2nd Years Research Project - April 2016

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Research Project

Year 2

Elaine McCarthy

6th

of April 2016


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Outline

•Essay writin o!er!iew

•Research project

•Research proposal•Points to consi"er

•#earnin outco$es

•%uestions&


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• 2'000 wor"s "ue 1(th of April

• )isual Culture *e$inar

Essay


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Essay Construction

Your conclusion is the roof ofyour argument. It seals youressay.

The body contains the mainthemes. Like the rooms of ahouse, they are connected buteach has a dierent purpose.

The introduction is the rst

layer

References form the foundation


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+ntro"uction • *tart with a eneral point

• +"entify the essay ,uestion

• +"entify the artist-"esiner or i$ae' o.ject'

thin

• /ra. the rea"ers attention

• Outline what will .e "iscusse"• Put forwar" a research ,uestion-aru$ent this

can .e state" eplicitly or si$ply i$plie"3


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4ey Phrases5 +ntro"uction

• he objectie of this essay is7

• he essay will focus on78

• his essay will aim to ans!er the

"uestion7

• his essay will attempt to e#amine7 • his essay will e#plore$


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Main 9o"y

•:escri.e-pro!i"e .rief .ac;roun"•Outline $ain points

•9ac;up points with rea"ins

•Pararaphs $ust .e connecte"

•


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4ey Phrases5 Main 9o"y

• +t is argued that7

• +t is proposed that7

• he authors posit that7• he authors assert that7

• In addition'78

• %urthermore'7

• &ignicantly7


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'onclusion

• *u$$arise ;ey points

• Reference the larer issue

• >a!e you supporte" your aru$ent&

• ?e!er .rin in new infor$ation unless$a;in a point a.out future "irections

in the "iscusse" topic


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4ey Phrases5Conclusion

• In conclusion' 7

• To summary$

• In consideration of this7

• Aca"e$ic Phrase.oo;

http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/


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Critical hin;in*;ills

• (no!ledge) +"enti=cation of infor$ation

• 'omprehension) Oranisation of facts an" i"eas

• *pplication) @se of theory' principles an" facts

• *nalysis) *eparatin a whole into its parts

• &ynthesis) Co$.inin i"eas to for$ a new whole

• +aluation) :e!elopin aru$ent conclusion


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Re$e$.er

• 9alance" aru$ent

• Reference eperts

• 9e respectful

• Ma;e a constructie suestion

• Pro!i"e a reconition of the li$itations

of your own aru$ent


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+ssay &tructure

+ntro"uction B 200 wor"s

:escripti!e 9ac;roun" B 00 wor"s

Main Point 1 B 00 wor"sMain Point 2 B 00 wor"s

Main Point ( B 00 wor"s

Conclusion B 200 wor"s

Total -, !ords

Remember this is an example.Adjust your plan to fit in all your key points.


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Research Project


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he Research Project

Part 1 B Research Project DF3

• 6'000 wor"s G 9A >onours 1F :eree3

• H'000 wor"s GIoint >onours (D8F:eree3

• '000 wor"s B E"ucation

• :ue B Ianuary 201D


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he Research Project

Part 2 G *tate$ent of Practice

•:ue B May 201D' D0 wor"s2F3

•Relate" to stu"io wor;


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Jhy a$ + "oin a Research

Project&• Professional "e!elop$ent

• Aspect of your stu"io practice

• Eplore o!n interests

• A"" so$ethin new

• 9eco$e an epert


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Research Proposal

/0 !ords due -th of *pril

18 Research ,uestion

28 Annotate" .i.lioraphyinclu"in 10 rele!ant researchsources i8e8 journal articles'

.oo;s' =l$s3


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Annotate" 9i.lioraphy

• #ist of aca"e$ic citations• >ar!ar" *tyle

• 9rief annotation G e!aluati!e pararaph

18 *u$$ary of content' themes of the

source

28 +nfor$ the rea"er of the releance'accuracy an" ,uality of the sources

cite"8


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rustworthy

*ource&•Recently "ate"•Pu.lishe" .y a leiti$ate peer re!iewe"

journal or we.site• Authors are ;nowle"ea.le eperts

• Aca"e$ic writin5 use of correct spellin'ra$$ar an" proper ter$inoloy

• @se we.sites for your own un"erstan"in

•?o Ji;ipe"ia KKK


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Relia.le E!i"ence an"*ources

•?CA: #i.raryhttp5--www8nca"8ie-li.rary-!isitGus-

•?CA: Online

Iournalshttp://capitadiscovery.co.uk/ncad/

•?+)A#http5--www8ni!al8ie-

•/oole *cholarhttps://scholar.google.com/


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Ea$ple

• 'arille, 1. 2-334 Photography and Ireland, London)Reaktion 5ooks

• his .oo; is a eneral sur!ey of $o"ern an" conte$poraryphotoraphy in +relan"8 Particularly rele!ant is chapter fourLConictin +$aesL which loo;s at the e$erence of

conte$porary


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Research Proposal

• +"entify your area of interest

•Con!ince the rea"er this is worthwhile

•Esta.lish your ai$s

•Outline your speci=c research ,uestion

•>ow are you oin to answer this&


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:o you li;e your selecte"topic&

•Pic; a topic

that you

enjoy an" will

$aintain your

interest


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>ow will you research this&

• Jhere will you access your sources&

• Can you access sucient sources&

• Annotate" .i.lioraphy tas; will

in"icate this


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Jhat research $etho"s&

•#iterature re!iew

•)isual analysis

•O.ject analysis

•Philosophical analysis

• +nter!iews if nee"e"3


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Relate" to your stu"iopractice&

•#in; .etween theory an" practice

• +"eally shoul" .e rele!ant to your

stu"io practice


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+s the topic $anaea.le&

•*peci=c an" central i"ea

•A""ress a coherent research ,uestion

• hin; a.out a potential plan

•A!oi"5 .roa" the$es' historical

accounts or a.stract areas


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Jhat $a;es a 6ood Project&

• +nterestin an" inno!ati!e

•:e$onstrates critical un"erstan"inof research topic

•@ses a rane of ,uality sources

•Puts forwar" a clear aru$ent

• +s loically structure" an" or"ere"•Meets learnin outco$es G >an".oo;


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*tuc;&

• Rea" for$er theses a!aila.le fro$li.rary

• heses awar"e" =rst class honoursp8 16 Year ( Research Project

>an".oo;3

• >a!e a chat with your tutors


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#earnin Outco$es

• #earnin outco$es are state$ents of

what a stu"ent shoul" ;now'

un"erstan" or .e a.le to "o at the en"

of a learnin acti!ity

• +$portant to consi"er the #earnin

Outco$es as these are the criteria younee" to "e$onstrate to your lecturers


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#earnin Outco$es5 Research

@se an appropriate rane of

academic sources that relate to

your topic an" current practices in

=ne art or "esin an" .roa"er

cultural an" critical issues


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*how a critical a!areness of the inuences

in art' "esin an" culture which for$ the

foun"ation of !isual an" $aterial pro"uction

#earnin Outco$es5

Analysis


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#earnin Outco$es5 Co$$unication

*uccessfully co$$unicate research'analysis an" initiati!e in coherent an"

rele!ant for$s8 epression' clarity'

spellin' ra$$ar' punctuation.3


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#earnin Outco$e5 Plannin

%ormulate a research proposal'an" a research ,uestion' usin

appropriate $etho"s

Jh t


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Jhere to


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7pening 8ours) 9am:0pm ;onday to%riday

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