Choosing your Topic

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Mindmap to support Step 1.5 of the Welsh Bacc MOOC - English version
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Choosing your Topic
  1. Easy to fit with the Project requirements
    1. Is your idea appropriate for a project?
      1. For example, is your topic dependent on a lot of support from others? The project requires independent study.
        1. Will the topic enable you to include a variety of graphs, images, statistical tables, diagrams and drawings?
          1. Will the topic allow for good collection of primary and secondary data?
    2. Time
      1. How much time have you planned to dedicate to your project?
        1. Have you chosen a topic you can complete within the available time? Think about your ‘Current knowledge’, the‘Ease of finding information’, and the project's ‘Achievability’.
      2. Achievability
        1. Consider the scope of your topic.
          1. In other words, is your idea both big enough and small enough to make a convincing project within the word count?
        2. Personal interests
          1. You will be spending a lot of time on your project, so choose a topic that interests you and remember, it has to be associated with future educational or career aspirations.
          2. Help available
            1. How much help do you need with finding out about the topic?
              1. Are you certain that there is enough support for your choice of topic?
            2. Your motivation
              1. Consider your educational and career aspirations..
                1. If it is to enhance your UCAS Personal Statement, choose a topic that does do this.
              2. Ease of finding information
                1. Investigate how easy it is to find the information you need.
                  1. If this is difficult, you may need to rethink the topic.
                2. Current coursework
                  1. Remember your project cannot repeat work you have done in your A-Levels or other coursework.
                    1. It can extend something you have already investigated, but it MUST NOT be the same.
                  2. Ethics
                    1. Is your project ‘ethical’?
                      1. In other words, if your topic involves people in some way, ensure you respectful both of their privacy and in the way you discuss them.
                    2. Current knowledge
                      1. You may find it easier to choose a topic that you already know something about.
                        1. This will allow you to get a head start by brainstorming what you know and deciding what you need to find out.
                          1. Think hard before choosing something completely new because this may involve a lot more work!
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