Evaluation of Project
Evaluation Strengths Weaknesses | ||
What were the main strengths and weaknesses of the project. | My main strength was my research method, as I feel that my analysis of information developed greatly, and this enabled me to assess what resources were most useful and reliable. I always stuck to the research area, making sure that what I was investigating was relevant. I also think that my strength was the diary of progress I kept in my plan, as this allowed me to see exactly where I found the information for each topic and when. I could visually see my progress as I dated every entry and when writing my dissertation it made the process easier as I had all the information evaluation to hand. | I feel that my time management could have been to a better standard, as I didn’t stick completely to a timed plan. While I think it benefitted me in the sense that I didn’t create unrealistic goals, I also think that a more in depth and detailed plan could have made it easier to balance between my other commitments and subjects, which are what sometimes occupied my time. |
What new skills did you learn? What technologies did you learn? | I learned how to reference, which I think is a very useful skill to have for the future and studying at university. I also discovered how to use resources such as Google Scholar to find academic dissertations, as these are usually reliable and before I didn’t know how to use it. | My weakness for this is I feel I could have used more sources such as documentaries, as while I did use some, there were a fairly limited amount, so this held me back slightly in terms of variety. |
In doing the project, what did you learn about yourself and the way in which you learn? | I found that I learn better when my research flows rather than being extremely rigid, as this is when I find information that links towards an overall argument rather than individual topics that aren’t relevant. I also learnt that I enjoy research and actually grew to love and feel strongly about my subject. | My weakness is that I could have been better with my time management as if I were to do a dissertation again, I would have made a timed schedule to maximise my progress. |
Has the project helped you in terms of your future plans (e.g. Study at university; career choices; going into employment)? | This project has helped me gain independence for university as it gave me experience of managing my own project and having lots of freedom. I also think that the subject area of bullfighting was well chosen as it is an aspect of Spanish culture and within this research I have looked into social, economic, cultural, historical and political aspects of Spain which is relevant for my future studies of Spanish. | While my weakness was time management, I think that for the future I will be aware of this and be able to overcome it or take more care to ensure that it doesn’t become a weakness. |
If you were to start your project again, what would you do differently, what would you do the same? | I would keep the same topic of Should Bullfighting be made Illegal in Spain? This is because I enjoyed researching it and feel that it was a topic that had many aspects to learn from. I would also still complete a research diary, as I found that this was crucial to my progress. | I would change the amount of planning I did and ensure I had more time. I would also try and obtain some primary research, as my research was all secondary. While secondary research is still very useful as I could assess other peoples views and opinions, using primary data would consolidate my own theories. This would require a lot more money and time, however, so it wasn’t realistic for this project. |
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