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 Appraise theoretical approaches to understanding international development.
• 1.2 Differentiate the status of developing countries using theories of international development.
• 2.1 Describe the global international development context.
• 2.2 Describe development institutions at the local, national and international level.
• 2.3 Explain the roles of NGOs in international development.
• 3.1 Explain a range of measures of development.
• 3.2 Make judgements about the development status of countries using tourism by applying development indicators.
• 4.1 Explain the impacts of tourism in emerging destinations.
• 4.2 Analyse the relationship between international tourism and sustainable development.
• 4.3 Evaluate how tourism can be used to meet international development goals.

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
• 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