Continuing Professional Development

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Continuing Professional Development

• An Introduction to Academic Writing
• Sue Faragher
• Senior Lecturer CPD

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Before You Start .

• Check
• Title
• Length
• Submission date
• Presentation

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THEN .

• Research and reading
• Planning
• First draft
• Reviewing and Editing
• Final draft
• Final review and editing
• Correct presentation

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Analysing the Question
What are you being asked to do ? Identify the
key words Be selective
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Research
Suggested reading list Keep focused Use a variety
of sources/evidence Make accurate notes of the
sources used Provide evidence for BOTH sides of
the argument Use correct referencing - HARVARD
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PLANNING
Introduction Main Body Conclusion
Assignment length Introduction 5 8 Main Body 80 Conclusion 12 15
1250 words 100 words 1000 words 150 words

1500 words 120 words 1160 words 220 words

2000 words 160 words 1600 words 240 words

2500 words 200 words 1950 words 350 words

5000 words 250 words 4000 words 750 words
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PLANNING
An introduction should . Show how you have interpreted the question, the issues you will cover and how you intend to deal with the issues
The main body should . Follow the logical order of what you have set out to cover in your introduction refer back to the question, when relevant, using evidence and examples to inform your discussion
A conclusion should . Not contain any new material. It should summarise the issues raised, forming some sort of conclusion show you have answered the question and addresses any issues from further research
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Writing
Identify the Topic Hypothesis Development Conclus
ion
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Writing
Take each key issue in turn Cover it
thoroughly Include supporting evidence Use
language which is easy to understand
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Writing
Use signposts Paragraphs one topic sentence,
one main idea followed by supporting sentences
which explain / illustrate the main idea
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Writing
STANDARD ENGLISH Subject-verb agreement Singular/
plural agreement Correct punctuation Correct
spelling Correct words eg. there/their All
sentences should have a subject, object and verb
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Writing
Useful Resources Study Guides on the Edge Hill
Teaching and Learning Site www.edgehill.ac.uk/Supp
ortDeps/tld/syudent/7steps/index.htm Learning
Services www.edgehill.ac.uk/ls/ Wordswork
(CD) Reference section in LRC 1st floor
Northedge, A (1990) The Good Study Guide.
Milton Keynes Oxford University Press. LRC 2nd
floor
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Reviewing and Editing
Proof reading Check for accuracy and
coherence Check the checklist
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Critical Analysis
KEY FACTOR Offer explanations and evidence Be
objective Relate theory to practice
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Submitting
Check you keep to deadlines and submit the
assignment at the correct time/correct
tutor Check you have completed the cover
sheet Check it is in the correct format double
spaced and Arial 12 Make a copy of your
assignment before submitting
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Harvard Referencing
REFERENCE list of all the sources you have
cited in your assignment BIBLIOGRAPHY list of
sources extensively read but not used in
assignment List in alphabetical order of
author Neither can be included in word count
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Harvard
DIRECT QUOTATION Copy word for word, enclose it
in quotation marks and reference your source
including the page number If longer than 2
lines, separate it from the text with a colon and
indent Use single line spacing You do not need
quotation marks
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Harvard
DIRECT QUOTATION You must put short direct
quotes in speech marks (Faragher, S
20046) Faragher,S (20046) states You must put
short direct quotes in speech marks If you are
writing a longer quote which would be two or
more lines long, you must indent the whole quote
and use single line spacing. You do not need
quotation marks. (Faragher, S. 20046)
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Harvard
PARAPHRASING Take the meaning from a source and
express it in your own words Do not need
quotation marks or page number except you
. Must use page number if referring to a model,
table or diagram
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Harvard paraphrasing
Faragher (2006) believes that CPD should be
central to the professional development of the
whole school workforce It has been argued that
CPD should be central to the professional
development of the whole school workforce
(Faragher,S 2006)
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Harvard
Give both names Give edition number Poor academic
practice to use secondary references Do not put
the web site address for any electronic source in
the assignment text in the bibliography
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Plagiarism
Plagiarism means taking someone elses ideas,
words or inventions and using them as your own
without referencing your source It is a VERY
SERIOUS offence and MUST be avoided
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Other Sources
Journals Official publications and reports Online
government report Thesis/dissertation Conference
presentation/paper Interview Media sources
radio/tv/film/video/CD
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Continuing Professional Development

• An Introduction to Academic Writing
• Sue Faragher
• Senior Lecturer CPD