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Professional Research & Communication Assignment Task - Present Interim research proposal
Objectives - The purpose of this assignment is to enable students to present their proposal to the tutor and class.
Background - Being able to present your research to an audience is a key skill for researchers to develop. There are a variety of different settings where you may be asked to do this, from the school or faculty research seminar to the international conference. Presentations sometimes take the form of posters as well as talks.
It is important that every presentation take account of whom the audience is. A seminar delivered to an interdisciplinary audience which may have no specialist knowledge of your field will be very different to a conference presentation in front of learned specialists - even if you are presenting essentially the same research at both venues.
Requirements - Each student is required to present an oral presentation or seminar of his/her research proposal. This presentation is expected to take 5 minutes, with an additional 2 minutes for questions and comments from the audience. You are required to use presentation software (PowerPoint or so) for the purpose of this presentation.
This assessment gives the student an opportunity to demonstrate the key aspects of their proposal to an audience and also to receive feedback. The following topics should be covered.
Introduction:
- Background, context, overview.
- Purpose of the study.
Summary of Research Questions and Purpose:
- Research questions, aims, hypotheses that are clear and specific.
- Definition of the paradigm and methodology chosen for the study, including the rationale for the choice; introduction to conceptual or theoretical framework.
Summary of Relevant Literature:
- Current, balanced, relevant, significant.
- Extensive.
Summary of Methods, Methodology and Data Collection:
- Variables used and relations between variables.
- Data collection and measurement tools.
Summary of any other considerations/aspects of the research, e.g., [OHS/Safety and/or Ethics].