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Janani Kannan

Welcome to my Student Directed Inquiry. Here, you will find a copy of all of my assignments, and other research that I have done for my SDI. Stay for a while, read a little, and enjoy my rants about this rather awesome course.

** Web pages for writing reflections **
This is the UNSW page that basically goes through the steps of reflective writing that is required at university level. It basically explains what reflective writing is about, how to write reflectively and then guides the writing process. I quite liked it. []

This is Monash University's version of what they view as reflective writing. This is the second website which states that there is a real link between critical thinking and reflective writing. It relates reflective writing to specific incidents and also goes through errors (although, in our case, we just reflect to think about and make connections to different ideas, Errors aren't such a large part of the reflection process). This was good too. []

** Teacher Interview **


Reflection - An Ethical Interview

Ethics - to do no harm.

The interview with Penny was rather lovely. From an ethics point of view, I asked her if she would like to be interviewed, and with her informed consent, arranged for a time that was convenient for her. I then came up with a list of questions to ask her and then went on to have those approved. There was a question on my list that she didn't really want to discuss, and we both came up with a new one. I had her permission to record, and then publish the interview as a transcripted version as well. The actual interview itself didn't take very long and I was quite happy with the results. She didn't prefer to be photographed, and her right to refuse an image taken of her was respected. The copy of the interview was edited and then approved by Penny for publishing.

Learning Log - A Note

On the 20th of April, the class had a discussion on learning logs and how best to show learning and what format we should use to record our reflections. I find that my best reflection arises when I write my thoughts down, and have decided to keep a paper-based learning log to show my progress. However, most of my research will be conducted via journals and articles online. Just thought I'd write that down, somewhere, in case I forget.

Proposal progress

It's Easter Break, and we've delved well into proposal-writing. Mine's still a bit messy (and on paper) and I have really got to pull it together on Word so that I can publish it on my wiki, but here is a pictorial sneak-preview of what it looks like. Not going to lie, it's rather jumbled and all over the place, but that is the stage where I am with my drafting at the moment. Don't worry, Sharyn, I'll have the proposal to you by Thursday. There's also a little note about my proposal in the Discussion board, and I'd really appreciate it if you read it.

Thank you, Janani

My SDI Proposal



Well, here it is, an edited final draft of my SDI proposal. I'd love to hear your thoughts about it. Thanks, Janani