With the concern of how to develop my project, I have a tutorial with my tutor David for a critical and reflective discussion. I brought up my question again: How can the environment for international students be adapted to help them cope with their emotions around social belonging? However, before the tutorial, I was not able to find a way to develop my project for further secondary research. Although I was planning to look for some experts to talk to them, I still lacked of knowledge resources that connect the international student to the needs of the environment.
From what we talked about during the tutorial, David gave me some points regarding my research question. From the question, there is no clear connection of how the target audience connects to the environment. And the definitions I gave to the environment such as narrative environment, microcosm, and natural environment are abstract and therefore is bringing confusion for the reason why the environment benefits international students. After the tutorial, I have more questions guiding me to discover the research question for the project. Who will benefit the most from the environment I create change and intervention to make it better? What are the environment’s needs? What makes the environment for you to feel anxious? What do we need to do and what is the place? To make a connection between people and the environment.