Parttime postgraduate study

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Part-time postgraduate study
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What this presentation covers

• Student resources/guides
• Plagiarism
• Post-graduate study/learning
• Part-time study

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Student resources/guides

• Administration guide
• Reading effectively
• Note taking
• Essay writing
• Editing your work
• Examination preparation
• Avoiding plagiarism
• Managing your time

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Plagiarism

• The University of Adelaides official policy
  relating to plagiarism (copying work authored by
  another person/s) is as follows
• Plagiarism consists of a person using the words
  or ideas of another as if they were his or her
  own. The University of Adelaide regards
  plagiarism as a very serious offence.
• Plagiarism can take several forms
• - Presenting substantial extracts from books,
  articles, theses, and other published or
  unpublished works such as working papers, seminar
  and conference papers, internal reports, computer
  software, lecture notes or tapes, and other
  students' work, without clearly indicating their
  origin with quotation marks and references such
  as footnotes.
• - Using very close paraphrasing of sentences or
  whole paragraphs without due acknowledgment in
  the form of reference to the original work.
• - Quoting directly from a source and failing to
  insert quotation marks around the quoted
  passages. In such cases, it is not adequate to
  merely acknowledge the source.

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Postgraduate study

• Is about enhancing professional mastery
• Aims to create the reflective practitioner
• Links theory with practice (deduction)

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Postgraduate learning

• Self-directed/self-managed/independent
• Engaged/reflective
• Purposeful transfer from classroom to practice

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Postgraduate learning and teaching
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Part-time study

• Your job, family, friends, sport, hobbies etc.
  are not going to go on hold while you complete
  your degree
• You cannot fit your study commitments into your
  spare time you must make structured time for
  (time-consuming) learning
• Read the guide managing your time.
• MEET THE DEADLINES and save time.
• Most students who fail part-time postgraduate
  study do so because they cannot commit the time
  and hence are forced to drop out.

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