Can Secondary Learners be challenged through the mediums of aspects of performing arts and one off projects to engage and progress in English & Maths

Please could you take time to look at this set of questions to help a potential inquiry. All responses, unless you give express permission, or chose to publish your answers, will be treated in confidence.

I am looking at using Survey Monkey https://www.surveymonkey.com/ as the means of communication, this is because our Deputy Principal used the same method recently on something I participated in and it seems relatively straightforward, perhaps you could give it a try.

I would like to do two surveys, aimed at adults and students, I wondered about the thinking around this In relation to the student element.

Would you describe yourself as;

Creative Practitioner
Performer
Secondary Education professional
Parent/carer of a current Secondary student

What is, in your opinion, the most disengaged year group;

Yrs;
7
8
9
10
11

Most disengaged gender;
Male
Female

In relation to English and Maths, what are /is the biggest bars on learning?

Would a focussed holiday activity/project in October half term (not many families can afford to go away then) help?

Would students gain from working solely within a group from the geographical area they are familiar with or engaging with young people from different socio/economic and located environments?

Would students gain more from working within a mixed ability setting (ie including some special needs) or from working within a group roughly at a similar level and facing similar challenges?


...These questions, I hope to add to but would welcome some initial feedback

Thanks loads

Russ






















I explored themes around my inquiry recently by attending and speaking at a Rotary event. This worked on a number of levels, namely;

It got me up in front of people from all ages and walks of life in an informal and not threatening environment.

I was able to actively canvass their thoughts on issues raised by the kind of partnership work I do. It enabled me to hone further my thinking on the way forward in this sector.

Nearly all were actively engaged in working or volunteering in a school setting, in particular Secondary and/or had past experience and the results that could be achieved through positive interventions.

They were very supportive and positive to the Presentation.

I chose to use slide dog http://slidedog.com/ as my presentation aid, due to short research through the internet. I needed something that was free due to lack of funds on my part and due to the nature of my presentation being very visual around performance, this particular facility allowed me - after a prolonged period loading - to play longer and many more video clips to highlight aspects of the success and development of my work within a voluntary organisation, engaging school students.

I found I was able to use images and clips as an alternative to cue cards, hopefully in an engaging way for the audience.

Developing questions for a professional inquiry

I am seeking to organise some questions in relation to my professional inquiry and through discussions during campus sessions with Paula using a mind mapping exercise, I hope my potential inquiry is forming a sharper relief.

I am aware, as a participant, on a professional basis of using survey monkey, this seems a safe, anonymous and secure meaning of doing a survey such as this and I wondered if any of my peers had used it? what thoughts their were on it, as a medium of communication?

I will be seeking to actively engage with my peers through social media, joining and initiating a SIG group as I have identified, in particular, a number of students with similar interests and lines of inquiry.

Please feel free to message me and I hope to likewise do the same.

In anticipation

Russ