Please remember, this is just the Part One of the assignment. I have chosen 3 topics for you to research while you choose another 2 – to total five topics addressed each time. Cite your sources throughout and reference at the endLinks to an external site.… Part Two is where you provide substantive, helpful, commentsLinks to an external site. on the work of any three of your classmates. Once your work is submitted, it will be graded and cannot be revised. If you aren’t sure it’s completed, please do not turn it in.
These are my 3 discussion topics/questions for you. The other 2 questions you choose yourself. Please ensure you read Rules on the discussions below and make sure you cite your sources of information and provide a reference list at the end – as in the sample provided in Discussion 1.
Outline and evaluate the evidence from Are Male Role Models Necessary?
Outline and evaluate the evidence from Video: The Mask You Live In.
From your lecture on religion, address some of the issues around sexuality and discuss the consequences.
The Discussion assignment has a high percentage value. Please treat them like mini research papers and not places to voice unsupported opinion. This means you must cite sources. You have a lot of freedom on this assignment to write about what interests you, but make sure you support what you say with evidence.
When you turn in your work, it will be graded immediately. If it’s not ready to be graded, please don’t turn it in.
Lastly, all the work you do for this class is due by 9AM on a specific date. If it is a problem for you, then feel free to submit your work early. Your discussions are due every two weeks, your quizzes are open for four days, and your written assignment isn’t due for weeks, so submitting your work a little early should be manageable. Simply plan ahead.
Important – here are 11 rules for scholarly research in the social sciences. Please apply all of them to your discussion assignments
Introduce your topics. Do not assume your reader knows the assignment prompt or the course material.
Use APA citations and references. Turn to Google for help on how to do this. There is a sample paper below Canvas for you.
Edit carefully. If information isn’t important, do not include it. Don’t repeat anything that is in your references. Do not tell your reader how information came to you: article, film, podcast etc. The delivery method is not important.
Citations: All I need is enough in your citation to get me to the reference…. Name, year is generally sufficient.
Cite sources as you go. These are your evidence, and you are doing research. This may help: http://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/apa-format/Links to an external site.
Citations MUST be in parentheses (so they can be easily seen and cross-referenced by your reader). See the sample posted to the first discussion.
Cite the moment you mention that source of information. Example, Smith (2017) found that 25% of the world’s prisoners are incarcerated in the United States despite the fact that the US has only 5% of the world’s population.
Paraphrase. Do not quote directly.
References must be alphabetised and are listed at the end of your work.
Citations must match the reference. Example, you can cite (FDA 2015) but you cannot reference it as Food and Drug Administration 2015. They must be exactly the same.
Avoid I, me, my – no exceptions. Never refer to yourself in research. Some of the least reliable testimony is that of eyewitnesses.
