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
4. Academic reading and writing in English Part 6: How to cite sources

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Explain ways to promote equality and value diversity in the learning environment.
• 1.2 Evaluate inclusive teaching and learning approaches to meet the needs of learners.
• 1.3 Analyse how to establish a safe and inclusive learning environment.
• 2.1 Explain special needs.
• 2.2 Describe factors impacting on the development of learners and how they learn.
• 2.3 Analyse strategies to support learners with special needs.
• 3.1 Explain why it is important to identify and meet the individual needs of learners.
• 3.2 Analyse the role and use of diagnostic assessment in agreeing individual learning goals.
• 3.3 Evaluate methods of assessment to agree individual learning goals with learners.
• 4.1 Analyse strategies used to integrate learners with special education needs into mainstream classes.
• 4.2 Explain how to create individualised education or learning plans for learners with special educational needs.
• 4.3 Describe ways in which teaching and learning plans can be adapted to meet the individual needs of learners.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

• Academic reading and writing in English Part 6: How to cite sources · YouTube · Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities · 17 min · for registered students

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
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students