1) Briefly describe the issues and why they are important. Explain what you are doing- a sort of methods which says where you looked, which search terms you used, dates, numbers of papers- see...

1) Briefly describe the issues and why they are important. Explain what you are doing- a sort of methods which says where you looked, which search terms you used, dates, numbers of papers- see ‘Examples of writing’ I have loaded onto Moodle.
This is using the work that we did in the First and Second Sessions- reading, academic writing, precis. In the second session we used more academic language and that is what is expected here. See Session 2!
Main Body of essay: 1800 words approx
2) Describe the evidence to support and to disprove what is being said.
You need to explain the findings in the papers, putting the arguments together for and against the literature that you find in your searches and discuss whether you think the findings are sound.
This is using the skills from Session 3- library sessions – to use search terms and search data bases and journals for the evidence , to use Session 4- looking at what is evidence and Session 5- introduction to critical analysis of the evidence.
Discussion- 300 words approx
3) Briefly propose what other evidence would you want to see in this to support or disprove what is being proposed?
This is using your skills from Session 4- designing research and Session 5- critical analysis to think about what is either missing from the literature or what you think needs to be looked at. This is a chance to bring together what you have learnt in the course and be a bit creative!