grade Math teacher and eighth grade Math teacher played significant roles in my past memories of school life. . Well, I realized that they were both math teachers and furthermore realized that Math is a very difficult subject for most students.
Again, I chose to make a video to display my educational history since I think it is easier for me to create a video rather than creating a sculpture. When I was thinking about the lineage tree, my initial decision was drawing a big tree with teachers’ pictures attached. Well, it is too difficult to find those teachers’ pictures, so I then tried to draw their faces instead. Later, I thought I am not a tree yet, instead I am a sapling which means I am still growing and I need to be educated more and more. Then I used a video editing software AFTER EFFECT to create s sapling with the drawing pictures attached. I think it is challenging to draw the teachers and recall something impressive since I am not good at drawing. So I added their words which was inspiring and enlightening to me at the important moment. Time flies, and I believe that I grow up every day while I grow up faster than before since I am taking reflective teaching course. As I review my reflections ( 90 pages wow too many!), I've got many wonderful responses from peers. Based on their ideas, I add some teachers that I think have good effects on me. Certainly, I added some teachers that I shared in my reflections which were related to some readings that we've read. According to these images, some are created in my fibers class which are wet felting, while some are pictures which I could find in my photo albums. The reason why I add Carol, my former colleague at CI, is her teaching style that affected me a lot, even now I still remember her teaching philosophy. Thanks for Becky's advice, so that I can realize that Carol is also my "teacher" in my educational lineage. I should say thank you to my writing teacher Frances, a retired professor from Mizzou, who helps me grammar, edit the writing stuff. She is very patient and nice, and definitely she teaches me many rules of grammars and writings. Those are practical and useful. Last, I added my boyfriend as my teacher because he plays a vital part in my graduate life. Though he is not my real teacher in a real classroom, he is my life teacher. He helps me how to handle with the graduate study stuff which are complicated sometimes. Moreover, he is a great and patient listener who can listen to me when I complain about the life and study. Most importantly, he leads me to grow up and certainly he is an observer during my process of growing up. There is a Chinese proverb says, "it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred to rear people" which means it takes a long time to cultivate talents. My sapling is still on the way to grow up, and I hope it can be a big tree in the future.
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Amy R
4/22/2017 04:12:00 am
Jenny,
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Amy R
4/23/2017 12:59:44 pm
Jenny, did my feedback above help any?
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Becky H
4/23/2017 11:21:57 am
Hello! I’m so glad to see that my advice made a positive impact on you! I think that your tree turned out fabulous. I especially like the song that your picked to go along with your video. It gave me goosebumps. I find it interesting that you often say that you don’t draw well, but I find your drawing style to serve the purpose of your tree well. Your characters are so animated that your drawing element combined with your text makes them clear to understand. I love that I got to see your transformation from start to finish with this piece and hear about the additional choices you made. The inclusion of the boyfriend is what I see as a big influence to include for you. I also included my previous significant other in my tree because of both the positive and negative impact that person made on my life.
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Jenna
4/23/2017 10:42:15 pm
Hey, there! I think it would be very interesting to reflect on how this course has pushed you to grow as an art teacher. Also, I am wondering if teaching programs in China also value deep reflection? Are there things you are discovering and investigating here that you would not be investigating in China? Are there things that you would be investigating in China that are absent here in the states? What are those things? I am interested in your ideas and excited to see them develop!
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