Stage 4 Term 2, 2017

Place and Liveability

The Research Pathway

Assignment Task:

Due Date:

You will design a Master Planned Community

To complete the assignment you will need to

1. Choose a location in Australia to place your community

2. Sketch a map of your community and the facilities you have chosen to include.

3. Write about the choices you have made for your community and why you made those choices.

4. Include references to back up your reasoning.

Marking Criteria

Connect and Wonder

Establish existing knowledge and define what you need to know. This is a time of immersion, building interest and tuning in.

Questions to ask:

What do I already know?

What do I need to know?

Brainstorm what you already know

Now go into Google and start looking around. Use some of the words you have used in your brainstorming to start your search.

Record some new ideas or concepts that you found along the way. Also jot down ideas or terms you come across that you still need to learn about.

A look at Curation Tools

Curation tools help you keep track of where you have been with your research. They allow you to collect websites you think might be relevant as you go. That way when you go back later for more specific information it’s easier to find what you are looking for. It will also help you put together your references at the end of the assignment task.

Here’s some great Curation Tools you might like to look into:

Pearltrees http://www.pearltrees.com

Pocket https://getpocket.com/

Pinterest https://au.pinterest.com/

Scoop.it! http://www.scoop.it/

Diigo https://www.diigo.com/

Or use a folder in Google drive

Choose one and use it.

Make sure you set up and have saved at least 3 relevant websites into the app. When you have done that show your teacher.

Curation Tool I’ve chosen

Sighted by Teacher

Date

Creating a glossary

Understanding key words is an important part of learning how to do research well. Building a glossary will help you keep a record of words that you come across so that you can use them to refine your topic and narrow your search.

Here’s some key terms to get you started:

As you find out what these words mean, write it down so that you can remember them for later.

Key Word

Definition

Population

Liveability

Liveability Index

Master Planned Community

Discover and Learn

Locate, select and organise information to support the key question/learning intention.

Questions to ask

Where can I find the information required?

Is the information selected valid and relevant?

How do I record and organise the selected information?

Notetaking

A note about checking your sources

Synthesise

Analyse and synthesise the information and apply it to the task, making links between existing and new knowledge and construct evidence based arguments.

Questions to ask:

What are the key ideas? What does it all mean?

What are the links and themes emerging across the information?

Is this information answering the task?

What do I still need to find out?

What are my conclusions, decision, opinions etc?

Putting it all together

Location Choice

Reasons for choice

References

Draft ideas for Planned Community

Inclusions in community

Reason for inclusion

References

Access to services and facilities

Environmental quality

Enhancing Liveablility

Draft Sketch of Planned Community

Create and Share

Consider how to present the information, create the presentation, and deliver the response

Questions to ask:

Who is my intended audience?

What tools could I use?

How do I share my response?

Here’s how to present your completed assignment.

Make sure you include all of these features.

Here’s a sample template so that you know exactly what it should look like.

A note about referencing and plagiarism.

Reflect and Rethink

Reflect upon how the information/inquiry process may have been improved.

Questions to ask:

What did I do well?

What changes would I make if I could do this again?

Before you hand your assignment in check what you have done against the criteria sheet to make sure you have completed everything required.

Striving for accuracy!!

Self review of assignment task

Criteria

Tick when Completed

Take Action

Consider how to use what has been learned.

How will I use what I have learned?

How can we use what we have learned to bring positive change to a situation?

Just before you hand this booklet in take 20 mins to think through the questions above. We will discuss this more in class but for now add some of your own thoughts below.

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