Week 3 Review Home Study including your Learning styles questionnaire, Reflective Journal, Mind Map on motivation and time management log Vote for the best mind map Essay Writing including Sources of Information and Referencing Presentation Skills Academic Referencing – why do we do it? Academic Referencing – the Harvard system

Mind maps on motivation Share the mind map you have produced. How do other people’s compare with yours? Is there a best one within the group?

Essay/Assignment Writing 1 Clarify the task 2 Collect and record information 3 Organise and plan 4 Reflect and evaluate 5 Write an outline plan and first draft 6 Work on your first draft 7 Final Drafts

Clarify The Task Analysing the Title Pick it to bits Focus on it Academic Keywords Focus on it Make notes Use the Title Put it where you can see it Keep checking the wording Introduction and Conclusion

Collect & Record Information Helpful to list: What information you need and Where you are likely to find it Read books and journals, identify possible quotations to support your writing

Information Sources Lecture notes/handouts Books Journals Reference works Internet Other printed media Videos Experiments Fieldwork Other people

Plagiarism and Referncing Academic dishonesty – making out someone else’s work, ideas or words are your own when they are not. Intentional or unintentional Never falsify the results of any research and Always give full credit for any other people’s contributions to your own achievements = Referencing

References You MUST use a reference whenever you: • Use a direct quotation from a source of information. • Paraphrase • Use statistics or other pieces of specific information, which are drawn from a source you have read.

Harvard Referencing Have a look at the separate handout. Question -Why does HE use references? So that other people can check, to see if our interpretation agrees with others, to see what the existing body of knowledge is, to contextualize our work Evidence based research.

A List of References – this includes all the sources of information you have actually quoted from, paraphrased or referred to in your work. Bibliography – this includes all your references, plus all the other sources of information you have used to help you write your piece of work. A bibliography shows better than a list of references how widely you have read around your subject.

Golden Rules Be consistent Attention to detail! If source doesn’t fit include enough information for your reader to find and check that source Do it as you go along and keep them safe. In the case of books, take the details you need for your reference from the title page and the back of the title page, not from the cover of the book.

Harvard Referencing Exercise Using a selection of books produce a bibliography of references using the Harvard system. We will do this exercise in the library, perhaps in pairs?

Referencing Swap your list of references with someone else/another pair. Using the referencing guidelines check their work.

Presentation Techniques

Think About Audience Information Where Time

Planning Purpose Media/Visual Aids 9 o’clock news Structure & level Questions Contingency Plans

People pay more attention to the WAY you say things than what you say…

Only 10% of communication comes from words…. 30% Tone of Voice Perhaps 70% Body Language!! Estimates – but general agreement that circa 70% of communication is through body language

Body Language Entrance – first impressions Position and Posture Tones and Gestures

Summary Preparation and Planning It’s not what you say but how you say it No-one need know that you’re nervous!!

Your task To prepare and deliver a presentation as part of the assessment process for the module

How is the presentation you will do going to be assessed? Suggestions: Content Structure Delivery: tone, pace, volume Visual Aids: clarity, appropriateness Non-verbal communication Dealing with questions Are there any specific things you consider it appropriate to be assessed against?

Self study Prepare a presentation. Topic - motivation Be ready to deliver it at the next session – we may not have time available for everyone’s! But we will continue the week after Perhaps use a mind map to help you plan it? Include references – follow the Harvard referencing system. Learning log Think about essay topic for your 1000 word essay