Establishing a research question

So during our last CoP seminar we were asked to come up with a research question and what resources we would use to research it. We were handed out forms and were asked to fill them in. We were aslo told to try and come up with a topic that is relevant to us, so we would be interested in researching it. So mine did not take long, I was really inspired by the flipped classroom lecture and remembered this TED talk about how schools kill creativity. So I decided I wanted to look further into that. This topic is relevant to me because I attended an art gymnasium for 6 years and I feel like it killed my creativity instead of letting it grow. To be completely honest, after I finished school I was questioning weather arts was really what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I am glad I stuck with it after all, but I am curious as to why that happened. So this is my filled out form-

OUGD501 – STUDY TASK 3 – ESTABLISHING A RESEARCH QUESTION

Suggested Research Question. This can be a topic or theme, but please try to be as precise as possible.

Do schools kill creativity?

Which Of The Module Resources Does This Question Relate To? You can find these on eStudio - Try to list at least three.

Which Academic Sources Are Available On The Topic? Include a Harvard Referenced bibliography of at least 5 sources.

Robinson, K (1982) The Arts in Schools, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, London, United Kingdom Robinson, K (2011) Out Of Our Minds, Capstone Publishing, West Sussex, United Kingdom Illich I.(1971) Deschooling Society, Harper & Row, New York, USA Xiufang, W (2002) Education in China Since 1976, Mc Farland & Co, Jefferson, USA Rancière, J. (1991) The Ignorant Schoolmaster: Five Lessons in Intellectual Emancipation, Stanford: Stanford UP

How Could The Research Question Be Investigated Through Practice? What Graphic Design would you make in response to this, and why?

I would make an animation exploring the structure of schools, comparing it to a factory, or follow a narrative of an individual student.

Peer Feedback – How could this topic be refined / developed? Show this form to a fellow student. They should record their feedback in the box below

After explaining my ideas for the essay, my peers seemed to find it really interesting and I was told it is a very wide and interesting topic to explore. One of my peers suggested looking into Chinese education system and compare it to the Western or Scandinavian education systems.