Elements and Performance Criteria
- Situate own practice in the wider context
- Reflect on the nature of own practice and its relationship to the broader contemporary cultural context
- Explore the relationship of individual practice to particular aspects of cultural history and theory
- Consider how own work connects to or diverges from the work of other professionals
- Analyse the ways in which individual practice has evolved, and the influences that have affected this evolution
- Extend research capability
- Investigate ways to extend individual research to support professional practice and self-development
- Develop potential areas of research based on current or planned developments in practice and broader areas of interest
- Conduct in-depth analysis of critical writing as part of an ongoing research practice
- Refine and articulate own positions and ideas
- Evolve personal ideas based on developing research activity and critical analysis
- Participate in current cultural debate with peers and within the wider community
- Seek and apply critical feedback from others
- Develop substantiated ideas on cultural topics
- Develop and present information in formats that meet professional and relevant academic standards and conventions