Researching!

I have started to do some indepth research on my inquiry. Please check out my Wiki! There is a table of contents to your left.

http://jackofalltradesmasterofnone.wikispaces.com/Jack+of+all+trades%2Cmaster+of+none-my+thoughts

My website

I have decided to create my own website that I will post all my work onto. It won't include my thoughts and opinions as this will be on my blog. This website will include all my essays and formal work.

The website company I used was webs.com. Its completely free and very easy to set up.

A breakdown of my results

My survey was based on confidence within our profession. Self assurance and belief in our ability to succeed. My results were very surprising which has caused me to doubt my opinions but the answers have encouraged me to explore this topic even more.

Most people who answered my survey were professional performers. 57.1% said they only ‘sometimes’ enjoyed there  job whilst only 42.9% said ‘yes they love there job. I predicted this result as I feel our job is very hard as you are constantly fighting to be in work. The next answer proved that as only half of the people who answered are in work.

This answer wasn’t a shocker but did make me feel a little sad as 50% of us feel we are constantly struggling for money. So not only do we have to worry about weight, technique, face, performance etc but we have to fret about financial issues to.

I asked the question “do you feel you are the best you can be at your chosen career?” not one person said yes. I wondered if people were just being modest or did they generally feel they were not the best they could be. Is that down to training or motivation?

I asked “If you had the choice (at present) to change your career would you?” it was refreshing to know that 85.7 said no they wouldn’t.

Google doc- questionnaire

Thank you to everyone who completed my survey on 'Survey Monkey' already this has encouraged me to look at different aspects of my inquiry. I had some interesting answers which I will be discussing in my next blog. 

I have created a questionnaire on Google docs and the link is below. This questionnaire is simple but please give me detailed thoughts and answers if you wish to complete it. I am giving my questionnaire to 10 friends of mine who are in the business but are not doing this course just so I can get an overall view.

You can e-mail me your answers to- staceywilson99@hotmail.co.uk

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oInpV3npguIj2aRt2xllH6YyBwmYtYkkODCBV0RUxwE/edit?hl=en&authkey=CJmi5L8C#

Can you be successful only being good?

I have created a Wiki called "Can you be successful only being good?" this links to my inquiry that I have been concentrating on - JACK OF ALL TRADES MASTER OF NONE.

The link is- http://canyoubesuccessfulonlybeinggood.wikispaces.com/

Award title ideas.

The last couple of weeks I have been racking my brain for an award title that would be in relation to my career and the path I wish to take. I was coming up with ridiously long titles and making them sound to complicated, after researching I have come to the conclusion I want a title that is simple and readily understood.

Here are just a few titles that I have been working with, I have also stated my own opinions.

Dance performance, cheorgraphy and education- I chose this to begin with as it demonstartes that I perform, cheoragraph and teach within education, this is exactly what my career is. The reason why I am not choosing this award title is because its a marathon to say and on a CV this would look alittle extreme.

Community dance education- Again I chose this title as it confirms clearly what my carrer is, however my friend said it dosn’t connect with my personality. I found this comment very interesting as it made me realise I want my award title to connect to my individuality and character.

Arts management- I like this alot. Straight to the point and effortless. One negetive comment I had from a friend was it sounds impractical, almost like I am working behind the scenes in an office. I understand what he means as I beleive my award title needs to be short but filled with energy.

After alot of discussions and research I have decided I want something dynamic, short and explanatory.

What are people’s views on “Expressive Arts Education”

Survey-Please complete

Hey,

I have prepared a survey using Survey monkey. It is called "do you feel confident in your profession?"

Be honest and enjoy!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TJZSRPJ