1. GNED 500
Global Citizenship: from Social Analysis to Social Action
Essay Assignment
Motive Power Students – S. Diane, Instructor
28 Oct D L. Dobson, Librarian
GNED 500 – Susan Diane – Room D215 – 3:30 – 4:30 – MY NOTES
Motive Power Technician (Technician & Administration) – Ontario College Diploma (2 years)
GNED 500 listed in print calendar
MY PURPOSE
You have an assignment – I am here to help you research your topics, and to offer assistance on how to get help with essay writing.
GO - IF YOU WANT
Some of you not happy with taking the course - ? Needed to pass, but– if you feel you don’t need my help, you are welcome to leave. You are now college students now. If you stay, I expect your attention and respect – as I will give to you.

2. Essays on social justice issues
Sample topics:
Poverty
Environment
Technology & energy
Animal rights
Etc
YOUR ASSIGNMENT
Work in groups to write a 12 page essay on a social justice issues (e.g. poverty, environment, technology & energy, animal rights, etc.

3. GNED 500: Social analysis to social action World electricity map (Source: NASA photo – 5 Oct 2008)
Tools = analysis first – social action later….
World issues..
“on inequality & discrimination” - On social justice
Student preparation…
On preparing students to work in multicultural, diverse and global work environments
On providing students with “extra” skills for success (research, communication skills, awareness of other cultures, other viewpoints, awareness of self (“reflection”) - the SIGNATURE LEARNING EXPERIENCE at the College which aims to “educate students for career success so that they can enter the world of work and life, and participate in transforming lives and communities through their learning”
Q: Do you think this assignment might help you to transform your – or anyone else’s life?
A: Research skills, critical thinking, group skills, writing skills, a look at the society in which you live…

4. World electricity map (detail) (Source: NASA photo – 5 Oct 2008)

5. OECD countries (2009)
Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development (est 1961)
Mission:
OECD brings together the governments of countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world to:     
Support sustainable economic growth
Boost employment
Raise living standards
Maintain financial stability
Assist other countries' economic development
Contribute to growth in world trade
The Organisation provides a setting where governments compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice and coordinate domestic and international policies.
The forerunner of the OECD was the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), which was formed to administer American and Canadian aid under the Marshall Plan for reconstruction of Europe after World War II. Since it took over from the OEEC in 1961, the OECD vocation has been to build strong economies in its member countries, improve efficiency, hone market systems, expand free trade and contribute to development in industrialised as well as developing countries.
After more than four decades, the OECD is moving beyond a focus on its own countries and is setting its analytical sights on those countries - today nearly the whole world - that embrace the market economy. The Organisation is, for example, putting the benefit of its accumulated experience to the service of emerging market economies, particularly in the countries that are making their transition from centrally-planned to capitalist systems. And it is engaging in increasingly detailed policy dialogue with dynamic economies in Asia and Latin America.
But its scope is changing in other ways too. The matrix is moving from consideration of each policy area within each member country to analysis of how various policy areas interact with each other, across countries and even beyond the OECD area. How social policy affects the way economies operate, for example. Or how globalisation will change the world's economies by opening new perspectives for growth, or perhaps trigger resistance manifested in protectionism.
As it opens to many new contacts around the world, the OECD will broaden its scope, looking ahead to a post-industrial age in which it aims to tightly weave OECD economies into a yet more prosperous and increasingly knowledge-based world economy.

6. World Energy Consumption (Source: International Energy Agency (2008)
OECD - Approx 50%
Source: International Energy Agency. Key World Energy Statistics (2008)

7. OECD Population & World (Source: OECD World Factbook (2009)
17.7%
 Q: What is social justice? (Work in groups)
Q: Does this definition(s) relate to you in any way? Your past? Your future?

8. World Population Chart 1950 – Projected 2050 Source: International Monetary Fund ,2004)

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11. Your student card = your library card… (full-time students)

12. Need help? Book a Tutor Ask the Library Libraries website In person
Online
Ask the Library
Phone
Chat
Libraries website
Research & Writing help
Library Classes handouts 12

13. askON chat service askOn college queue – 14 colleges participating
Participating colleges:
Algonquin College, Cambrian College, Centennial College, Conestoga College, Confederation College, Fanshawe College, George Brown College, Georgian College, Humber College, Mohawk College, Niagara College, Seneca College, Sheridan College, St. Clair College

17. Start your research
Get background information – books, encyclopedias, Internet…
Find out the issues - electronic databases (‘e-resources’) for journal & newspaper articles , Internet…

18. Revise your topic?
Once you have done some searching, you may find that you will need to revise your topic
Possible Reasons:
You can’t find publications on your topic
Your topic is discussed, but not in the way you expected
Your topic is too general – you discover that it has too many aspects (‘sub-topics’) to handle in one essay
You see a lot of material on a related aspect that you find more interesting and/or more practical

19. Your Essay Express your ideas and discoveries
Acknowledge the work of others – don’t plagiarize
Library has many books on “report writing” (see your handout)

20. Your Citations Acknowledging the work of others
In your essay, if you use a quotation or an idea from a source you have read, you must cite it.
Example (APA style – in-text citation): “Recent studies indicate that the world consumption of oil is in excess of 85 million barrels per day (CIA, 2009).”
For help, see Library website: Research & Writing Help 42
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21. Your References (“Bibliography”)
List each resource that you use in a “References” list at the end of your essay
Provide: author, title, publication info for each resource
For help, see Library website: Research & Writing Help 42
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22. Examples of a references (APA style)
Journal article found in a database: Staub, E. (1988, April). The evolution of caring and nonaggressive persons and societies. Journal of Social Issues, 44(2), Retrieved September 10, 2009, from Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) database. Book (print format): Heller, S., & Womack, D. (2008). Becoming a digital designer: A guide to careers in web, video, broadcast, game and animation design. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Website: Seal hunt launch renews annual war of words. (2008, March 28). Retrieved from CBCNews Website:

23. Style Guides – 2 examples
“Standard systems for
giving credit to others for
their contribution
to your work”
APA (American
Psychological Association)
MLA (Modern Language
Association.)
Ask Library staff about these.
See also :
Libraries webpage
Research & Writing Help

24. A word about journals & databases
Published in issues regularly (weekly, monthly, etc.)
Each issue contains several articles (essays) by different authors
Databases:
Licensed electronic resources that let you search thousands of articles at one time

25. Journals: scholarly or general level?
Scholarly articles
are documented (in-text citations, footnotes or endnotes).
Most are peer reviewed = highest research quality
General articles
are not documented 25 25

26. “Peer reviewed” articles
Also called “refereed” or “academic” or “scholarly”
Well researched, authoritative work
A committee of scholars must approve quality before the editor publishes
Many are articles reporting on original research done
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27. Internet vs. Databases Internet Databases (E-resources)
Wide range of info
Quality varies widely
Huge
Limited user search tools
Databases (E-resources)
More academic
More consistent reliable quality
Commercial free
Big
Precision tools for searching 27

28. E-resources at Centennial Libraries
Over 80 databases
Search
One at a time
Many at one time using vendor aggregators – see list to the right….►
Almost all at once through BIG search
Slide 4
Why are library skills important?
You need to get info from the library for some of your assignments
You will have information needs throughout your whole life – the library can help you develop your research skills
You save time doing your assignments if you know how to use the library
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29. a 10-minute av program, Evaluate Web Pages
Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener University (Chester, Pennsylvania) –
a 10-minute av program, Evaluate Web Pages

30. Ithaca College Library (Ithaca, New York) Website evaluation exercises