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- www.dcu.ie/studentlearning Effective Reading Read What You Need Student Learning
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- Identify the difficulties in navigating academic text Know what to read Know how to find readings Learn a proven reading method Practice! Learning outcomes
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- 2 minute chat What difficulties can occur in reading academic texts? Issues
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- Group Brainstorm How do we know what to read? Selecting what to read
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- SOC001: Introduction to Sociology Essay: What is Sociology and what are its uses? Essential reading Matthewman et al. (2007). Being Sociological. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Further reading Bauman, P. (1990). Thinking Sociologically. Oxford: Blackwell. Giddens, A. (2001). Sociology: Introductory Readings, 2nd edn. Cambridge: Polity Press. Hadas, H. (2006). 'A welfare state paradox.' American Journal of Sociology 111 (6), pp.1910 1949. Nisbet, R. (1970). The Sociological Tradition. London: Heinemann. Seidmann, S. (2004). Contested Knowledge, 3rd edn. Abingdon: Routledge. Taylor, S. (1999). Sociology, Issues and Debates. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Source: Skills4Study Campus (2014, p. 7) Selecting what to read; reading list
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- Reference list of a recommended textbook/reading Google (scholar) Database search Ask lecturer Tips during lectures Selecting what to read; other ways
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- Finding what to read; the library
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- Reading techniques
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- Practice!
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- Check out Clarospeak text reading app https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gFy7o9vqMM#t=107 Reading technology
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- Further resources
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- Access these slides through loop
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- 1)Start reading now! 2)Use your reading list to its full potential 3)Use databases for web search 4)Try the SQ3R method 5)Embrace technology Top 5 take home points
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- Claro Software 2014. Claroread for PC overview video [Online]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gFy7o9vqMM#t=107 [Accessed 28 August 2014]. DCU 2014. DCU library [Online]. Available from: http://www.dcu.ie/library/index.shtml [Accessed 28 August 2014]. Skills4study Campus 2013. Reading and note making [Online]. Available from: http://www.skills4studycampus.com [Accessed 22 October 2013] Voice Dream 2014. Voice dream [Online]. Available from: http://www.voicedream.com [Accessed 28 August 2014]. References