Tuesday 19 February 2013

Developing lines of Professional Inquiry, task 4a

Sooo welcome back everyone, I presume every ones quietly cracking on, biting their finger nails before the first campus session in 2 days. This is my first blog in a while, but that's because I've been spending my time having a good old think. Reflecting on last term diaries and tasks, in particular task 2D, I found that perhaps the most reoccurring issue for me was not knowing how to get into the industry on a professional level. But that quickly followed by the thought that perhaps I'm putting barriers in front of myself to prevent the thought that I've failed. However from this, I've managed to put together some questions to ponder for this module.

  • Does professional training lower self esteem?
  • Do untrained artists have stronger confidence than trained artists?
  • Should teachers in drama schools be teaching confidence?
  • Does the attitude of teachers in drama schools lower the confidence of its pupils?
  • Is the test of self esteem purely a way of weeding out those who will fail in the industry?
  • In drama school there is always 'favourites', does this need to be clamped down on to prevent lowering the confidence of others?
  • Should colleges invest more time in checking up on what the teachers are teaching rather than worrying about other trivial aspects?
  • Do confidence issues go back further than college teachers, perhaps as far as childhood and family?
  • How have others over come their own barriers to become successful?
  • What successful practitioners had barriers such as this and should it be further advertised to give others a push in the right direction.
  • If self esteem is lowered in drama college, would it be better to to by pass the drama college and go straight to either working or University? (big fish small pond syndrome) 
  • Does having successful people around you push you to become successful or remind you that you are not?
  • Do confidence issues effect what auditions you attend,and how well you perform?
If anyone has any thoughts on any of these questions then do please get in touch, leave a comment. I'd be interested to see what you think, and if any one else has experienced similar issues.


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  1. Unknown19 February 2013 at 09:45

    Hi Georgie, your questions really interest me as confidence crashes are an issue we all have to deal with. An good book on overcoming barriers that I've read is Darcey Bussels autobiography. I talked about the book a little in task 2d, I think it would be interesting for you in reference to some of your questions.
    What do you aim to gain from looking into these questions?

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  2. Hannah Stewart21 February 2013 at 10:23

    Hi Georgie
    There's an app that you can add to your page which means you can follow each other then your blogs come up in a feed on the main blog site. You should try and get it. There's one on my page try add me then it might take you to the link to find it . It's a handy tool to see new blogs with out having to look at people's individual blogs directly:) thought t may help get you some more comments:) Hannah x

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  3. Paula Nottingham26 February 2013 at 05:23

    Great to see you getting started on the lines of inquiry - too many questions but that is how it usually starts! The time spent looking at 2d has begun to give you ideas. Which of the questions would you say are more associated with your current practice? Pick five and take them a bit further in your thinking. Also - have you seen any of your questions in any of the topics others on the course have done - you could look at some archived blogs to help your refine your topic area.

    One of the points of the inquiry is the use of expertise to expand our thinking - to be able to theorise problems in professional practice. So where would you look for sources about some of these topics? Try googling them at this point to find out about the topics - here is an example - although the survey seemed quite basic - what do you think - could it go a bit deeper and have been informed by other experts in the field? http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1167080

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  4. Adesola27 February 2013 at 09:21

    Some great thinking points. Confidence is really interesting to think about. have you thought about reading somethings in terms of sociology or psychology to see how they define the meaning of the word. In another direction confidence also raises questions about who decides when we are professional or not. That idea of ownership of practice.

    Great work
    Adesola

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