1. What does it mean to ‘contextualise’ a situation, word or term? Why is contextualising important?

2. To contextualise a situation, word or term, what three kinds of information might you look for?

3. Is it important to contextualise every single word / term in an ARC journal article that you don’t understand? Why / Why not?

• For which TWO highlighted terms in the example summary do you think more contextual information is needed? 

To help you to choose two terms, study the guidance questions on the next slide.

2.  Which context(s) does the student think are important: cultural, historical or specific subject knowledge? Why?

3.  Which background information source did the student use to find out more contextual information?

On the ‘Activities 3 & 4 incomplete example’ document, look at Contextual Reference 2. In this example, the student has not completed their notes.

• Open the link to the background source used in the notes: https://www.psychologistworld.com/influence-personality/conscientiousness-personality-trait.

• Use information from the link to add your own summary notes to the example.

• Write bullet point notes (around 50 words)

• Only include information relevant to employees / the workplace