Andy Turner's GEOG1035 2011 to 2012 Web Page @ School of Geography, University of Leeds

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- 2011-12-05 Meeting 9: Now We Can Read and Write...
  - Discussion
    - The citation exercise and what was found out
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    - The issue of 'relevance', and the Bell (2009) chapter
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    - Reflection on all we've learned this semester, and the honing of some key academic skills.
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  - Students are to bring all the non-assessed work from tutorials 1, 3, 4 and 7, and hand it in.
- 2011-11-28 Meeting 8: Who reads all this?
  - The citations of a document in a set of other documents are evidence of the impact of that document in the set of other documents.
  - Metrics of citations of work in academic peer reviewed journals are often used as evidence of the impact of a single article, of a journal volume, of a journal, and of all the work of an author.
    - The h-index is an index that attempts to measure both the productivity and impact of the published work of a scientist or scholar.
      - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-index
  - Task: Find online evidence of the citation/impact of Stillwell and Phillips (2006) and Unsworth et al. (2011)
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  - Useful resources
    - Web of Knowledge
      - http://wok.mimas.ac.uk/
  - Homework tasks:
    - Document your findings from the citation/impact exercise and bring this to the next tutorial
    - Read:
      - Bell, D. (2009) Relevance: human geography, policy geography and public geographies, in Clifford, N., Holloway, S., Rice S., Valentine, G. (eds) Key Concepts in Geography second edition (London: Sage)
    - Write a 1000-word critical summary (and accompanying 1-sentence summary) of Bell (2009), showing off all you've learned in these tutorials about how to summarise effectively
      - Turnitin
        
        Group 1
        
        https://vlebb.leeds.ac.uk/webapps/turn-plgnhndl-bb_bb60/links/submit.jsp?course_id=_341753_1&content_id=_1524574_1&orig_id=_1524574_1
        
        Group 2
        
        https://vlebb.leeds.ac.uk/webapps/turn-plgnhndl-bb_bb60/links/submit.jsp?course_id=_341753_1&content_id=_1524575_1&orig_id=_1524575_1
- 2011-11-23 Feedback about 'evaluative critique' and the homework task
  - A student was "having difficulty in writing my essay due to the description in the handbook. Is the 'evaluative critique' of the essays on anything in particular, such as the methods used in the articles? Is there an exact title question available for me to base the essay on?"
  - Here is the gist of my reply:
    - The title for your essay is:
      - An evaluative critique of Stillwell and Phillips (2006) and Unsworth et.al. (2011)
    - From my readings of evaluative critique essay writing, my advice is to identify and select some criteria to base judgements on and to reflect on why you chose those criteria.
    - Write your document so that it can be appreciated by someone who has not read the articles you are producing an evaluative critique of.
    - Here are some questions that might help:
      - What is each article about?
      - Are there key themes and methods of analysis?
      - What data do the use?
      - Who were they written for?
      - Who were they written by?
      - When were they written?
      - Are the arguments or descriptions still relevant?
      - How objectively are they written?
      - How subjective is the research on which they are based?
      - In what contexts will they be useful to you and others?
      - Do they link with other useful documents?
      - How do they compare?
      - What do they have in common?
      - In order to read and understand all the points in each article, does the reader need background information or expertise? If so, is this made clear?
      - Are terms and concepts well defined, or is there jargon?
      - Is there a crux (a basic, central, or critical point) to each article?
      - Do you agree or disagree with anything in the articles strongly?
      - Do you agree with the conclusions?
      - Do you agree that the conclusions can be inferred from the analysis presented?
      - Is there anything wrong with how the work was done?
- 2011-11-21 Meeting 7: What do we do research for?
  - Discussion
    - Research impact
      - How do we measure the impact of research?
      - What data are there on the readership of documents and how reliable are they?
      - Citations, acknoledgements and giving others credit for the work they do.
    - Evaluative critique
      - Peer review
      - References
        
        https://www.owens.edu/writing/critique.html
        
        http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/ndemers/10974/Peerreview.html
        
        http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/critrev.html
    - Definitions
      - Epistemology
        
        Study of knowledge
        
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology
      - Objectivity (in academic enquiry)
        
        Something objective will have tried to consider the subject of study from different viewpoints
        
        Geographically, we can look at different scales and resolutions, spatially, temporally and with reference to different attributes.
        
        It is almost impossible to give a completely objective analytically view of data, yet letting the data speak for themselves and identifying patterns in data is a key exploratory approach and one that
        
        Variable selection can be subjective, without Attempting to find general rather than something specific or unique to a particular subject rather.
      - Objectivity in academic writing
        
        http://www.uefap.com/writing/feature/featfram.htm
        
        Academic writing tends to be less personal and has fewer words that refer to the writer or the reader.
        
        This means that the main emphasis should be on the information that you want to give and the arguments you want to make, rather than you.
      - Subjectivity (in academic enquiry)
      - Normativity (in academic enquiry)
        
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normative
  - Useful resources
    - Gillett, A. (2011) Using English for Academic Purposes: A Guide for Students in Higher Education [Online] http://www.uefap.com/ [Accessed on] 2011-11-21
    - Web of Knoweldge
      - http://wok.mimas.ac.uk/
  - Homework task: write a 1000-word evaluative critique of both articles, drawing on other references beyond the two key readings.
    - Turnitin
      - Group 1
        
        https://vlebb.leeds.ac.uk/webapps/turn-plgnhndl-bb_bb60/links/submit.jsp?course_id=_341753_1&content_id=_1520417_1&orig_id=_1520417_1
      - Group 2
        
        https://vlebb.leeds.ac.uk/webapps/turn-plgnhndl-bb_bb60/links/submit.jsp?course_id=_341753_1&content_id=_1520418_1&orig_id=_1520418_1
- 2011-11-14 Meeting 6: Biographies and the challenge of collaboration
  - Students are expected to have:
    - Found out about the professional biographies of all the authors of the Stillwell and Phillips (2006) and Unworth et al. (2011) articles.
    - Reflected on how these articles fit in with the authors other published work?
    - Searched for clues about what kind of geographers (or non-geographers) the authors are and brought along any 'evidence' for discussion.
  - Discussion
    - Bibliographies of the authors
      - Why is important to consider the authors of a document (and funders of research) in critically reviewing research articles?
    - Peer review
      - Closed
      - Open
      - Impacts on research
    - How and why do academics decide to co-author work?
    - Collaborative working
      - Advantages
        
        ...
      - Disadvantages
        
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  - Homework task: Re-read Unsworth et al. (2011) and make notes on method comparison of this and Stillwell and Phillips (2006)
- 2011-11-07 Meeting 5: Feedback on assessed work and initial discussion and reflection of Unsworth et al. (2011)
  - Students are expected to have:
    - Accessed, read and taken notes on Unsworth et al. (2011)
    - Unsworth, R., Ball, S., Bauman, I., Chatterton, P., Goldring, A., Hill, K. and Julier, G. (2011) Building resilience and well-being in the margins within the city, City 15: 181-203 [On-line] http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13604813.2011.568697 [Accessed on] 2011-11-03.
  - Discussion and reflection
    - Discussion of the article...
    - Reading and note taking practices
    - Feedback on student summaries of a key reference from Stillwell and Phillips (2006)
      - Some excellent work
        
        A Wordle was included by one student
        
        http://www.wordle.net/
        
        A Wordle is a graphical information representation (infographic) where a selection of the most frequently occurring terms in a body of text are written together in a clump where the size of each word or term reflects the number of times that it occurs in the text.
        
        Analysing such a visualisation is limited, but they are pretty and the frequency of terms that are used is a document or collection of documents gives us some idea about what they are concerned with.
      - Key references identified by students
        
        Phillips, D. (2006) "Parallel lives? Challenging discourses of British Muslim self-segregation" Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 24(1) 25 - 40 doi:10.1068/d60j [On-line] http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/d60j [Accessed on] 2011-11-07.
        
        Community Cohesion: A Report of the Independent Review Team (2011) [On-line] http://www.communities.gov.uk/archived/publications/communities/communitycohesionreport [Accessed on] 2011-11-07.
        
        Johnston, R., Forrest, J., Poulsen, M. (2002) Are there Ethnic Enclaves/Ghettos in English Cities? Urban Stud April 2002 vol. 39 no. 4 591-618 doi: 10.1080/00420980220119480 [On-line] http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00420980220119480 [Accessed on] 2011-11-07.
        
        Johnston, R., Forrest, J., Poulsen, M. (2002) The ethnic geography of EthniCities The 'American model' and residential concentration in London Ethnicities 2002 2: 209 doi: 10.1177/1468796802002002657 [On-line] http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468796802002002657 [Accessed on] 2011-11-07.
  - Additional related literature/information
    - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_England_riots
    - Gaffikin, F., Morrissey, M. (2011) Community Cohesion and Social Inclusion: Unravelling a Complex Relationship Urban Studies May 1, 2011 48: 1089-1118 DOI: 10.1177/0042098010374509 Urban Stud 2011 48: 1089 [On-line] http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0042098010374509 [Accessed on] 2011-11-07.
    - Uslaner, E.M. (2010) Segregation, mistrust and minorities Ethnicities December 1, 2010 10: 415-434 doi: 10.1177/1468796810378325 [On-line] http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1468796810378325 [Accessed on] 2011-11-07.
    - Johnston, R., Forrest, J., Poulsen, M. (2002) Are there Ethnic Enclaves/Ghettos in English Cities? Urban Stud April 2002 vol. 39 no. 4 591-618 doi: 10.1080/00420980220119480 [On-line] http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00420980220119480 [Accessed on] 2011-11-07.
  - Homework task
    - Find out about the professional biographies of all the authors of both articles. How do these articles fit in with their other work? Can we find any clues about what kind of geographers (or non-geographers) they are? Bring any 'evidence' that you manage to find to next week's tutorial.
    - Unfortunately the web site http://www.loveitshareit.org is not currently online and is not captured by The Internet Archive
    - http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EGtYNzCuh0oC&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=http://www.leedsloveitshareit.org/&source=bl&ots=_s9tf-3wUk&sig=mTtEEKy9nMBJr0XcQn_za4-raww&hl=en&ei=nx64Tt3HKsP08QPZloSjBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDIQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=leedsloveitshareit&f=false
- 2011-10-24 Meeting 4: Methods and the Research Process
  - Discussion
    - Methods
      - Data
      - Statistics
      - Analysis of statistics (including figures)
    - Research process
  - Homework task:
    - Identify one key reference used in Stillwell and Phillips (2006), find it online or in the library, read it, summarise it and discuss its purpose in their article (is it something conceptual they are applying? Is it some previous data they are updating? Is it something they are arguing against? Does it discuss broader issues that they are contextualising in Leeds?). Submit this 1000-word discussion via Turnitin and in hard copy at least two working days before your next tutorial.
    - Dual submit these:
      - Turnitin
        
        Group 1
        
        https://vlebb.leeds.ac.uk/webapps/turn-plgnhndl-bb_bb60/links/submit.jsp?course_id=_341753_1&content_id=_1502768_1&orig_id=_1502768_1
        
        Group 2
        
        https://vlebb.leeds.ac.uk/webapps/turn-plgnhndl-bb_bb60/links/submit.jsp?course_id=_341753_1&content_id=_1502772_1&orig_id=_1502772_1
      - On paper via the box in reception.
- 2011-10-17 Meeting 3: Summary of Summaries
  - Discussion
    - Collusion and sharing
    - Thoughts on others summaries
    - Short summaries
    - Published abstract of Stillwell and Phillips (2006)
      - Comparison with their summaries
      - Critique
    - The role of abstracts
  - Homework task:
    - Re-read Stillwell and Phillips article (2006), but with a focus on their research methods. How did they collect their data? And how did they analyse it? Read around the methods used (in a methods textbook or similar); write a 1-page description of the chosen method, the rationale for its use, and how successful you think it is for supporting their research findings. Bring this to the next tutorial to aid discussion.
  - Students were provided with paper copies of the Turnitin feedback of each others work
- 2011-10-10 Meeting 2: Effective Summarising
  - Turnitin report feedback was provided for summaries submitted
  - Discussion
    - Reading and making use of Turnitin reports
    - Plagiarism and note taking
    - Collaborating and referring to each others work
    - Clearly marking the authorship of documents produced
    - Summaries
      - Common strengths
      - Common weaknesses
      - Outstanding or unusual approaches
    - Students were provided with paper copies of the Turnitin feedback of each others work
  - Homework task:
    - Read and compare your fellow tutees' summaries - what do they have in common? What different things did they pick out? Re-read Stillwell and Phillips (2006) in light of the summaries - are they a fair reflection of the article? Write a 500-word commentary on the collated summaries. Bring this along to the next tutorial to aid discussion.
- 2011-10-03 Meeting 1
  - I was away last week and introductions were done by email.
  - Students were expected to have:
    - Found the Stillwell and Phillips (2006) article in the University Library
    - Taken a photocopy of the article and have a photograph as evidence of being in the library with the article
    - Read the article and made some notes
    - Brought notes along with them to the tutorial
  - The main topic of discussion was plagiarism, how to take notes, collaborate and produce non-plagiarised work.
  - Skills@Library resources
  - Stillwell, J., Phillips, D., (2006) Diversity and Change: Understanding the Ethnic Geographies of Leeds. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 32:7, 1131-1152. [online] http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691830600821851 [Accessed on] 2011-09-03.
  - We discussed the content of the paper and what effort it took to read it and how we might review it.
  - Homework task:
    - Write a 1000 word limit summary of Stillwell and Phillips (2006).
    - Write a 50 word limit summary of Stillwell and Phillips (2006).
    - Dual submit these:
      - Turnitin
        
        Group 1
        
        https://vlebb.leeds.ac.uk/webapps/turn-plgnhndl-bb_bb60/links/submit.jsp?course_id=_341753_1&content_id=_1480002_1orig_id=_1480002_1
        
        Group 2
        
        https://vlebb.leeds.ac.uk/webapps/turn-plgnhndl-bb_bb60/links/submit.jsp?course_id=_341753_1&content_id=_1480003_1orig_id=_1480003_1
      - On paper via the box in reception.

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