In the past, this has meant we have assessed students on their report writing and research skills, but we have had to adapt our approach this year as we were scheduled for semester one teaching. Four lecturers from the team are involved this year and we have liaised with John O'Neill as lead lecturer to ensure lines of communication have been open and clear.
Students are expected to put a research proposal together before semester two, an agenda for further research if you will and as we like clear direction ourselves, we held a meeting to draw up a template for students. This was done in using participatory methods and there is no doubt that the old adage 'two heads are better than one' was true as both lecturers came up with different ideas as to how the brief could be written. The result is noted below and should help lecturers and students alike produce a detailed proposal on the subject of sustainable solutions. Sustainable Solutions is the theme of a Comenius project that Mark is now involved in. Due to a team member unable to attend, a short presentation will be delivered by Mark in Rome in mid-October. The conference will be attended by colleagues from the following countries: Italy, Poland, England, Holland and Spain. The presentation is noted below.
The team work closely with the Head Librarian in many aspects of our teaching and due to Alma Wardrope's skill in adapting her research methodology sessions to any given vocational area, I have attached her wonderful talk given to the Science students. This ties in nicely with issues such as plagiarism that were discussed in some of the classes, how to access Science based materials, how to start a research project and how the research process works. We are always very grateful for Alma's input.
The proposal for the proposal
Write a proposal of 500-750 words which outlines your chosen topic for the Sustainable Solutions Project. You may find the headings below useful.
Your proposal should be formal, laid out in report format (in numbered sections and sub-sections) and submitted electronically.
This proposal will become the basis of your longer report, and your oral presentation. (We will supply suggested structures for these later.)
Target audience (Who is this report for?)
Topic/Issue
(What have I chosen to investigate and why?)
Background
(What’s the precise problem? Who is this a problem for? Why is this a problem?)
Key points of information
(What do you know already? What do you expect to have to find out about the situation/problem as it is at the moment?)
Recommendation
(What’s my solution? What can be done to offset this problem? Why is this a good solution?)
Key/further information
(What do you already know about your solution? What more do you expect to find out?)
Methodology
(Where will I go now to find more information? How will I record my research?)
The link to the webpage with student work from last year is: http://sussol.stevenson.ac.uk/
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