محاضرات بعنوان طرق البحث – Research Methods

محاضرات بعنوان طرق البحث – Research Methods
MACE60004
Lecture 1 Scientific method and scientific principles
Lecture overwiev

• Scientific method definition;
• Scientifc method principles (observation, skepticism, research question, a
  hypothesis, deductions testing);
• The scientific method process (fomulation of a research question, formulation of
  a hypothesis, making predictions, hypothesis testing, experimental results
  analysis);
• Case study: Ut tensio, sic vis;
  Lecture 2 Academic literature and referncing
  Lecture overview
• Reading and understanding a research paper
• The problem;
• Some relevant references;
• The three pass approach;
• Summarising and cataloguing;
• The case study.
• Referencing in academic literature
• Some guidelines;
• When to cite and when not to cite.
  Lecture 3 Academic writing 1
  Lecture overview
• Basic elements of academic writing:
• Articles
• Abbreviations
• Active/passive style
• Adjectives and adverbs
• Contractions
• Synonimes
• Hyphenation
• Linking words, misused words
• Punctuation
• Tenses
  Lecture 4 Academic writing 2
  Lecture outline
• English as a foreign language;
• Writing an academic paper:
• Targeting the audience;
• Organisation and structure, the title, the authors list, the abstract;
• The introduction;
• Computational and physical experiments;
• Tables and figures;
• Conclusion and references list;
• Draft revisions;
  Lecture 5 Intellectual property, research and professional ethics -Case Study
  Lecture 5 Intellectual property, research and professional ethics
  Lecture outline
• Intelectual property (definition, protection, rights, types);
• Software licenses;
• Ethical issues in research;
• Ethical issues in professional environments (case study);
  Lecture 6 Plagiarism
  Lecture outline
• Definition of plagiarism, what can be the subject of plagiarism;
• Instances of plagiarism;
• How to avoid plagiarism;
• Forms of plagiarism;
• Examples of plagiarism (contributed by Dr A. Syed, academic lead for
  appeals, complaints and discipline in MACE);
  Lecture 7 Academic writing 3 — writing a literature review and a thesis
  Lecture overview
  Literature review
• What is a literature review?
• The content of a literatire review;
• How to organise the process of writing a literature review;
• How to write a literwture review;
  A thesis
• The purpose of a masters thesis;
• The difference between a masters thesis and a literature review;
• The content, the structure, the presentation.

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