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ASSIGNMENT (60%)
Introduction
This Guide explains the basis on which you will be assessed in this course during the
semester. It contains details of the facilitator-marked assignment.
One element in the assessment strategy of the course is that all students should have
the same information as facilitators about the Assignment. This guide also contains
the marking criteria that facilitators will use in assessing your work.
Please read through the whole guide at the beginning of the course.
Academic Writing
Plagiarism
i) What is Plagiarism?
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o Adhere to the APA (American Psychological Association) stylistic
format, whichever applicable, when citing a source and when writing
out the bibliography or reference page
o Attempt to write independently without being overly dependent of
information from anothers original works
o Educate yourself on what may be considered as common knowledge
(no copyright necessary), public domain (copyright has expired or not
protected under copyright law), or copyright (legally protected).
b) Documenting Sources
Whenever you quote, paraphrase, summarize, or otherwise refer to the work of
another, you are required to cite its source parenthetical documentation. Offered here
are some of the most commonly cited forms of material.
Direct
Simply having a thinking skill is no assurance that children will
use it. In order for such skills to become part of day-to-day
behaviour, they must be cultivated in an environment that value
and sustains them. Just as childrens musical skills will likely
lay fallow in an environment that doesnt encourage music,
learners thinking skills tend to languish in a culture that doesnt
encourage thinking (Tishman, Perkins and Jay, 1995, p.5)
Indirect
According to Wurman (1988), the new disease of the 21st
century will be information anxiety, which has been defined as
the ever-widening gap between what one understands and what
one thinks one should understand.
c) Referencing
All sources that you cite in your paper should be listed in the Reference section
at the end of your paper. Heres how you should do your Reference.
From a Journal
DuFour, R. (2002). The learning-centred principal: Educational
Leadership, 59(8). 12-15.
From an Online Journal
Evnine, S. J. (2001). The universality of logic: On the connection
between rationality and logical ability [Electronic version].
Mind, 110, 335-367.
From a Webpage
National Park Service. (2003, February 11). Abraham Lincoln
Birthplace National Historic Site. Retrieved February 13, 2003,
from http://www.nps.gov/abli/
From a Book
Naisbitt, J. and Aburdence, M. (1989). Megatrends 2000. London:
Pan Books.
ASSIGNMENT (60%)
This Assignment consists of THREE Parts
PART A: (12%)
Read the article Generic Qualitative Approaches: Pitfalls and Benefits of
Methodological Mixology by Renate M. Kahlke and answer the following questions:
1. What is the generic qualitative approach? [0.5 page 2 marks]
2. Discuss the difference between qualitative descriptiion and qualitative
interpretation. [0.5 page 2 marks]
3. Identify the pitfalls of the generic qualitative approach and how it can be
avoided [1 page 3 marks]
4. Elaborate on the advantages of thegenetic qualitative approach. [2 pages
5 marks]
PART B: (14%)
You are interested in studying ethnic interaction among primary school children in a
multi-ethnic urban school. Explain how you would go about studying the pattern of
interaction among pupils of different ethnic groups during recess. Discuss the steps
involved and the qualitative methods you would use to collect data.
You paper should be about 5 pages.
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PART C: (36%)
The purpose of Part C is to assess your ability to conduct a small qualitative
research and to analyse the data.
One of the methods used in qualitative research to collect data is observation. In
this exercise you will be an unobtrusive observer researching the social and
cultural world of individuals in a particular environment.
Your Task:
1) Choose any setting where there are people interacting classroom,
computer lab, playground, meeting, game, hospital waiting room, canteen,
supermarket, market, wedding dinner, restaurant and so forth.
2) Conduct a 45 minute observation in the chosen setting and document
your observations using field notes [Field notes serve as the central source
of data and are used to capture in detail your observations while being in
the setting].
3) Choose a safe setting and gain permission to visit if necessary.
4) Record basic information about the setting as well as:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Who?
What?
When?
Why?
5) Based on your field notes, analyse and code the data to identify categories
and patterns [Refer to Chapter 7 and 8 of the Learning Materials]
6) View the various video clips to understand better how to do coding.
FORMAT OF REPORT: [10 pages]
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
a) Format for the assignment:
a. New Times Roman font
b. 1 spacing on A-4 paper
b) Use the Cover Page Name and ID
Note: For sources you have cited, please use the method of referencing
provided below.
Cover Page
ASSIGNMENT
SEPTEMBER 2014 SEMESTER
SUBJECT CODE
EPE 611
SUBJECT TITLE
LEVEL
MASTER OF EDUCATION
STUDENTS NAME
MATRIC NO.
PROGRAMME
ACADEMIC
FACILITATOR
LEARNING CENTRE