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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT. Comparative and International Education Spring 2008. Arild Tjeldvoll arild.tjeldvoll@ped.uio.no. University of Oslo. PAPER QUALITY CRITERIA. 1. Structure - consistency 2. Technicalities – credible information 3. Content
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT Comparative and International EducationSpring 2008 Arild Tjeldvoll arild.tjeldvoll@ped.uio.no University of Oslo
PAPER QUALITY CRITERIA • 1. Structure - consistency • 2. Technicalities – credible information • 3. Content • 3.1 Input knowledge – familiarity with the field • 3.2 Original thinking - creativity
PAPER STRUCTURE 1. INTRODUCTION: 1.1 Theme and Motivation 1.2 Main research question - assumption 1.3 Sub research questions – assumptions 1.4 Information about data will be collected 1.5 Delimitations 1.6 Limitations
INFORMATION Collect information to answer the sub-research questions. Sources: course literature, library, internet
DISCUSSION Discuss collected information to answer the sub research questions – in relation to your introductory assumptions
CONCLUSION A compact answer to the Main Research Question raised in the Introduction
REFERENCES • Alphabetic order • Correct spelling of author names • Examples: • Jones, John (2000) The History of Comparative Educaton. London: Sage Publishers. • Smith, Jim (2001) ”How to write papers”, in Comparative Education, No 4, Vol 3, 2001. • About net references – indicate time/date of down-loading, and, preferaby, author/source