General Guidance

Reading Materials are also provided on Canvas, including access to some paywalled articles and publications. To access these you need to log in to the main Newcastle University Library web-page. The Library page also allows you to search to find new and alternative articles as illustrated in the "Introduction to the Library" session.

You may, however, also find some of the materials provided below of use when researching around the topic of this module, some of the links provided are not found within the library publication list so are provided here. 

As a general suggestion, 3-4 peer-reviewed academic articles, including those published in well-established online and printed journals and publications (including, for example, IMPACT magazine - The Journal of The Chartered College of Teaching), or published texts) should be referenced within each of your academic assigments.

Also, don't forget to ask your colleagues in school if they have any recommendations of contemporary reading which may help with your work - talk to them about what you are doing - they will hopefully be interested to hear about this and could learn from your thoughts and reading too!

Academic Reading and Writing

For details on how to show criticality in your reading and writing, and how to reference and quote materials from your reading, please see the Guide to Writing at Masters Level, and use the following Newcastle University instructional videos to help get it right!

Developing Your Criticality

• https://www.ncl.ac.uk/academic-skills-kit/study-skills/critical-thinking/ 

AI in Academic Work

• https://www.ncl.ac.uk/academic-skills-kit/good-academic-practice/artificial-intelligence/ 

Knowing how to Quote and Use the Harvard Referencing system

• https://www.ncl.ac.uk/academic-skills-kit/good-academic-practice/referencing/ 

• https://www.citethemrightonline.com/category-list?docid=CTRHarvard  

A brief PGCE Guide to Writing with Criticality

It is really important that you go beyond the descriptive to secure higher marks in Masters Level writing.

You should read the following guide for some practical advice and tips on writing more critically as part of your Literature Informed Review, your Weekly Evaluative Reviews, and your annotations for your Lesson plan in Module 1: