*Erika*
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- 2004
i know i was in this boat last year, and everything changed for the better when my teacher gave us a small research assessment task...made it worth 5%, so we had to do it, but it was for our benifit, not so much to contibute to our overall results...
find 5 secondary sources on your subject, from at least three different places (a book, a documentary, an interveiw, a newspaper artical) and go through them....
list all the society and culture concepts you can relate to your topic, (and make sure you use them all in your pip, even if you only mention their realtionship to the topic breifly)
with the 5 sources, write a page on each summarising the information you got from them and how it has helped with your pip...if the source hasn't helped, still summarise the info from it, but find another source that is more useful and add it to your other 5 sources...
then, write a 1000 word essay, just on the topic, nothing too specific...just refering to secondary sources...
then you're set...you have half your bibliography done...a better understanding of your topic and an short essay which you can expand on and develop into your p.i.p by adding the other elements needed
for each 'thing' you wanna cover in your pip, remember...
1. Explain the piece of info you wanna present/your theory on something
2. Show your personal experience with the 'thing'
3. Show how secondary research either compliments or disproves your ideas
4. Show how your primary research " " "
5. Show how the thing, idea, theory or peice of info is relevant to the society and culture course...
its a really simple way to structure your ideas, and shows the syntheis of your information...
also, have a linking paragraph between each concept or idea you're covering...
with your intro, give a broad overveiw of the topic, make sure you cover the methadologies you used, how effective the were and why you used them....and why you picked your topic in the first place, like, it's importance to you, and its relevance to the course....
and refer to how your pip has expanded your social and cultural literacy in your conclusion...
well, thats how got taught how to do it, by a head marker and it made it much easier for me, and i went really well, so i hope it helps you get a kick start on your project...don't leave it till the day/week before its due...it nearly killed me!
if you're really struggling to keep to it, talk to your teacher and do it in chunks...like, ask if you could hand in your log one week for them to look over, and then your intro the next week....a draft the next week, and another draft a few weeks down the track, and then maybe your conclusion...the best bit about this approach is they can tell you where and how you can make your pip better...which keeps you on track, while improving the quality of your work... which = good marks, and a piece of work you can be proud of
find 5 secondary sources on your subject, from at least three different places (a book, a documentary, an interveiw, a newspaper artical) and go through them....
list all the society and culture concepts you can relate to your topic, (and make sure you use them all in your pip, even if you only mention their realtionship to the topic breifly)
with the 5 sources, write a page on each summarising the information you got from them and how it has helped with your pip...if the source hasn't helped, still summarise the info from it, but find another source that is more useful and add it to your other 5 sources...
then, write a 1000 word essay, just on the topic, nothing too specific...just refering to secondary sources...
then you're set...you have half your bibliography done...a better understanding of your topic and an short essay which you can expand on and develop into your p.i.p by adding the other elements needed
for each 'thing' you wanna cover in your pip, remember...
1. Explain the piece of info you wanna present/your theory on something
2. Show your personal experience with the 'thing'
3. Show how secondary research either compliments or disproves your ideas
4. Show how your primary research " " "
5. Show how the thing, idea, theory or peice of info is relevant to the society and culture course...
its a really simple way to structure your ideas, and shows the syntheis of your information...
also, have a linking paragraph between each concept or idea you're covering...
with your intro, give a broad overveiw of the topic, make sure you cover the methadologies you used, how effective the were and why you used them....and why you picked your topic in the first place, like, it's importance to you, and its relevance to the course....
and refer to how your pip has expanded your social and cultural literacy in your conclusion...
well, thats how got taught how to do it, by a head marker and it made it much easier for me, and i went really well, so i hope it helps you get a kick start on your project...don't leave it till the day/week before its due...it nearly killed me!
if you're really struggling to keep to it, talk to your teacher and do it in chunks...like, ask if you could hand in your log one week for them to look over, and then your intro the next week....a draft the next week, and another draft a few weeks down the track, and then maybe your conclusion...the best bit about this approach is they can tell you where and how you can make your pip better...which keeps you on track, while improving the quality of your work... which = good marks, and a piece of work you can be proud of
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