Evaluation of Critical Review

Below is a summary of the process of creating my Critical so far.

Literature

•  It is essencial to do plenty of research and I spent the first portion of module 3 sourcing, reading, watching and analysing literature on my topic.
•  By allowing myself to research such a wide topic though I found literature from many different sources including, dance and sports psychologists, professional dancers, blogs, teachers and academics.
• I quickly established that dance injury is a broad topic and my literature review helped me find out what I wanted to focus my Inquiry on. 
• I divided my literature review into headings that then became the three themes of my inquiry, these are Accepting Injury, Pain Tolerance and Coping Mechanisms.
• Created a list of questions about what I intended to find out during my inquiry.

Planning

• Using my research and literature review, I planned my interviews and surveys. From my pilots I had done in Module 2 I was more confident to structure it in a way that would gather the most useful information.
• I reached out to dancers I knew that fit the criteria for my interviews and ask if they were interested in taking part, I also explained he context of my Inquiry and ethical implications.
• I reached out to several dance academics and psychiatrists as I intended to interview someone from an academic background. When I did contact someone we agreed to do a questionnaire due to time constraints and both our busy schedules.
• I sent out consent forms to participants.
• I reviewed my schedule, inserted dates of interviews.

Practical Research

• I carried out my interviews, some over Skype others face to face, All of which were voice recorded to collect data.
• I sent out my survey to my selected groups.
• I send my questionnaire and collected my response.

Analysing data

• I interpreted the data and typed up some rough notes including any similarities or differences in opinions that arose over different platforms. 
• I found responses that stood out to me and compared them to my literature.
• Looked at what my results meant, thought about whether my original questions were answered and at what questions arose.

Reflection

• I thought about how this process has affected me.
• What I have learned from this Inquiry.
• What I want to find out in the future.
• Where I want to go from here.