Academic Writing - Research in Early Childhood

Prescribed Texts: 1. MacNaughton, G., Rolfe, S., & Siroj-Blatchford, I. (2010). Doing early childhood research international perspectives on theory and practice. Australia: Allen and Unwin. (Chapter 1) 2. Sinclair, C. (2010). Grammar a friendly approach. Australia and New Zealand: McGraw Hill. (Chapter 1) Task 1 ($30) - (300 - 500 words): Refer to your Sinclair textbook and respond to questions 5.2. Task 2 ($30) - (300 - 500 words): Refer to your Sinclair textbook and respond to questions 6.2. Task 3 ($30) - (300 - 500 words): Refer to your Sinclair textbook and respond to questions 7.2. Task 4 ($30) - (300 - 500 words): Refer to your Sinclair textbook and respond to questions 8.2 Task 5 ($30) - (300 - 500 words): Refer to your Sinclair textbook and respond to questions 10.2 Task 6 ($300) - (300 words): Small Scale Research 1. provide an outline of your research topic, with a brief explanation why this research is worth doing, who will benefit and why? Identify your research question. 2. describe the research method you have chosen to use and your justification for this method. Describe the participants, procedures and data collection tools you are proposing to use. 3. The final research report will be set out as follows: Title: the title of your research project Abstract: provide a brief summary of the research question, methods and findings Introduction: set the context and review the academic literature relevant to your topic and research question Methodology: describe your research method, participants, the procedure and tools used to gather data Results: summarise the results of your research Discussion, conclusions and recommendations: analyse and evaluate your research results, discuss findings, conclusions and formulate recommendations References: an alphabetic list of all sources used in compiling your report Attachments: including consent forms, and raw data e.g. surveys, observations, interview transcripts etc. collected for your project Your written report (excluding references and attachments) should be approximately 3000 words in length and be presented using recognised academic standards and conventions.