Academic Writing and Referencing for your Education Degree [Paperback]

If you are embarking on a university-based education degree, including initial teacher training, the books in this series will help you acquire and develop the knowledge, skills and strategies you need to achieve your goals. They provide support in all areas important for university study, including institutional and disciplinary policy and practice, self-management, and research and communication. Tasks and activities are designed to foster aspects of learning which are valued in higher education, including learner autonomy and critical thinking, and to guide you towards reflective practice in your study and work life.

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Academic Writing and Referencing for your Education Degreeprovides you with a sound knowledge and understanding of:

• what constitutes good academic writing in education
• a range of strategies for writing successful essays and reports
• the importance of clarity and coherence in your writing about education
• how to improve your academic style, grammar and punctuation, and formatting and presentation
• referencing conventions in the field of education, and of how to avoid plagiarism.

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Gives you with a sound knowledge and understanding of what constitutes good academic writing in education through a range of strategies for writing successful essays and reports. Emphasises the importance of clarity and coherence in your writing about education and advises how to improve your academic style, grammar and punctuation, and formatting and presentation.

David Waughis a former deputy headteacher who has worked in Initial Teacher Training (ITT) from 1990 at the University of Hull, where he led the PGCE course and became Head of Department.? In 2008 he was appointed as a National Strategies Regional Adviser for ITT.? He is currently Director of the Primary PGCE at Durham University, where he is also subject leader for English. He has published extensively in primary EnglislÃ)