Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
2. Finding and evaluating sources
3. Planning and referencing

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Explain what is meant by professional development.
• 1.2 Explain ways of overcoming barriers to professional development.
• 1.3 Determine the different sources available for professional development.
• 1.4 Analyse factors to consider when selecting opportunities and activities for keeping knowledge and practice up to date.
• 2.1 Evaluate own knowledge against standards and benchmarks.
• 2.2 Create SMART goals and targets for own professional development.
• 2.3 Determine appropriate goals and targets to meet expected standards.
• 2.4 Assess learning opportunities to meet objectives and reflect personal learning style.
• 3.1 Produce a professional development plan.
• 3.2 Apply techniques to review progress toward personal and professional objectives.
• 4.1 Compare models of reflective practice.
• 4.2 Apply reflective practice techniques to improve performance.
• 4.3 Evaluate the effectiveness of own reflective practice.
• 5.1 Explain the principles of academic writing.
• 5.2 Produce written work according to academic conventions.
• 5.3 Apply techniques to review on own academic writing skills.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Further resources

• Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students