Academic Literacy Seminar

Wednesday the 6th of July - 4pm to 6pm – College boardroom

•Literacy ?•Referencing tips and tricks•Referencing databases•Journal articles – reading & recording•Academic writing styles

Presented by Terry Watts;WV Postgraduate RepresentativeBsci Hon, Dip-Eng, Mstch, Med, AAD, AUSIMM

What is Literacy ?Gardener’s theory of ‘multiple intelligences’.

•Mathematical Literacy•Musical Literacy•Information Literacy•Visual Literacy – ‘art and design’•Social Literacy•Digital Literacy•The Literacy of writing – ‘composing text for publication’

Studying English – Studying Literature

Studying English – Studying Literature

Literacy Is A Social ConstructCan you;

•Describe the appearance of a computer ?•Can you recount what you did at lunch time ?•What are the pros and cons of owning a cat ?•Recommend; to receive two hundred and thirty volts to the nipples ?•Write a report, on the differences between tea and coffee ?•Use the scientific method ?

Academic Literacy = Skills•Reading & comprehension

•Writing & composing

•Interpreting

•Finding key ideas

•Referencing these ideas

•Applying concepts

•Analyzing situations

•Presentation of ideas

- Build Your Ideas Before Writing -

Referencing / Bibliographyhttps://www.une.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/12958/REF_APA-Referencing.pdf

This is useless to you, unless you have a way to use it !

Finding InformationEvery book, article, and webpage; ‘that is reputable’, should contain all the details you need.

The Information Page

Keeping RecordsNote:

Newspaper article – Tony Abbot refers to young people as the ”suppository of wisdom”. Forward, political pressure as gaffs become more prominent and political pressure makes liberal party members ‘squirm’, and become unsettled about the PM.

In Text:

(Swan, 2013)

Bibliography entry:

Swan, J. (2013, August 12, 2013). Liberals squirm as Abbott refers to 'the suppository of wisdom',The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved from http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/liberals-squirm-as-abbott-refers-to-the-suppository-of-wisdom-20130812-2rryy.html

Keeping Databases

Enter details and notes

Search or update your

resources

Using Databases

The main advantage is when you are writing, you can reference in real

time. List updates automatically, and in alphabetical or chronological

order as per style.

The second is that if you have to reference in other styles, you can

just change the settings, for instant results.

Demo if time permits.

What to do when UNE has a prescribed reading that is not in the library database: you find the article online,

but it is too expensive ?

• Answer 1: Email your lecturer and he will send you a direct link.

• Answer 2: Email your University & Library if you have time.

• Answer 3: Go to library and ask for help.

• Answer 4: Phone your coordinator explaining your circumstances.

My Answer: Pirate the FKR

• Find the DOI or the URL of the article you need.

• We are after “Manufactured Shoes in the Prevention of Diabetic Foot Ulcers”.

Example: http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/diacare.18.10.1376

• Go to: http://sci-hub.cc/

Reading a Journal Article

• Who

• What

• When

• Where

• Why

• How

• Cost?

• Aim: investigating what ?

• Method of the madness

• Numerical data

• Observations

• Result

• Discussion

• Conclusion

• Abstract

Writing Skills = Scaffolds

Writing Skills

• Using literacy scaffolds to present ideas.

• Ideas in writing should follow logical progression.

• Because writing is a social construct, the rules of logic must apply as if you were verbally communicating to someone [talking].

• The best way to see if your writing is working is to talk to yourself. Read it out loud !

Essay Skills

• Using the IEEEC scaffold.– Introduce

– Elaborate

– Evidence 1

– Evidence 2

– Conclude, Link, “why are you telling me this ?”

Rearrange This Paragraph

1. A good example of the use of these multilitercies are; “Multimodal texts, documents such as textbooks for example, that incorporate pictures and texts to provide a greater depth of meaning” (Kalantzis, 2000).

2. Literacy is often thought of as strictly writing, however more recently the term literacy has been applied to many other contexts that are used to convey meaning.

3. So when considering literacy we must think of; video presentations, WebPages, information diagrams, graphs, smart phone applications, databases, and peer reviewed journal articles.

4. We should also consider newer forms of literacies that are now often referred to as digital literacies, skills used in computing, making presentations, videos, emoticons, or even memes to convey meaning (Lewis & Fabos, 2005).

5. These alternate methods are referred to as multiliteracies.

Kalantzis, B. C. M. (2000). Multiliteracies: Literacy learning and the design of social futures. London: Routledge.Lewis, C., & Fabos, B. (2005). Instant messaging, literacies, and social identities. Reading research quarterly, 40(4), 470-501.

Rearrange This Paragraph

1. Literacy is often thought of as strictly writing, however more recently the term literacy has been applied to many other contexts that are used to convey meaning.

2. These alternate methods are referred to as multiliteracies. 3. A good example of the use of these multilitercies are; “Multimodal texts,

documents such as textbooks for example, that incorporate pictures and texts to provide a greater depth of meaning” (Kalantzis, 2000).

4. We should also consider newer forms of literacies that are now often referred to as digital literacies, skills used in computing, making presentations, videos, emoticons, or even memes to convey meaning (Lewis & Fabos, 2005).

5. So when considering literacy we must think of; video presentations, WebPages, information diagrams, graphs, smart phone applications, databases, and peer reviewed journal articles.

Kalantzis, B. C. M. (2000). Multiliteracies: Literacy learning and the design of social futures. London: Routledge.Lewis, C., & Fabos, B. (2005). Instant messaging, literacies, and social identities. Reading research quarterly, 40(4), 470-501.

Report Skills

• The scientific Method– Question– Investigation– Hypothesis– Aim– Method– Results– Discussion - Interpretation– Conclusion

What forms of literacy do weexpect to find in each section ?

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