I've had a great afternoon as far as the studying goes! [am studying Antenatal Education - with a view to becoming an Antenatal teacher with the NCT.] Which is good because I was feeling pretty fed up with life in general before then!
Have got myself organised as regards the libraries today and it's had a knock-on effect. I contacted Sheffield Hallam Uni and ended up down at thier Collegiate Learning Centre which is where my books are held. How handy is that? Just down the road, parking's a doddle, absolutely fabulous.
Took myself down there, SCONAL and Uni Card in hand, and the staff there took care of the rest. I now have a library card, a photocopying account, access to three of the midwfery journals and I know where the books are! A bonus was I found not only midwifery texts, but antenatal texts and books about learning and teaching too!
Have picked up three books relevent to my 2nd assignment 'Introduction to the Programme' Essay, and had chance to read 'Practising Midwife' and photocopy a couple of interesting articles as well.
I FEEL LIKE A STUDENT - YAY!!!!
One of the books, Learning Journal by Jennifer Moon, which is a recommended text is all about keeping a reflective diary. So far (I'm only 10 pages in) it's really interesting and I was so inspired that here I am with the first entry on my new blog!!! This is my reflective diary - it's just going to be online.
Only problem is it took me a while to settle on the title. 'Discere-docendo' is latin for 'learning through teaching' which I thought was apt. Plus no-one else will know what it means when they see the URL so I can look really intelligent when they ask - ha ha!
Here's to the fact that I have actually started my reflective diary - Cheers!