Category: Extra-Technical/Soft Skills Development

All things communication related: all that is associated to the act of communicating, engaging, discussion, expressing, projecting, reflecting, learning, developing self image and ‘voice’, changing & developing views and perceptions, goal setting, time management, negotiation, conflict resolution, educing, teaching, training, guiding, or scaffolding: either of yourself or others, into something more than who you were, to become who you really are …….

A Developing Perspective

Audio Industry, Audio Theory & Practice, CP Reflective & Reflexive Practice, CP Reflective Practice, CP Reflexive Practice, CP Research Practice, CP Session Practice, Creative Practice, Creative Writing, DCI Phase 0 - Starting Point Practice, DCI Phase 1 - Identity-driven Practice, DCI Phase 2 - Value-driven Practice, DCI Phase 3 - Narrative-based Practice, DCI Phase 4 - Embodied Practitioner, DCI Phase 5 – Authentic Practice, DCI Phase 6 - Interpretation, DCI Pilot Study - Bordering the Study, Extra-Technical/Soft Skills Development, HDR Academic Practice, Industry, Leadership, Learning & Leadership, Personal Development of Self, Pre-Production, Reflective Narratives, Research Studies, Self, Social & CulturalLeave a comment

Research Practitioner Series – Part 25 HDR Research Study – Project 1 Abstract The aim of this Doctor of Creative Industries Research Project is to investigate both my DIY music and sound-making practice and my self as a practitioner during the process of creating and producing a cultural artefact (EP).  My research study is designed...

Who I am……

Audio Theory & Practice, CP Reflective Practice, CP Research Practice, Creative Practice, DCI Phase 1 - Identity-driven Practice, Distribution, Extra-Technical/Soft Skills Development, Self, Social & CulturalLeave a comment

(Page 2017a) Me, myself, I – the multi-facetted/multi-dimensional practitioner As described in my blog Research Practitioner Part 16 (Page 2017b), I am a multi-facetted/multi-dimensional practitioner – a practitioner across multiple practices of education & learning, research study commitments, creative practice, professional consulting practice and family responsibilities. I concluded that: “All of my practice informs my self; and my...

Doctoral Pilot Study – Part 17a

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(Page 2014a) This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2014b) for the previous blog. Reflecting on 2014 …. My approach to practice was so different to that of my recently recruited peers. As part of the creative media studies stream, learners were now to be immersed in specific creative media lexis and theory, via tasks that...

Doctoral Pilot Study – Part 16a

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In Search of Embodied Practice Self Reflection (2016) Research Practice Continuing on from previous blogs in this series; I have actively engaged in research practice investigating various research methodologies, I started to define my view of what my practice was. Whilst I have not formally studied Reflective Practice at a tertiary level, I have been presented a number of...

Doctoral Pilot Study – Part 15a

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Doctorate of Creative Industries Project 1 (Research 2016) Precis Continuing on from my previous blogs in this series; as I am now into my third year of my post-graduate academic research study,  I felt motivated to revisit and develop my values, goals and beliefs for both my self and my music practice. It is now early- Year 3, with the...

A practitioner’s first 10,000 hours….

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Learning & Teaching (L&T) Philosophy and Practice Series – Part 4a Continuing on from my previous blogs (2015a) in this series. As Ericsson et al (1993, p363} found, it takes an aspiring practitioner approaximately 10,000 hours in proactive deliberate practice to aquire the level of expert performance. It is from this base, that I commence my...

Doctoral Pilot Study – Part 11b

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Doctorate of Creative Industries Project 1 (Research 2016) Precis Continuing on from my previous blogs in this series; as I am now at the end of my second year of my post-graduate academic research studies, I felt it is important to revisit and develop my Charter of Values and Beliefs v1 of goals, values and beliefs for both myself and my music...

Memory – Introduction

Composition & Songwriting, CP Reflective & Reflexive Practice, CP Research Practice, Creative Practice, Creative Writing, DCI Phase 3 - Narrative-based Practice, Extra-Technical/Soft Skills Development, Leadership, Learning & Leadership, Lyric Writing, Music & Sound Theory & Practice, Observational Narrative, Prose, SelfLeave a comment

Context The series of memory blogs that follow this Introductory blog are part of David L Page’s creative process – reflecting on selected significant events in the early stages of his life, and associating sonic and musical textures that best represent his memory of those significant events. The collection of associative memories will then be formed into...

Reflecting on my Learning & Teaching (L&T) Practice

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Learning & Teaching (L&T) Philosophy and Practice Series – Part 3e Continuing on from my previous blogs (Page, 2015d) in this series: it is my desired goal to develop a collaborative, collegial, safe learning environment. Trust and respect are core to this process. Reflecting on 16T2 Note: an abbreviated version of this blog is available as a powerpoint presentation.  It...

Doctoral Pilot Study – Part 4

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Doctorate of Creative Industries Project 1 Precis Continuing on from my previous blogs in this series; as a person new to formal academic research studies,  I have been surprised with the number of occasions that I have been confronted by a range of thoughts, feelings, observations, recollections – positives and learnings – and highlighted behavioural patterns over...

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