English
I854 – Academic Research and Writing
Academic Research and Writing
Version: 1
PD Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Marco Block-Berlitz
marco.block-berlitz(at)htw-dresden.de
Dr. phil. Hendrik Rohland
hendrik.rohland(at)htw-dresden.de
Englisch
3.00 Credits
90 Stunden
3.00 SWS (1.00 SWS Vorlesung | 2.00 SWS Übung)
75.00 Stunden
Alternative Prüfungsleistung - Portfolio
Wichtung: 100 % | Wird in englischer Sprache abgenommen
The course will have a seminar style with some introductory lectures. After the introduction of some important concepts and basics, will work an assignments and tasks from different stages of the research process. By doing so they will produce a portfolio on a research topic, which will be subject to grading.
The course aims to give the participants a sound understanding of scientific work processes and important tools. It's aim is to go beyond the re-iteration of formal obligations in scholarly writing and to foster a deeper understanding of the working of the scientific discourse. At the same time, it tries to convey the knowledge of important tools and techniques for efficient project- and self-management in the process of research and writing. Finally, a glimps on the possibilities for funding acquisition by grant writing is provided.
The course covers the following topics:
- The process of research
- Finding & defining a research topic
- Research techniques
- Literature research
- Data research
- Important resources
- Review and reading techniques
- Notetaking and knowledge organisation
- Presentation skills
- Exposé-writing
- Structuring of scholarly texts
- Formal requirements of scholarly texts
- Techniques of text processing and layout
- Citation
- AI-Tools for research
- Grant writing basics
- Important funding agencies
The participants of this course will
- ... know the ideas and standards underlying the scholarly research process.
- ... be able to find information using various plattforms and repositories with various research techniques.
- ... be able to formulate research questions and hypotheses.
- ... be able to efficiently assess the value of different sources with respect to their own research.
- ... be able to process, structure, organize, and present relevant information.
- ... be able to conform with the standards of scholarly writing.
- ... know about the most important aspects about research funding and grant writing.
- ... know some nationally and internationally important funding agencies.
By learning the tools, knowlege and practice provided in this course, the students will
- ... enhance their time- and selfmanagement.
- ... be able to apply a consistent scientific approach to research and problem-solving tasks.