EDU705 Highlighted Handouts by MAS All Rounder

Lesson No. 1 · Purpose and Main Components of a Thesis · Topic 1: Purpose of the Thesis

To enable students to develop:

deeper knowledge understanding capabilities

mcq Overall goal is for student to display knowledge and capacity to:

contribute to research and development work deal with complex theoretical issues to plan and use adequate methods and evaluate

Thesis at the end of the programme offers the opportunity to:

delve deeply into and synthesize acquired knowledge VU

Topic 2: Writing Style and Audience

Audience and Purpose Context of writing Range of audience Authority readers or ‘critics’

Primary Audience (IMP Q. Primary Effect. How does it affect the audience) mcq - Scholarly community Real and imagined Internalize audience Supportive o Hostile o Adversarial

Secondary Audience External examiners Representative of scholarly community

Immediate Audience Supervisor Highly influential ‘Ideal Reader’ VU

Topic 5: Statement of Originality; Dedication and Acknowledgement

(IMP)• Statement of Originality: / (Copy right)

appears after the title page o may differ in form o declares that the work is your own Type text here

Dedications, Acknowledgements o dedication optional o acknowledgements on a separate page o no heading required

Dedications: a short statement of tribute Acknowledgements: statement of gratitude and recognition