Discussion

Question Performa nce Criteria Planning/ Applicatio n P1 Specific Criteria Planning 1 Consideration of topic Refinement of topic Planning of process Application Development of research Exploration of ideas Knowledge and skills Travel. I have wanted to travel to Europe for a very long time and a friend suggested this as my question. Ive always wanted to see my relatives in Europe and to snow board. I was going to go down either the music or carpentry rout as they are also my interests. I had 2 or 3 I believed that I would enjoy this one more and it is more practical as I can see what more there is to do in Europe besides see relatives. Excited to learn and develop new skills while planning my future. It will benefit me by making me more aware of what I will do in Europe. I believe that this topic is manageable as I am very interested in travel. I changed my question multiple times. No Yes Because it was compulsory Personal development, I want to develop my knowledge No I knew that Personal Development was the most relevant capability to me. Internet, travel agents, family Yes. How time consuming this whole project is. Tried to get in with it Lack of experience in this type of project. Yes. I just walked in the travel agents and asked them question Yes. No.

What is the broad area of your topic? How do/did you decide on this area?

What is it about this topic that interests you? Can you give some examples of the ideas you had when refining your topic. Do/did you have several to choose from? What do/did you do to eliminate some of your ideas and settle on your final topic? P2

What do/did you feel about this final choice? How will this research benefit you? Do/did you feel the topic was manageable? Why/Why not? What modifications do/did you make along the way? Do/did you make any predictions on your outcome? Do/did you plan to make/produce your outcome? Why do/did you make this choice? What capability have you decide upon. Why? Do/did you need to make a choice between more than one capability? What process do/did you use to come to your final decision? What resources do/did you originally plan to use? Did this go to plan? What caused you the most problems? What strategies do/did you use to overcome these? Why do you think you had these problems?

Did you have to revise your planned resources? How do/did you manage: correspondence ie interviews, emails , Do/did you need to consider ethical issues? Do/did this change from your original plan? Why?