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Understanding APA Editorial Style For Students in Social Work Courses
Part I
Prepared by: BJ Bryson, PhDJames Madison University
Introduction
Understanding APA Editorial Style is a three part series designed to introduce key components
If you are in SOWK 288, you are required to review each segment and take the short test on the course web page (Blackboard) after viewing all sections
Learning Objectives
To introduce students in social work courses to the primary scholarly manuscript style of professional social workers
To provide basic information about the American Psychological Association (APA) Manual Editorial Style including its underlying assumptions
Other resources are provided throughout each section.
You may want to pick up the APA Style Resource Sheet at the CISAT or Carrier Libraries.
Disclaimer These presentations are not designed to
replace the American Psychological Association Manual (5th edition)
Ultimately every writer is responsible for ensuring that their document (paper) has met the APA editorial style standards
Document, manuscript, paper are interchangeable in these presentation
This presentation includes
Why JMU Social Work Department Uses APA Style?
Who uses APA Style? Ethics of Writing Introduction to APA Style What is APA Style?
Why the JMU Social Work Department Uses APA Style?
As a matter of professional development social work students need to develop a respect for written communication and the process of presenting their work.
We seek to develop solid practitioners and scholars
A scholar is a learned person who by long study has gained mastery
In the case of students you are striving to gain knowledge and become a scholar. This is demonstrated in part by learning a professional presentation style.
In social work that is the APA editorial style
Who uses APA Style?
Psychology
Sociology
Business
Economics
Nursing
Criminology
Social Work
Ethics of Writing There are three components of ethical
writing covered in this presentationNASW Code of Ethics as the professional
standardJMU Honor Code as the JMU student ethical
standardAPA Style editorial standards
Ethics of Writing
The Social Work Code of Ethics provides principles and standards for ethical behavior and is the foundation for all professional actions
You can find the NASW Code of Ethics on the NASW webpage, in many social work text books and in the Encyclopedia of Social in the JMU libraries
Accepted social work students agree to these standards and should be familiar with the Code
Students from other majors taking social work courses will need to be familiar with the Code
Other professional programs/majors may also have ethical standards
JMU Honor Code
“In a university community, there can be no doubt that honor and the pursuit of
knowledge are inexorably intertwined.”
Upon admission each student is automatically subject to the provisions of the Honor System and has a duty to become familiar with the Honor Code and its provisions.
JMU Honor Code continued
“Each examination, paper and other written or electronically submitted assignment is submitted pursuant to the Honor Code..”
with the following pledge signed by students submitting assignments:
“This work complies with the JMU Honor Code”
JMU Honor Code continued
For a complete understanding of the JMU Honor Code read
http://www.jmu.edu/honor/printcode.html
As a JMU student, regardless of major, you are responsible for knowing this information
APA Style Ethics
There are many ethical aspects of the APA Style. Only a few are highlighted here. Scholarly writing is a combination of original efforts
(your interpretations, conclusions or assumptions in writing) and uses the work of others giving credit for their ideas, concepts or direct words.
Not to give credit for the work of other writers is a serious offense
Authorship is directly related to individuals who complete work towards development of the manuscript (paper)
Introduction to APA Style Academic writing assignments require you to
gather, evaluate and use the work of others. Many SW classes require you to write your
papers in APA style because the APA Style Manual establishes consistent and concise rules and standards to use in written communication.
Academic communication is often a balance between the presentation of your original ideas, representation of information gained from other sources and the integration of both.
APA is not a style of writing, but an editorial style applied to your writing. There are many other editorial styles such as
MLA Citation Style from your English courses
Chicago Style used by other professions
Each of these have different resource and reference materials
When you draw upon the work of others, you must give proper credit. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism (the failure to give credit, usually through citations, of another author’s exact words, ideas or concepts) and subject to the JMU Honor Code. Within the Department of Social Work a professor my give a grade of “F” for the assignment or the course for plagiarism.
Direct quotes, summarizing, or paraphrasing the work of others requires you to give credit to the original author
You must also give credit to the ideas of others even when not a direct quote
A good ruleA good rule
If you borrow information or ideas from other authors, give credit with a citation in the text and on the reference page
What is APA Style?APA is an editorial style consisting of rules and
guidelines to ensure clear and consistent presentation of written materials. These coverRemoving Bias in WritingPunctuation and abbreviationsConstruction of tablesSelection of headingsCitation of referencesPresentation of statisticsElements for writing
Quick Reference
A Quick Reference Sheet is available from the CISAT or Carrier Libraries that provide examples on basic citation information for in-text and reference page citations.
Go to the presentation “APA References at a Glance” for more suggestions
Moving to Part II
If you are in SW 288 Wait until you
complete all three sections before taking the test on Blackboard
Feel free to review any portion of this presentation or move to Part II
The End of Part IThe End of Part I