In order to collect data on the impact of the intervention, I considered the advice offered in the second ARP Workshop in creating questionnaires. I tried to write an open (but structured — thank you Audré Lorde) questionnaire on how the inclusion of selfhood as subject matter within the project affected the student experience, intended for dissemination in January 2025, after the catwalk showcase:
After initially sending this questionnaire to our Year One Co-ordinator and our Course Leader for revision, although I received constructive and supportive responses, we collectively decided not to share this questionnaire with the students. Around this time of the academic year, we worried that students suffer from survey overload — and I also worried about the validity of data gathered through a questionnaire that was so clearly written for my own pedagogic growth, rather than necessarily benefitting the students.
From here I decided to collect data through anecdotal conversation with students in the learning environment, through asking my colleagues for their observations and feedback, and through reflecting on the creative outcomes and the success of the learning environment through analysing photography of the catwalk event itself.