My research is going well and i have started to get some interesting findings
i am now researching the adolescence brain development and finding it fascinating
it seems to me to shed some light on why girls seem to loose direction from 14 plus in the rigorous and discipline area of ballet and move over to less demanding and more free flowing forms of dance for example hip hop. The research now points to the biological in a fundamental changes to brain structure.
When i started to research the lack of retention in ballet i had no idea of the myriad of reasons and motivations that point to an often underestimated central shift in teenage physiology
Good to see your blog up Michelle. have you seen the more scientific journal under Dance on the Dance Library Libguide. Would like to hear more about how 'medical' data relates to your own experience about retention and the experience you might gather as data from your participants - how are you gathering your data? Bw
ReplyDeleteThanks Paula ill have a look at this next week.
ReplyDeleteI gathered my data by questionnaires to both hip hop and ballet students, Workshop, in-depth interview to two students one from hip hop and one from ballet and an interview with a dance teacher.