Secondary Research What is it and why is it Important?

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Secondary Research What is it and why is it Important? And why does it come before Primary Research?

What is Secondary Research? Secondary research is the gathering and evaluation of pre-existing research into a topic. Why is secondary research important, and does it typically come before primary research?

Why is Secondary Research Important? To discover and evaluate: Knowledge Established facts about a topic/issue The range of different opinions about facts/issue Skills Established methods and techniques Advantages and disadvantages of different methods and techniques Unknowns What is unknown/uncertain about a topic/issue What primary research is needed

What Ways Are there to Gather Secondary Research? Different ways of gaining secondary research information? Electronic Websites Blogs Online Video Print Books Newspapers/Magazines Journals

Evaluating Sources Not all sources of research can be trusted equally to be true, accurate or unbiased. Which of the following sources of information would be most or least reliable in your opinion and why?

TASk in class Via SECONDARY RESEARCH ONLY (internet in class) find out what ‘Todorov’s narrative theory’ is? Seek out sources that can be trusted (wiki, slide share and others weebly/students blogs are not allowed as research sources) This task links to what you are doing in your 10 lessons next week, so the more you know, via research, the more you will understand and be able to engage

Homework Go to the LIBRARY and find books that explain Todorov’s Narrative Theory Photocopy / take pictures of what you find Make a bibliography page to keep reference of these books in the Harvard reference format Upload all of these to your Weebly page for ‘Storytelling’