The Final Week

The end is nigh and I'll be away from work on Friday evening so counting the hours till I actually get a Saturday, Sunday and Monday off work!!

Managed to finish reading and highlighting ED209 Book 1 chapter 2 and have started in 3 but really can't get away with that on a normal business day at work, can only really get away with anything that can be done on computer rather than looking like a total student and getting the books out on my desk!!

Been looking at ED209 TMA01 and am pretty happy with the material that I have written in terms of key concepts, definitions etc.... just need to put it in to a better format. ED209 TMA02 is most certainly on the back burner for a little while or at least till DD101 TMA06 is out of the way.

Moved my Pug 205 CTi in to it's garage yesterday after 4 months being left to the elements on the drive way. Had problems starting it before which is why I didn't run it for ages however once the jump leads were connected she fired up straight away. Stupid French car. Now to start the work so that she is roadworthy by March........ money and time required. Got insurance quote for £200 for the year though so very happy with that.

Sunday Sunday

Another Sunday at work and another chance to hit the books.

Yesterday is amanged to highlight and read through Methods and Skills up to section 6 which also leads to ED209 TMA02 which is gong to be a nice one so I am doing notes on that one whilst I go. Today I am hoping to read and highlight up to the end of Chapter 3 in Book 1. There is an awful lot of reading for ED209 but they do have great examples when explaining tricky stuff which is helpful.

Current TMAs in progress:

DD101 TMA06 - Migration - Have notes, now just trying to create 1,500 of sense out of it.

DD101 TMA07 - States - I am actually going to wait till the Part 2 materials arrive (hopefully Monday) before I get in to this as it requires a fair bit of reading and making sense of stuff

ED209 TMA01 - Piaget - This is in skeleton form with about 1,100 words out of the required 1,500 to 2,000 but I am happy that I have at least started it.

ED209 TMA02 - Sharon's Study - This is actually a really nice assignment on Methodology so had a go at it whilst reading through Methods and Skills Handbook yesterday.

ED209 Catch up

ED209 starts next Saturday (February 5th) and I am pretty sure I was further ahead in DD101 before it started.

Progress so far:

Read and highlighted Book 1 chapter 1 and made a start on chapter 2
Started the first draft of ED209 TMA01
Read and Highlighted 1-4 of Methods and Skills Handbook
Watched Media Kit Video Band 1 and 2.

Actually once it's written down I feel like I am further ahead than I thought but was hoping to be at least 4 weeks ahead at least until I have completed DD101 TMA07. Really need to get on with the actual text book as that is the most time consuming and need to purchase Erika Cox's revision stuff.

Have had a couple of lazy days in terms of study so am pressing on with getting as much of Methods and Skills handbook done today so that I know where to refer to.

The Resignation

After the morning meeting I resigned, it went well but still have to work the whole week. Straight after they fired a guy who they had been threatening to fire for months apparently so now they are down to 2 sales people so it will be interesting to see what happens.

In terms of OU stuff I am getting on with ED209 TMA01 today as it is now more of a tidy up rather than content.

Day without OU

I have actually gone a day at work where I haven't actually done anything really OU related apart from log on to the OU website to see if either my DD101 TMA03 results have been posted which happens not to be the case and see if anything was new.

ED209 Tutorials have now been posted and they are actually perfect as my new job is in Ascot and my tutorials are on Tuesday nights in Bracknell, I think the lady upstairs is sending me good signals.

Caved and bought ED209 TMAs off ebay, I would like to point out that they aren't to cheat from, just a way of knowing how to layout the TMAs and to be fair, the questions aren't the same so you couldn't really cheat anyway.

On lates at work and have written up my resignation letter for tomorrow after the morning meeting, I am actually dreading this.

Piaget's conservation and egocentricity

I'm currently at work making a start on ED209 TMA01 and thought I would share some info that is making this a little easier. I appreciate it is not brain science (actually I suppose maybe it is in a minor way) but I like to over simplify things where possible then build on it.

This is all refering to the pre-occupational stage of childhood development

Conservation - this is in very simple terms 'logic'

Egocentricity - this in very simple terms is 'empathy'

I am finding that once the experiments have been described that in fact 1500 to 2000 words shouldn't be that hard although what I have written so far is ramblings and will need to be put in to English at some point!!!

Had a look at ED209 TMA02 which looks pretty straight forward although must get on with the Methods and Skills Handbook before I even contemplate starting this one.

ED209 Progress

I have actually made a start on ED209 TMA01. Piaget is a bit of a dude, his theory pretty much states that children show the same development as molluscs............. how cruel is evolution!!! ED209 TMA01 is proving easier than DD101 TMA06/07. TMA07 is proving to be a bit of a pain to be fair, the actually section on legitamacy within states is tiny therefore I am actually doing to have to draw from the other chapters to make 1500 words........ Doh!!!! Might even give in to researching other sources.

Came 4th in poker tonight which has cheered me up.

Resigning on Friday which is going to be bad, they aren't going to take too well.