practising ideas week 5 lecture

Skills Session 1:Summary and QuotationPractising Ideas: Approaches to Theory

Dr Louise Douse

Assessment 1 - Portfolio

• When

• Friday 9th January 2015, electronic version through turnitin must be submitted.

• What

• This assessment requires you to compile a portfolio of all set writing tasks. This will include a commentary on a quotation, a summary of an article, a close analysis, and an annotated bibliography.

• Weighting of the assessment

• This assessment forms 30% of the unit.

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• Commentary on a quotation

• Write a 250 word commentary on the following quotation:

• What is your aim in philosophy? – To shew the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.

Wittgenstein, L. (1956) Philosophical investigations. Translated by G. E. M. Anscombe. Oxford: Blackwell, p.103

• Summary of an article

• Write a 250 word summary of the following article, available on BREO:

• Carey, J. (2005) ‘What is a work of art?’ in What good are the arts? London: Faber and Faber, pp. 1-31.



• Close analysis

• Write a 500 word close analysis on one of the following texts:

• Night Journey by Martha Graham (Dance)

• Oedipus Rex / King Oedipus by Sophocles (Theatre)

• Romeo and Juliet by Baz Lehrmann (Performing Arts)

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (English)

• Annotated bibliography

• Produce an annotated bibliography with a minimum of five entries based on reading you have undertaken for this unit.


Assessment Criteria

Learning OutcomesOn completion of this unit you should be able to:

Assessment Criteria To achieve the learning outcome you must demonstrate the ability to:

3

Demonstrate knowledge of the academic formats of essay writing, presentation, citation and referencing.

• Produce a portfolio of work consisting of an annotated bibliography; a summary; a response to a quotation and a close analysis.

• Reference works in both the body of your text and in your bibliography that follows the Harvard Style Guide.


Assessment Criteria



3

Demonstrate knowledge of the academic formats of essay writing, presentation, citation and referencing.

• Produce a portfolio of work consisting of an annotated bibliography; a summary; a response to a quotation and a close analysis.

• Reference works in both the body of your text and in your bibliography that follows the Harvard Style Guide.


In regards to Learning Outcome 3, you need to ensure that you have completed all the relevant tasks for this assignment and followed the guidelines presented to you in the lectures and seminars in terms of formatting, presentation and layout. You also need to ensure that you have referenced all your sources correctly using the Departmental Referencing Guide which can be found on BREO.

Assessment Criteria



4 Effectively evaluate your own progress.

• Organize, plan and present your work in a way that builds on the feedback given to you in class, in tutorials and on written work.

• Understand and engage with the assessment criteria.


Assessment Criteria



4 Effectively evaluate your own progress.

• Organize, plan and present your work in a way that builds on the feedback given to you in class, in tutorials and on written work.

• Understand and engage with the assessment criteria.


For Learning Outcome 4, you need to demonstrate an engagement with the tasks that builds on your learning from the seminars and tutorials and shows that you have considered the structure of your arguments in the organization of your paragraphs, and are able to develop your critical thinking by checking your writing for clarity, accuracy, breadth of information and relevance to the topic. Remember to refer back to the assessment criteria when completing your assignment; you may wish to complete the self-assessment form for this assessment prior to submitting.

Assessment Criteria



6

Know how to skilfully use IT systems to aid you in gathering, analysing and presenting research information.

• Attendance and engagement with seminars which consist of practical research workshops in the library and/or in the IT suite training sessions


Assessment Criteria



6

Know how to skilfully use IT systems to aid you in gathering, analysing and presenting research information.

• Attendance and engagement with seminars which consist of practical research workshops in the library and/or in the IT suite training sessions


Finally, Learning Outcome 6 requires you to use the IT systems for both the gathering and presenting of your research. In gathering your research, you need to use the Library Catalogue and ‘Discover’ tool for identifying relevant sources: books, journals and audio-visual material. You also need to ensure that your work is word processed and submitted online via BREO the University’s online learning environment.


• Commentary on a quotation

• Write a 250 word commentary on the following quotation:

• What is your aim in philosophy? – To shew the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.

Wittgenstein, L. (1956) Philosophical investigations. Translated by G. E. M. Anscombe. Oxford: Blackwell, p.103.


Commentary on a Quotation

• What is a commentary?

• Analysis - Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something

• Explanation - Making an idea clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts

• Critical thinking – The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement



• How do I go about it?

“What is your aim in philosophy? –

To shew the fly the way out of

the fly-bottle.”University of Bedfordshire 13


• Who said this?

• Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)

• What did he do?

• Philosopher

• What is he known for?

• What period of time did he write in?

1.The SpeakerUniversity of Bedfordshire 14


• Why was it said?

• Wittgenstein is commenting on hisown aim in philosophy

• When was it said?

• In his work PhilosophicalInvestigations in 1953 (publishedafter his death)

2.The ContextUniversity of Bedfordshire 15


• What does the quote mean?

• What does it reveal about his aims in philosophy?

• What metaphors are used?

• Who/what is the fly?

• What is the fly bottle?

3.ThemesUniversity of Bedfordshire 16


• How do I see this idea in the world?

• How do I see this idea in my life?

• How do I see this idea in the contextof my subject?

4.InterpretationUniversity of Bedfordshire 17

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning. ~ Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an African-American author, poet, dancer, actress and singer. She was known for her defence of black culture through her intimately written autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in 1969. In the quote from her autobiography, Angelou is commenting on her craft and on how her work only becomes meaningful when it is filtered with the deeper meaning offered by multiple perspectives. In this, she addresses any and all readers and encourages them to really connect with what they have read. In order for any reader or audience to connect, it is important to think about what is being studied and to think about how it is seen in the world, in your life, and in context of what you are reading or studying. One of the most compelling reasons for studying the creative arts is the opportunity to push beyond the literal into the substantial. The creative arts endure not because of the words on the page or the steps learned but because of the meanings behind those words and steps. For example, The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955) is a text which has had fame in all its forms, as a 3-part novel, 3-part film and as a musical. The story is impactful because of the deeper meanings within the text as well as in the tone of the voices used and the physicalization of the performers on the stage. Our challenge is to push beyond what we literally read on a page or see on the stage and begin infusing all that we see with the lens of human experience.University of Bedfordshire 18


• Summary of an article

• Write a 250 word summary of the following article, available on BREO:



Summary of an Article

• What is a summary?

• A brief statement or account of the main points of something

• How do I go about it?



Summary of an article

• Understand what you are reading

• Use a dictionary or context cluesto figure out the meaning ofimportant words that you don’t know

• Take notes as you read

• Highlight key ideas

• Note down any sub-sections

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• Write in your own words

• Broad to specific

• Identify the main chunks of ideas

• Flesh them out

• Specific to broad

• Write a sentence per paragraph

• Group the sentences into relatedchunks

2.OutlineUniversity of Bedfordshire 22


• Start with a clear identification of the work

• Type of work

• Title

• Author

• Main point

• Example: In the featured article Five Kinds of Learning, the author, Holland Oates, justifies his opinion on the topic of learning styles, and contributes to them himself.

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• Summarise the piece as a whole

• Check your outline to include all theimportant points

• Never put your own ideas or opinions in

• Use “summarizing language”

• The article claims

• The author suggests

• Write a final statement about what the author wanted to get across

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Summary of an Article


Use research

• Use the library catalogue

• http://library.beds.ac.uk

• Use the Discover search engine for articles


Formatting, Presentation and Layout

• Word processed

• Double-spaced

• Title page – you do not need to repeat any information from this in your essay except the title at the beginning.

• Large quotes indented and single spaces, small quotes in quotation marks and in the main body of the text

• Don’t use colloquialisms and slang

• Don’t use lists and headings

• Don’t use abbreviations

• Don’t use personal pronouns

• Don’t use ‘and’ ‘but’ ‘yet’ at beginning of sentencesUniversity of Bedfordshire 27

Formatting, Presentation and Layout

• Write numbers in full e.g. one hundred (except dates)

• Always use someone’s surname

• The first time you mention someone write their full name and dob/d

• Quote and reference.

• When writing about a performance piece/text always write the title in italics.

• Give the date a performance/text was recorded/published the first time you mention it.


Referencing and Plagiarism

• Academic Integrity Resource on BREO

• Details what plagiarism is

• Quiz at the end

• Complete by Week 7 (w/c Monday 17th November)

• Department Referencing Guide

• Available on BREO


Next Lecture


Teaching week 6Calendar week 46Week beginning Monday 10th November

Ideas of AntiquityGiannandrea Poesio

Reading: Anderson, B. (2014) The invention of Antiquity.[Available Online – see BREO Guided Learning]

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