I took me quite a long time to narrow down my research question.
The most helpful was our first workshop when we talked about critical friendship, which inspired me to consult with the librarian who also studied on the PgCert. That lead to a very interesting conversations about what I had already worked on, looking at my initial mind-map and putting my research into our local perspective.
That finally unblocked me and I submitted my first draft of the research question and the Ethical Enquiry form. My tutor had provided me with excellent advice and link to an online resource on designing research questions (https://www.scribbr.com/research-process/research-questions/). This website together with the other recommended reading – Research for people who (think they) would rather create (Vic, 2021), were my main sources of information that allowed me to refine my research topic and finish writing my research question.
I used Padlet (https://artslondon.padlet.org/kidzi1/research-question-pxjnvzbmxeufzn2b) to keep my notes on reading about research question design. This was a very useful way of keeping them in one place with clear notes that I could come back to every time I needed.