Shaun+Murray


 * Week 1**: The first week of the new semester we were introduced to the topic of Integrated Learning. We were given a copy of the assessment plan. We also worked with Mr Noble and Ms McInnes on the Research Process and RBL.We were introduced to some Research Engines such as EBSCO host and the Google Wonder-Wheel. We chose our own topic andwe used the Wonder-Wheel to narrow down the topic. We also found out that anything from Libya had been taken down from Google due to the crisis over there at the moment.
 * Week 2: **During this week we were introduced to Wikispaces and we created our own Wikispace accounts. Ms Lawless invited us to join her Wiki but much of the class didn't have access to their email accounts to accept the invite. Ms McInnes came over to the class and showed us the reference tool, the Middle School Bi[[image:11rpmarglawless/Picture1.png width="325" height="176" align="left" caption="Middle School Bibliography"]] bliography and we learnt how to reference some information. We were also given 2 sheets to start. We were also given ethics notes.


 * Week 3: **During this week we had a few relief teachers and we were to finish off the sheets about refining our research skillls but I didn't do either sheet but we did start looking at some information.


 * Week 4: **I was only here for about three days but in this week we learnt about planning tools and how to use them. We began discussing proposals and the how trhey are written.


 * Week 5: **I was absent all week.


 * Week 6:** We started to learn about how proposals are written and the different ways they are presented. There are three different ways that we learnt, there is the chart form, an oral presentation and just written form. We had to do a worksheet to transfer a journal oral form, to chart form.

We also started to do the draft of the proposal and my draft ended up coming to 510 words.
 * Week 7:**This week we decided our topic and our guiding questions. With help from the teacher we refined our topic further and our main question "In which sport do more injuries occur, AFL or Soccer and is there a difference in recoveryb times and for what reason?". We also refined our guiding questions to:
 * What are the most common types of injuries?
 * Is there a difference in the injuries and numbers that occur in both codes (statistics)?
 * What are some ways the clubs address the prevention of injuries?
 * What types of treatments are there for these injuries and does this affect recovery times?

Each group 1x ring folder By end of week 7 I need to see in the folder: a) Introduction- A statement of hypothesis/topic Guiding Questions.
 * Week 8:** The teacher gave us back our drafts and ways on how to improve it. I finished the good copy of the proposal and it stayed at 510 words. We were also told what we need to have to pass this term in integrated learning.
 * 1) Copy of assessment plan
 * 2) Any notes/activities I have given you e.g. paper on ethical research
 * 3) Individual journals - 9 weeks’ worth
 * 4) Proposals
 * 5) Beginning of Research project scaffold
 * 1) Any research to date, e.g. newspaper articles etc


 * Week 9:** This week I began to do my reseach by printing out the injury list for Round 24 in the AFL. Shaun C also got the folder that we needed for our group. We also began our survey.


 * Week 10:**This week, as a group we achieved so much. Not only did we get our folder ready and handed it up, we were the first in the class to do it. That is something that we don't do often. We also got our survey questions typed up and checked by the teacher. Once completed we printed out around 60-70 copies. Then we went around to classes and handed out 50-60 survey's. This was quite an achievement because we only had a few survey's left and I didn't expect that there would be that many AFL and Soccer players in the school.


 * Week 11:** This was the one week when we focused on research. I got the injury list that I printed off and made a graph of the amount of injuries a[[image:11rpmarglawless/Picture_of_Rnd_24_Graph.png width="497" height="272" align="left" caption="Rnd 24 Injury Graph"]]nd the different types from that point in time. I also got the injury list from the teams in 'Week 2 of the Finals'. There was only 6 out of 17 teams but they still had 35 injuries. I made that into a graph aswell but there is little space on here for that.


 * Week 12:** This week I got the the injury list from Finals Week 3 and I began to look at the teams from Finals Week 2 and compare them with the injuries they had in Rnd 24. I found that the overall injury toll had dropped from 37 to 35 but certain injuries would increase through. Injuries such Hamstring would increase by two, neck injuries, illnesses and knee injuries would all increase by 1. But you also had calf, hand and foot injuries all drop by two. I was surprised with what I found. I honestly thought that there would be more injuries given that players would be fatigued by the end of the season and that soft tissue injuries would increase.


 * Week 13:** I found the injury list from round 3 and and began to compare it to the one from round 24. While doing this I discovered that injuries increased just as I had expected but I was surprised at the how much the injuries rose. In 21 rounds, there was an increase of 46 injuries. The main increases were shoulder injuries which increased by 17, also ankle and hip injuries increased by 9. Normal injuries such as hamstring and knee would only increased by a measly 1. The only thing that I was surprised about and that I learnt was that quad, wrist and achilles injuries would all drop.


 * Week 14:** I analysed the results for the surveys and we found that there are many different ways that clubs address the prevention of injuries. I was surprised that many clubs had meetings and had open talks with trainers about injuries. We also found that football players have more injuries than soccer players. We analysed 8 soccer and 8 football players and we found that football players had almost twice the amount of injuries than soccer players.


 * Week 15:** We began to put together our powerpoint and we found out that finding the relevant information. We ended up going to find more information about prevention of injuries and we also learnt about recovering from injuries. We learnt techniques such as the RICE technique (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation). We also found the difference in injuries times with football and soccer. Injuries time are even througout both sports in Australia because they would use the same people to get treatment unless they get treatment overseas.
 * Week 16:** I got an interview with my trainer at my football club and learnt that my club has an open question policy with our trainers. The same as some of our survey results our trainers are always available to chat about injuries and ways to prevent them. With this completed it was the last of our information that we needed. We began to get all the relevant information and began to put together the powerpoint and the oral.


 * Week 17:** We worked as a group in supervised all week to get our powerpoint and oral completed while also listening to other peoples powerpoints in class. We completed our powerpoint on wednesday and I believe that we did a good job. Seeing as we were one of the only people not to read off the powerpoint we had short sharp answers but had the information on paper. I finished my de Bono thinking hats and started my evaluation.


 * Week 18:** This was exams week and I used this week to catch up on my journal entries, finishing off my evaluation and printing out our bibliography.