Please complete the first draft of your Final Research Report (Task 1 by January 8th) and then read some Final Research Reports by other students (Task 2 by 12th January).
Mike will send you some comments, by 26th December,to help you with making your Final Research Reports.
A. Go to the Final Research Report page in your individual webpage.
B. Write a report (in Japanese, or English and Japanese) about your research in Cycle 3 (2nd semester) and any research from Cycles 1 and 2 that connects with your research in Cycle 3. You can use your research journals to help you write your report (but please add to them with information from your notes, and rewrite them where necessary). You can also use visuals and other elements from your presentation in your report.
This is the Google guide to using Google Sites: Google サイトの使い方 - サイト ヘルプ - Google Support, if you need help, including テキストや画像を追加、編集する
C. Write your report as the story of your research through semester 1 and semester 2 showing how your knowledge and thinking changed and developed during the zemi.
D. Include your voice in the report - use 'I'/'me'/'my' - and make clear your own developing interests and questions, insights and understandings, viewpoints and opinions, confusions and puzzles.
E. Look at the Example Research Report which is based on the report that Mina wrote in Cycle 1 as a guide to help you organise your report.
Try to include the following sections in your report (see the Example Research Report for help with this:
Title
My Starting Story and Interests / My Starting Points / My Motivation for This Research / etc - explain how you got interested in this research area and your purpose for learning about it
Initial Research Focus and Research Questions for Cycles 1 and/or 2 - explain what you focused on in your research and why, and your research questions for Cycle 1 and/or 2, that are relevant to your research in Cycle 3.
The stories / toujisha voices / experiences of people affected and involved, and the main points from your research in Cycles 1 and/or 2, that are relevant to your research in Cycle 3.
Your insights and what you learned - important points, ideas, concepts, ways of understanding the issues - that is relavant to Cycle 3.
Your starting interests, initial research focus and research questions for the Cycle 3.
Stories / Toujisha Voices / Experiences of People Affected and Involved / etc in Cycle 3 - these can be included here or in other parts of the report or as paprt of other sections
The main questions, points, areas from your research in Cycle 3 - in Mina's report these are:
Insights / What I Learned - Important points, ideas, concepts, ways of understanding the issues that you learnt from your research in this cycle
My new interests and questions / My Interest Now / What I Want to Learn about Now - explain what is interesting for you now about this research area and what new questions have come up for you doing your research
You can change the order of these parts of the report or combine some of them if you want to.
F. Include visuals (photos, graphs, diagrams, maps, cartoons. etc) in your report - and explain or refer to these in your writing.
G. Include relevant comments and ideas from other students (especially from discussion about your presentations but also from the other classes) in your report.
H. Make sure to attribute all the information in your report -- say which person or organisation it comes from: "According to the BBC, ....", "The Japanese Ministry of Justice claims that....", "Professor David Jones of Oxford University explained that....."
J. If you copy information from your sources (a phrase or sentence of more than five words), make a quotation - put it in "quotation marks" and attribute it.
K. Include sub-headings to make the different sections of your report clear.
L. Put a list of references including all the sources of information used in the report at the end of the report (author, date, title, organization/publisher, URL, etc).
M. Try to put links into the text of your report and the list of references for all the sources of information (so readers can click on those and go to the sources of information you used).
N. Check the spelling in your report.
A. Try to read all the reports you haven't read yet or talked to the writer about, so you are familiar with all the other reports.
B. Br ready to talk in class about what is interesting for you about the rperots and what you learned reom them, as well as any connections you see with your own research.
This week please work on making the first draft of your Final Research Report. You can also do online or 'fieldwork' research if you want to.
A. Go to the Final Research Report page in your individual webpage.
B. Write a report (in Japanese, or English and Japanese) about your research in Cycle 3 (2nd semester) and any research from Cycles 1 and 2 that connects with your research in Cycle 3. You can use your research journals to help you write your report (but please add to them with information from your notes, and rewrite them where necessary). You can also use visuals and other elements from your presentation in your report.
This is the Google guide to using Google Sites: Google サイトの使い方 - サイト ヘルプ - Google Support, if you need help, including テキストや画像を追加、編集する
C. Write your report as the story of your research through semester 1 and semester 2 showing how your knowledge and thinking changed and developed during the zemi.
D. Include your voice in the report - use 'I'/'me'/'my' - and make clear your own developing interests and questions, insights and understandings, viewpoints and opinions, confusions and puzzles.
E. Look at the Example Research Report which is based on the report that Mina wrote in Cycle 1 as a guide to help you organise your report.
Try to include the following sections in your report (see the Example Research Report for help with this:
Title
My Starting Story and Interests / My Starting Points / My Motivation for This Research / etc - explain how you got interested in this research area and your purpose for learning about it
Initial Research Focus and Research Questions for Cycles 1 and/or 2 - explain what you focused on in your research and why, and your research questions for Cycle 1 and/or 2, that are relevant to your research in Cycle 3.
The stories / toujisha voices / experiences of people affected and involved, and the main points from your research in Cycles 1 and/or 2, that are relevant to your research in Cycle 3.
Your insights and what you learned - important points, ideas, concepts, ways of understanding the issues - that is relavant to Cycle 3.
Your starting interests, initial research focus and research questions for the Cycle 3.
Stories / Toujisha Voices / Experiences of People Affected and Involved / etc in Cycle 3 - these can be included here or in other parts of the report or as paprt of other sections
The main questions, points, areas from your research in Cycle 3 - in Mina's report these are:
Insights / What I Learned - Important points, ideas, concepts, ways of understanding the issues that you learnt from your research in this cycle
My new interests and questions / My Interest Now / What I Want to Learn about Now - explain what is interesting for you now about this research area and what new questions have come up for you doing your research
You can change the order of these parts of the report or combine some of them if you want to.
F. Include visuals (photos, graphs, diagrams, maps, cartoons. etc) in your report - and explain or refer to these in your writing.
G. Include relevant comments and ideas from other students (especially from discussion about your presentations but also from the other classes) in your report.
H. Make sure to attribute all the information in your report -- say which person or organisation it comes from: "According to the BBC, ....", "The Japanese Ministry of Justice claims that....", "Professor David Jones of Oxford University explained that....."
J. If you copy information from your sources (a phrase or sentence of more than five words), make a quotation - put it in "quotation marks" and attribute it.
K. Include sub-headings to make the different sections of your report clear.
L. Put a list of references including all the sources of information used in the report at the end of the report (author, date, title, organization/publisher, URL, etc).
M. Try to put links into the text of your report and the list of references for all the sources of information (so readers can click on those and go to the sources of information you used).
N. Check the spelling in your report.
A. Find online sources of information and/or do 'fieldwork' to develop your research.
B. Make a double page (2 pages) of notes, or more, in your A4 notebook OR on three pages of notes or more on a tablet, based on the sources and/or your 'fieldwork' research
C. At the top of your notes put Research Notes 6 or 7 and the date.
D. Include your research questions in your notes to organise the information you find.
E. Make clear, visual, well organised notes about the interesting and useful information. Try to write in words and phrases and use visual symbols (boxes, arrows, bullet point lists, etc) as much as possible and try NOT to write in long sentences. You can look at some examples of note-taking to help you.
H. Include visuals such as photos, graphs, charts, diagrams, and cartoons if appropriate.
J. At the end of your notes, write a list of references for the sources of information you looked at (author, date, title, organisation/publisher, URL etc)
K. Take a photo of your notes, and give it the filename: DEJ22 10 RC3 RN6 or RN7 Your Name.
L. Upload the photo of your research notes to your folder in the Shared Google Drive. Make sure that your notes can be seen the right way up in your folder.
M. Again, make sure to keep a copy of your work in a folder on your computer or memory stick.
This week you can do:
Task 1: more research and make Research Notes 6 or 7, OR
Task 2: work on making your Final Research Report, OR
both of the above
If you want to do 'fieldwork' research (talking to groups and individuals), please move forward with that (make write to arrangements and do the fieldwork. You can also do fieldwork next week, in Week 12, before the final presentation.
A. Find online sources of information and/or do 'fieldwork' to develop your research.
B. Make a double page (2 pages) of notes, or more, in your A4 notebook OR on three pages of notes or more on a tablet, based on the sorcues and/or your 'fieldwork' research
C. At the top of your notes put Research Notes 6 or 7 and the date.
D. Include your research questions in your notes to organise the information you find.
E. Make clear, visual, well organised notes about the interesting and useful information. Try to write in words and phrases and use visual symbols (boxes, arrows, bullet point lists, etc) as much as possible and try NOT to write in long sentences. You can look at some examples of note-taking to help you.
H. Include visuals such as photos, graphs, charts, diagrams, and cartoons if appropriate.
J. At the end of your notes, write a list of references for the sources of information you looked at (author, date, title, organisation/publisher, URL etc)
K. Take a photo of your notes, and give it the filename: DEJ22 10 RC3 RN6 or RN7 Your Name.
L. Upload the photo of your research notes to your folder in the Shared Google Drive. Make sure that your notes can be seen the right way up in your folder.
M. Again, make sure to keep a copy of your work in a folder on your computer or memory stick.
A. Go to the Final Research Report page in your individual webpage.
B. Write a report (in Japanese, or English and Japanese) about your research in Cycle 3 (2nd semester) and any research from Cycles 1 and 2 that connects with your research in Cycle 3. You can use your research journals to help you write your report (but please add to them with information from your notes, and rewrite them where necessary). You can also use visuals and other elements from your presentation in your report.
This is the Google guide to using Google Sites: Google サイトの使い方 - サイト ヘルプ - Google Support, if you need help, including テキストや画像を追加、編集する
C. Write your report as the story of your research through semester 1 and semester 2 showing how your knowledge and thinking changed and developed during the zemi.
D. Include your voice in the report - use 'I'/'me'/'my' - and make clear your own developing interests and questions, insights and understandings, viewpoints and opinions, confusions and puzzles.
E. Look at the Example Research Report which is based on the report that Mina wrote in Cycle 1 as a guide to help you organise your report.
Try to include the following sections in your report (see the Example Research Report for help with this:
Title
My Starting Story and Interests / My Starting Points / My Motivation for This Research / etc - explain how you got interested in this research area and your purpose for learning about it
Initial Research Focus and Research Questions for Cycles 1 and/or 2 - explain what you focused on in your research and why, and your research questions for Cycle 1 and/or 2, that are relevant to your research in Cycle 3.
The stories / toujisha voices / experiences of people affected and involved, and the main points from your research in Cycles 1 and/or 2, that are relevant to your research in Cycle 3.
Your insights and what you learned - important points, ideas, concepts, ways of understanding the issues - that is relavant to Cycle 3.
Your starting interests, initial research focus and research questions for the Cycle 3.
Stories / Toujisha Voices / Experiences of People Affected and Involved / etc in Cycle 3 - these can be included here or in other parts of the report or as paprt of other sections
The main questions, points, areas from your research in Cycle 3 - in Mina's report these are:
What is the Definition of Matahara?
What is the Maternity Harassment Situation in Japan?
What are the Types and Causes of Maternity Harassment?
Insights / What I Learned - Important points, ideas, concepts, ways of understanding the issues that you learnt from your research in this cycle
My new interests and questions / My Interest Now / What I Want to Learn about Now - explain what is interesting for you now about this research area and what new questions have come up for you doing your research
You can change the order of these parts of the report or combine some of them if you want to.
F. Include visuals (photos, graphs, diagrams, maps, cartoons. etc) in your report - and explain or refer to these in your writing.
G. Include relevant comments and ideas from other students (especially from discussion about your presentations but also from the other classes) in your report.
H. Make sure to attribute all the information in your report -- say which person or organisation it comes from: "According to the BBC, ....", "The Japanese Ministry of Justice claims that....", "Professor David Jones of Oxford University explained that....."
J. If you copy information from your sources (a phrase or sentence of more than five words), make a quotation - put it in "quotation marks" and attribute it.
K. Include sub-headings to make the different sections of your report clear.
L. Put a list of references including all the sources of information used in the report at the end of the report (author, date, title, organization/publisher, URL, etc).
M. Try to put links into the text of your report and the list of references for all the sources of information (so readers can click on those and go to the sources of information you used).
N. Check the spelling in your report.
This week you can do:
Task 1: more research and make Research Notes 6, OR
Task 2: work on making your Final Research Report, OR
both of the above
Please focus on doing online research this week not 'fieldwork' (talking to groups and individuals). You can do fieldwork in Weeks 11 and 12.
A. Find three or more sources of information about your research area.
B. You can find information using the suggestions from Mike and Mina, including the information in the Research Resources on the zemi website, and/or do your own search for information.
C. You can use a combination of Japanese and English sources but please try to use at least one English source.
D. Make a double page (2 pages) of notes in your A4 notebook OR on three pages of notes on a tablet.
E. At the top of your notes put Research Notes 6 and the date.
F. Include your research questions in your notes to organise the information you find.
G. Make clear, visual, well organised notes about the interesting and useful information. Try to write in words and phrases and use visual symbols (boxes, arrows, bullet point lists, etc) as much as possible and try NOT to write in long sentences. You can look at some examples of note-taking to help you.
H. Try to include visuals such as photos, graphs, charts, diagrams, and cartoons that communicate information about your group/community.
J. At the end of your notes, write a list of references for the sources of information you looked at (author, date, title, organisation/publisher, URL etc)
K. Take a photo of your notes, and give it the filename: DEJ22 10 RC3 RN6 Your Name.
L. Upload the photo of your research notes to your folder in the Shared Google Drive. Make sure that your notes can be seen the right way up in your folder.
M. Again, make sure to keep a copy of your work in a folder on your computer or memory stick.
A. Go to the Final Research Report page in your individual webpage.
B. Write a report (in Japanese, or English and Japanese) about your research in Cycle 3 (2nd semester) and any research from Cycles 1 and 2 that connects with your research in Cycle 3. You can use your research journals to help you write your report (but please add to them with information from your notes, and rewrite them where necessary). You can also use visuals and other elements from your presentation in your report.
This is the Google guide to using Google Sites: Google サイトの使い方 - サイト ヘルプ - Google Support, if you need help, including テキストや画像を追加、編集する
C. Write your report as the story of your research through semester 1 and semester 2 showing how your knowledge and thinking changed and developed during the zemi.
D. Include your voice in the report - use 'I'/'me'/'my' - and make clear your own developing interests and questions, insights and understandings, viewpoints and opinions, confusions and puzzles.
E. Look at the Example Research Report which is based on the report that Mina wrote in Cycle 1 as a guide to help you organise your report.
Try to include the following sections in your report (see the Example Research Report for help with this:
Title
My Starting Story and Interests / My Starting Points / My Motivation for This Research / etc - explain how you got interested in this research area and your purpose for learning about it
Initial Research Focus and Research Questions for Cycles 1 and/or 2 - explain what you focused on in your research and why, and your research questions for Cycle 1 and/or 2, that are relevant to your research in Cycle 3.
The stories / toujisha voices / experiences of people affected and involved, and the main points from your research in Cycles 1 and/or 2, that are relevant to your research in Cycle 3.
Your insights and what you learned - important points, ideas, concepts, ways of understanding the issues - that is relavant to Cycle 3.
Your starting interests, initial research focus and research questions for the Cycle 3.
Stories / Toujisha Voices / Experiences of People Affected and Involved / etc in Cycle 3 - these can be included here or in other parts of the report or as paprt of other sections
The main questions, points, areas from your research in Cycle 3 - in Mina's report these are:
What is the Definition of Matahara?
What is the Maternity Harassment Situation in Japan?
What are the Types and Causes of Maternity Harassment?
Insights / What I Learned - Important points, ideas, concepts, ways of understanding the issues that you learnt from your research in this cycle
My new interests and questions / My Interest Now / What I Want to Learn about Now - explain what is interesting for you now about this research area and what new questions have come up for you doing your research
You can change the order of these parts of the report or combine some of them if you want to.
F. Include visuals (photos, graphs, diagrams, maps, cartoons. etc) in your report - and explain or refer to these in your writing.
G. Include relevant comments and ideas from other students (especially from discussion about your presentations but also from the other classes) in your report.
H. Make sure to attribute all the information in your report -- say which person or organisation it comes from: "According to the BBC, ....", "The Japanese Ministry of Justice claims that....", "Professor David Jones of Oxford University explained that....."
J. If you copy information from your sources (a phrase or sentence of more than five words), make a quotation - put it in "quotation marks" and attribute it.
K. Include sub-headings to make the different sections of your report clear.
L. Put a list of references including all the sources of information used in the report at the end of the report (author, date, title, organization/publisher, URL, etc).
M. Try to put links into the text of your report and the list of references for all the sources of information (so readers can click on those and go to the sources of information you used).
N. Check the spelling in your report.
A. Based on feedback from other students in the class on November 24th and feedback from Mike, make changes to improve your presentation and discussion.
B. If you are participating in the 合同ゼミ発表 on 26th November, prepare and practice your presentation for that.
C. Upload the new version of your presentation slides to your Google Folder.
A. Find three or more sources of information about your research area.
B. You can find information using the suggestions from Mike and Mina, including the information in the Research Resources on the zemi website, and/or do your own search for information.
C. You can use a combination of Japanese and English sources but please try to use at least one English source.
D. Make a double page (2 pages) of notes in your A4 notebook OR on three pages of notes on a tablet.
E. At the top of your notes put Research Notes 5 and the date.
F. Include your research questions in your notes to organise the information you find.
G. Make clear, visual, well organised notes about the interesting and useful information. Try to write in words and phrases and use visual symbols (boxes, arrows, bullet point lists, etc) as much as possible and try NOT to write in long sentences. You can look at some examples of note-taking to help you.
H. Try to include visuals such as photos, graphs, charts, diagrams, and cartoons that communicate information about your group/community.
J. At the end of your notes, write a list of references for the sources of information you looked at (author, date, title, organisation/publisher, URL etc)
K. Take a photo of your notes, and give it the filename: DEJ22 10 RC3 RN5 Your Name.
L. Upload the photo of your research notes to your folder in the Shared Google Drive. Make sure that your notes can be seen the right way up in your folder.
M. Again, make sure to keep a copy of your work in a folder on your computer or memory stick.
A. Develop your presentation based on the feedback from students in the 合同ゼミ on 11/17 and your own review of it.
B. Make changes to develop:
the content of the presentation and your explanation of information and ideas in it
the organisation and flow of the presentation
the use of text and visuals in the slides
the discussion questions
C. You can add new information to the presentation from Research Notes 4 & 5
D. Think about how to improve the delivery of the presentation and practice it
E. Upload your slides to your folder in the Google Shared Drive by 22 November
Task 1. Develop your Presentation and Discussion (for 合同ゼミ on 17th November)
A. Develop your presentation based on the feedback from other students, from Mike and Mina, and your own review of it.
B. Make changes to develop:
the content of the presentation and your explanation of information and ideas in it
the organisation and flow of the presentation
the use of text and visuals in the slides
the discussion questions
C. You can add new information to the presentation from Research Notes 4
D. Think about how to improve the delivery of the presentation and practice it
E. Upload your slides to your folder in the Google Shared Drive by the start of the class
Please note: There is NO Research Report to write this week
You will need to use your gmail address/Google ID for this (and log out of your Chuo zengaku ID).
A. Write Research Journal 6 on your Research Cycle 3 webpage
B. Write 200-300 words (400-600 ji) in English and/or Japanese. For each presenter, write about the following questions:
What was interesting for you about the presentations and discussions this week and what did you learn from them?
What connections did you notice between the different presentations and with your own research?
What suggestions and advice do you have for the presenter about how to develop their research and their presentation and discussion?
C. Put the number of words at the end.
D. Keep a copy of your work on a USB or on your computer.
A. Find three or more sources of information about your research area.
B. You can find information using the suggestions from Mike and Mina, including the information in the Research Resources on the zemi website, and/or do your own search for information.
C. You can use a combination of Japanese and English sources but please try to use at least one English source.
D. Make a double page (2 pages) of notes in your A4 notebook OR on three pages of notes on a tablet.
E. At the top of your notes put Research Notes 4 and the date.
F. Include your research questions in your notes to organise the information you find.
G. Make clear, visual, well organised notes about the interesting and useful information. Try to write in words and phrases and use visual symbols (boxes, arrows, bullet point lists, etc) as much as possible and try NOT to write in long sentences. You can look at some examples of note-taking to help you.
H. Try to include visuals such as photos, graphs, charts, diagrams, and cartoons that communicate information about your group/community.
J. At the end of your notes, write a list of references for the sources of information you looked at (author, date, title, organisation/publisher, URL etc)
K. Take a photo of your notes, and give it the filename: DEJ22 10 RC3 RN4 Your Name.
L. Upload the photo of your research notes to your folder in the Shared Google Drive. Make sure that your notes can be seen the right way up in your folder.
M. Again, make sure to keep a copy of your work in a folder on your computer or memory stick.
You will need to use your gmail address/Google ID for this (and log out of your Chuo zengaku ID).
A. Go to the Research Cycle 3 page in your individual webpage and make a new section to write in write, using Insert Tt Test box from the menu on the right. You may need to click on the pencil icon in the bottom right corner first.
B. Put the title Research Journal 5 at the top of this new section and make this a heading from the menu above.
C. Write 200-300 words (400-600 ji) in English and/or Japanese. For each presenter, write about the following questions:
What was interesting for you about the presentations and discussions this week and what did you learn from them?
What connections did you notice between the different presentations and with your own research?
What suggestions and advice do you have for the presenter about how to develop their research and their presentation and discussion?
D. Put the number of words at the end.
E. Keep a copy of your work on a USB or on your computer.
You will need to use your gmail address/Google ID for this (and log out of your Chuo zengaku ID).
A. Go to the Research Cycle 3 page in your individual webpage and make a new section to write in write, using Insert Tt Test box from the menu on the right. You may need to click on the pencil icon in the bottom right corner first.
B. Put the title Research Journal 4 at the top of this new section and make this a heading from the menu above.
C. Write 200-300 words (400-600 ji) in English and/or Japanese. For each presenter, write about the following questions:
What was interesting for you about the presentations and discussions this week and what did you learn from them?
What connections did you notice between the different presentations and with your own research?
What suggestions and advice do you have for the presenter about how to develop their research and their presentation and discussion?
D. Put the number of words at the end.
E. Keep a copy of your work on a USB or on your computer.
You will need to use your gmail address/Google ID for this (and log out of your Chuo zengaku ID).
A. Go to the Research Cycle 3 page in your individual webpage and make a new section to write in write, using Insert Tt Test box from the menu on the right. You may need to click on the pencil icon in the bottom right corner first.
B. Put the title Research Journal 3 at the top of this new section and make this a heading from the menu above.
C. Write 200-300 words (400-600 ji) in English and/or Japanese about these questions:
What did you learn from your research this week (Research Notes 3) - 'toujisha' voices and stories, explanation of the situation in society (including data), history (how we got to this situation), actors and action on the issues, etc - and your discussions about it with other students. What are some useful concepts for making sense of your research.
How has your thinking about your research area changed and developed through doing your research?
What are interesting / important issues to focus on in your presentation and discusssion? What are your goals for your presentation and discussion?
D. Make the sources of information in your journal clear, e.g.: "According to the BBC, ....", "The Japanese Ministry of Justice claims that....", "Professor David Jones of Oxford University explained that....."
E. Put the number of words at the end.
F. Put a list of references for your sources of information (author, date, title, organization/ publisher, URL, etc) at the end of your journal.
G. Keep a copy of your work on a USB or on your computer.
You can present and discuss in English, Japanese or a combination of both.
We will do the presentations and discussions for this cycle to the whole class on:
13th October
20th October
27th October
Please include in your presentation
An interesting title that makes your focused research area and the main issue in your presentation clear
Your Starting Story and Interests / Starting Points / Motivation for This Research / etc - explain how you got interested in this research area and your purpose for learning about it AND how it connects with builds on your research in the 1st semester
How you focused your research and your research questions
Voices and stories of 'toujisha' / the people affected and involved in the issues
Your research issues and questions and what you learnt about them from your research
Key concepts that are useful for helping to understand your research
Insights from your research - Important points, ideas, concepts, ways of understanding the issues that you learnt from your research in this cycle
Your new interests and questions in this area for future research - how you would like to develop your research in cycle 4
Questions and issues for discussion with your listeners
A list of references used in your presentation
(You can combine and change the order of these various parts of your presentation.)
A. Your presentation should be between 10 and 15 minutes long - you will also have time for Q&A and discussion of your presentation.
B. You will give an individual presentation to the whole class.
C. The presentation and the discussion are equally important: the aim of the presentation is to explain your research area so other students can learn from your research, and make the interesting/important questions and issues clear so that you can have a good discussion about them together.
D. You should prepare a PowerPoint (or Keynote) for your presentation, based on your planning (visualizing) in class - about 10-15 slides is good. Your slides can be in English, Japanese or a mix of both.
E. See the Powerpoint Slides for Presentations page for examples of presentations
F. Make your slides as visual as possible: use different sizes of text, colours, symbols, etc; include visuals such as photos, graphs, charts and diagrams; use words and phrases not sentences as much as possible; don't put lots of text on a slide and don't write in long sentences
G. Remember to explain your interests in your research area, and have a slide to give an overview of the main points/questions/issues in your presentation at the start.
H. Make sure to show/say where (who? which organisation/website, etc) information in your presentation comes from (especially points of view, opinions, arguments, etc, but also the sources of facts, data, information, etc). E.g.: "According to......."; "Professor Hasegawa of Keio University has argued that....."; "This data comes from......".
I. Include a list of all your sources of information/references on your slides at the end of the presentation.
J. Make the questions and issues you want to discuss with your listeners clear at the end of your presentation.
K. Please do NOT write out a script of your presentation to read. You should be able to talk about your research (referring to your notes if necessary). It will help if you practice talking through your presentation a couple of times before the class.
L. Upload your slides to your folder in the Google Shared Drive by the start of the class in which you will do your presentation (and send a copy by email to Mike before the class).
You will need to use your gmail address/Google ID for this (and log out of your Chuo zengaku ID).
A. Go to the Research Cycle 3 page in your individual webpage and make a new section to write in write, using Insert Tt Test box from the menu on the right. You may need to click on the pencil icon in the bottom right corner first.
B. Put the title Research Journal 2 at the top of this new section and make this a heading from the menu above.
C. Write 200-300 words (400-600 ji) in English and/or Japanese about these questions:
What did you learn from your research this week (Research Notes 2) - 'toujisha' voices and stories, explanation of the situation in society (including data), history (how we got to this situation), etc - and your discussions about it with other students. What are some useful concepts for making sense of your research.
How has your thinking about your research area changed and developed through doing your research?
What are interesting / important issues to focus your research on now? What do you want to learn about actors and action on these issues? What are your research questions now?
D. Make the sources of information in your journal clear, e.g.: "According to the BBC, ....", "The Japanese Ministry of Justice claims that....", "Professor David Jones of Oxford University explained that....."
E. Put the number of words at the end.
F. Put a list of references for your sources of information (author, date, title, organization/ publisher, URL, etc) at the end of your journal.
G. Make sure to save a copy of your writing on a USB memory stick too.
A. Find three or more sources of information about your research area.
B. You can find information using the suggestions from Mike and Mina, including the information in the Research Resources on the zemi website, and/or do your own search for information.
C. You can use a combination of Japanese and English sources but please try to use at least one English source.
D. Make a double page (2 pages) of notes in your A4 notebook OR on three pages of notes on a tablet.
E. At the top of your notes put Research Notes 3 and the date.
F. Include your research questions in your notes to organise the information you find.
G. Make clear, visual, well organised notes about the interesting and useful information. Try to write in words and phrases and use visual symbols (boxes, arrows, bullet point lists, etc) as much as possible and try NOT to write in long sentences. You can look at some examples of note-taking to help you.
H. Try to include visuals such as photos, graphs, charts, diagrams, and cartoons that communicate information about your group/community.
J. At the end of your notes, write a list of references for the sources of information you looked at (author, date, title, organisation/publisher, URL etc)
K. Take a photo of your notes, and give it the filename: DEJ22 09 RC3 RN3 Your Name.
L. Upload the photo of your research notes to your folder in the Shared Google Drive. Make sure that your notes can be seen the right way up in your folder.
M. Again, make sure to keep a copy of your work in a folder on your computer or memory stick.
You will need to use your gmail address/Google ID for this (and log out of your Chuo zengaku ID).
A. Go to the Research Cycle 3 page in your individual webpage and make a new section to write in write, using Insert Tt Test box from the menu on the right. You may need to click on the pencil icon in the bottom right corner first.
B. Put the title Research Journal 1 at the top of this new section and make this a heading from the menu above.
C. Write 200-300 words (400-600 ji) in English and/or Japanese about these questions:
Which research area are you interested in focusing on in the 2nd semester? What is interesting for you about this area, how did you get interested in it, and how does it connect with and build on what you learnt in the 1st semester?
What have you learnt about this reseach area from your research in Week 1?
What do you want to find out/learn/understand about your research area in this cycle? What are three or more research questions for you now?
What are some interesting concepts or ideas that you would like to use to help understand/make sense of your research in this cycle?
D. Put the number of words at the end.
E. Keep a copy of your work on a USB or on your computer.
In your research this week, please try to include the voices and stories of people affected by and involved in the issue/area you are looking at ('toujisha' voices and stories).
A. Find three or more sources of information about your research area.
B. You can find information using the suggestions from Mike and Mina, including the information in the Research Resources on the zemi website, and/or do your own search for information.
C. You can use a combination of Japanese and English sources but please try to use at least one English source.
D. Make a double page (2 pages) of notes in your A4 notebook OR on three pages of notes on a tablet.
E. At the top of your notes put Research Notes 2 and the date.
F. Include your research questions in your notes to organise the information you find.
G. Make clear, visual, well organised notes about the interesting and useful information. Try to write in words and phrases and use visual symbols (boxes, arrows, bullet point lists, etc) as much as possible and try NOT to write in long sentences. You can look at some examples of note-taking to help you.
H. Try to include visuals such as photos, graphs, charts, diagrams, and cartoons that communicate information about your group/community.
J. At the end of your notes, write a list of references for the sources of information you looked at (author, date, title, organisation/publisher, URL etc)
K. Take a photo of your notes, and give it the filename: DEJ22 08 RC3 RN2 Your Name.
L. Upload the photo of your research notes to your folder in the Shared Google Drive. Make sure that your notes can be seen the right way up in your folder.
M. Again, make sure to keep a copy of your work in a folder on your computer or memory stick.