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Look at the example research focuses

In each case, identify:

•What is the general topic area?

•From the list on the previous slide, which ways to focus the topic have been used?

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Look at the chart and answer the questions:

1.What is this student’s general area of interest?

2.What is the student’s specific (= focused) research topic?
To help find this focus, what questions did the student ask?

3.What is the student’s research question?

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Aim Key

Orange = what the researcher wants to find out

Green = the main purpose of finding this out

Purple = how the researcher might find this out

Look at the example focus and aim again and decide:

•In your opinion, why might this research focus be interesting and / or important?

•In your opinion, who might this research benefit, and how?

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Work in groups to complete the following:

1.Look at the examples added to the padlet and choose ONE focus and question for your group.

2.Use the resources below to complete and upload an example focus confirmation form for your group:

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First, we should log in the MUSE, find my service and click Starplus. Then, we can select the type of items to find the details of the article we want. After finding the article, we need to click it to get a lot of relevant information. Finally,we can read online to see the complete article.

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Work in pairs with another student who has already submitted their focus confirmation form.

1.Read your partner’s focus confirmation form and give feedback, by answering the questions above.

2.Ask for partner feedback on your uploaded focus confirmation form.

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See lesson 2 from week 2, activity 3 videos and documents to find out the following:

•How to find sources from module reading lists

•How to find sources from reference lists

•How to use Google Scholar

•How to develop a search strategy

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See 2.2 independent learning for information on

Developing a search strategy

Using Scopus

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Go to Wikipedia and type in key word(s) for your research topic/focus. • Scroll to the bottom of the page and look through the reference list. Find titles that look like they would be useful, and search for them in Starplus.