Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Planning for Research Investigations

Learning Outcome: To continue to work on coursework research projects and receive feedback.

Key Terms: 
Feedback - The only way to score highly with your RI is to communicate with your teacher each time you complete a new draft.
Written communication - It is important that you write discursively using PEE to make your points

Mind maps are really useful for getting your ideas down before giving them some kind of structure.

Example of a mind map:



Task 1:
Put all the ideas you have for your R.I. down with the main texts in the central position.
Consider adding 'branches' for the following:
  • Introduction
  • Primary research you will do
  • Secondary research 
  • Narrative theorists
  • Audience targeting
  • Audience responses
  • Representation
  • Quotes
  • Conclusion
When you have this in place. Get feedback from Mr. Ealey.

Task 2:
Create a loose structure for your R. I.

Task 3:
Read and discuss the introductory paragraphs of this R. I. that scored highly:
Consider the way the candidate doesn't hang around, they start to score marks quickly and keep the moderator interested. Make notes - orange books.



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Possible Structure for Research Investigation

Structure for your essay to consider:

  • Introduction – say what are you exploring and hoping to find out
  • Carry out textual analysis and state what you find out.
  • Discuss focus groups and other primary research and state what you found out.
  • Academic research and tying this into what has been found out already
  • Tying it all together.
  • Overall conclusion.
* Maintain focus on the title of your investigation, it may help to even repeat it a couple of times within the main body of the text.
Write discursively. Use PEE.

Research:
The work you are undertaking is an academic, research based study allowing you to explore an area of media of your own choice in detail.
Your research should be taken from a range of primary and secondary sources and must be properly referenced.
This is an investigation and the assumption is that you will reach some conclusions that will inform your production coursework.


Here are some examples of research carried out which informed successful submissions at MS3:

Well organised questions to a focus group




 Student conducted an interview.

Task 1: 
Design questionnaires and questions for asking within focus groups. Use this opportunity to find out about audience responses to the texts you are investigating. 
The research should be based primarily around the concept you have chosen. Genre Narrative or Representation.




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