CoP: Academic Convention Lecture

• introduction
• academic conventions
• institutional framework
• structure and standardise 
• aspire to academic honesty 
• surface approach
• concentration on learning outcomes
• passive acceptance of ideas
• little attempt to understand
• just doing it to get marks
• deep approach
• independent engagement
• critical and thoughtful
• relate ideas to own experience
• relates evidence to conclusions 
• examines logic of arguments
• formal way of writing
• certain tone and style expected
• specialist vocab
• own opinions based on evidence and analysis
• aim for precision
• make every word count
• avoid repeating the same words
• avoid slang and abbreviations
• avoid conversational tone and vague terms
• introduction
• about 400-500 words
• explaining what's going to be talked about
• paraphrase 
• small quotes woven into text
• large quotes that are picked apart after
• harvard referencing
• author (date) title, place, publisher 
• 'quote' (surname, year, page)
• 'quote' (smith in miles, 2013, p.7) <- if there referencing someone
• alphabeticised by surnames
• separated intro types
• pictures need to be referenced 
• conclusion