IRL Session 2

Scientific? Academic? Scholarly?

Subjects of inquiry

Academic best practice: using
sources, engaging, responding

primary sources

Quotation & citation

Discussing the literature
Examples of referring to other authors in a text:

Why academic writers cite sources

Types of quotations/references in a text

Direct quotation from academic source
A longer quote is ..

Direct quotations of indirect sources

source 1 via source 2

indirect sources=?

Indirect quotations

Strategies for avoiding plagiarism

Paraphrase

Summary

Synthesis

As a student new to taking part in this scholarly debate you should

Authority in an academic context

Peer review as quality control

Academic literacy
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Reading, thinking, writing like an academic

Academic hat

You need to take a position and find what you would like to argue

after 1,2

Academic best practice: keeping track of sources from the start

Why and how?

Reading

Reading with a purpose

– Ask yourself 4 questions

Reading actively

– Before and during reading ask yourself

Reading critically

Reading efficiently

1)
Ask yourself 4 questions

2)
Ask yourself 2 more questions

Strategies for making decisions about reading

Strategies for taking decisions about reading

Interpretative Framing

Interpretative Framing

Different reading purposes!different reading
strategies:

Notetaking: Why!What & How

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Notetaking - how: strategies