Academic Skills
Informacje ogólne
Kod przedmiotu: | CES-BA-11 |
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: | (brak danych) / (brak danych) |
Nazwa przedmiotu: | Academic Skills |
Jednostka: | Instytut Studiów Europejskich |
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Punkty ECTS i inne: |
4.00
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Język prowadzenia: | angielski |
Zajęcia w cyklu "Semestr letni 2023/2024" (w trakcie)
Okres: | 2024-02-26 - 2024-06-16 |
Przejdź do planu
PN WT ŚR CW
CZ PT |
Typ zajęć: |
Ćwiczenia, 30 godzin, 15 miejsc
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Koordynatorzy: | Izabela Nawrot-Adamczyk | |
Prowadzący grup: | Izabela Nawrot-Adamczyk | |
Lista studentów: | (nie masz dostępu) | |
Zaliczenie: | Przedmiot - Egzamin | |
Cele kształcenia: | (tylko po angielsku) Accompany students in developing scientific narrative skills. Provide the students with adequate intellectual tools to help them perform better academic tasks and enhance the writing, research, presentation, critical thinking skills. Support students in developing self-confidence while communicating their reflections and outcomes of their research. Encourage students to listen and pay attention to their peers' work, intellectual strategies and academic reflections. |
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Efekty kształcenia: | (tylko po angielsku) K1_U02 (++) Ability to read, understand, and perform a critical analysis of texts relating to subjects associated with European Studies (and political sciences); K1_U05 (++) Ability to correctly apply the terminology pertaining to the academic disciplines in European Studies (and political sciences); K1_U09 (+) Ability to write simple essays on an academic subject using a suitable selection of source materials and workshop resources; ability to write a final diploma paper entailing appropriately formulated and verified research hypotheses whilst maintaining the principles of objective and honest academic research; K1_K01(++) Awareness of the level of his/her knowledge and skills, and appreciation of the need for continual education and enhancement of his/her professional and personal skills; ability to plan his/her further development. |
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Wymagania wstępne: | (tylko po angielsku) None |
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Forma i warunki zaliczenia: | (tylko po angielsku) Attendance is mandatory (students missing more than two classes will need to meet with the teacher and make up the missing classes). Missing more than 50% of the classes will result in failure of the course. Delivering alassignments, showing full engagement in class / online, participating in final semianr activityand completing with success the written assessment. Obtaining a satisfactory grade at the end of the semester. |
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Metody sprawdzania i kryteria oceny efektów kształcenia uzyskanych przez studentów: | (tylko po angielsku) Workshop and tutorial sessions • In-class/online participation and continuous class/home assignments (deliverables): 25% • Short report (brief communication paper): 50% Final seminar (25%) • In-class/online presentation: 15% • Peer review: 10% |
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Metody dydaktyczne - słownik: | Metody eksponujące - ekspozycja |
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Metody dydaktyczne: | (tylko po angielsku) Active Learning activities; expository methods; demonstrating methods; practical methods – short group discussion; seminar & production tasks; problem-solving methods; Programmed learning – with the use of the computer and textbook; seminar presentation; learning by teaching Note: all activities can be performed in the classroom format/ off-class format and will be adapted to be conducted online if necessary. |
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Bilans punktów ECTS: | (tylko po angielsku) 4.0 |
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Skrócony opis: |
(tylko po angielsku) The main aim of the course is to provide the students with adequate intellectual tools to help them perform better academic tasks and enhance their writing, research, presentation, critical thinking skills. During the session, students are invited to practice and improve 39 specific skills related to 12 aspects of academic competencies, namely: i) navigating in Academia; ii) understanding academic and scientific narratives; iii) reflecting academically on social issues and scientific problems; iv) searching for sources and finding relevant data; v) performing effective reading; vi) outlining ideas; vii) using and reporting sources; viii) fine tuning academic discourse and writing; ix) supporting one's argument using visual elements; x) giving insightful presentations; xi) critically processing information; xii) providing peers with constructive reviewing and feedback. |
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Pełny opis: |
(tylko po angielsku) Navigating in Academia / Overview of the course Skill 1: Decoding academia and its disciplines Main aims: (i) Review the syllabus; (ii) Clarify the notion of academic skills Understanding academic and scientific narratives Skill 2: Decrypting scientific narratives I: describing, explaining, predicting Skill 3: Decrypting scientific narratives II: understanding the logic of the scientific discourse(s) and models Skill 4: Decrypting scientific narratives III: distinguishing causality from correlation Main aim: Understand the mechanics of the scientific/academic discourse(s) (storytelling) Reflecting academically on social issues and scientific problems Skill 5: Defining concepts and explaining them in simple words Skill 6: Formulating and scoping a research problem Skill 7: Designing a good research question Main aim: Formulate clearly a problem and justify its significance Searching for sources and finding relevant data Skill 8: Finding reliable academic sources Skill 9: Managing data, literature sources and knowledge Main aims: (i) Skim informational resource to determine usefulness; (ii) use search features/ platforms effectively Effective reading Skill 10: Scanning, skimming and reading efficiently academic texts Skill 11: Taking notes efficiently. Skill 12: Using conceptual mapping Main aims: (i) Selecting relevant information; (ii) annotate a text; iii) compare different methods for taking notes Outlining your ideas Skill 13: Planning your academic assignments (reports, essay, poster) Skill 14: Structuring your academic storytelling Main aim: Organize thoughts and make an academic project outline Using and reporting sources Skill 15: Paraphrasing, summarizing and quoting effectively Skill 16: Citing sources Skill 17: Finetuning a bibliography Main aims: (i) Know when and how to paraphrase, summarise, quote and cite; (ii) build a bibliography using a wide range of sources Finetuning your academic discourse and writing Skill 18: Polishing your introduction and conclusion Skill 19: Reducing the word counts Skill 20: Crafting an abstract Main aims: Review the kinds of introductions; (ii) review the elements of a conclusion; writing an abstract; (iv) reduce the length of a text without losing any important ideas Supporting your argument using visual elements Skill 21: Selecting meaningful images and dealing with intellectual property Skill 22: Using graphs Skill 23: Interpreting and producing maps Main aim: Using appropriately visual information to convince your audience Giving insightful presentations Skill 24: Preparing a presentation and sharing your results/scientific insights Skill 25: Popularize scientific knowledge for the general public Skill 26: Understanding rhetorical mechanisms Main aims: (i) communicate efficiently; (ii) convince your audience; (iii) enter in a constructive dialogue with other actors from your community Critically processing information Skill 27: Identify and assess the sources of knowledge Skill 28: Detecting biases and avoiding them Main aims: (i) Analyze an argument; (ii) detect reasoning fallacies Constructive Peer-reviewing Skill 29: Reviewing your peers Skill 30: Dealing with feedback Skill 31: Listening, participating and asking relevant questions Main aims: (i) Review the best practices in peer-reviewing; (ii) Dealing with positive and adversarial feedback Student seminar and round table Skill 32: Participating actively in your research/ study community Main aims: (i) present in a convincing manner a short report (brief communication paper) and deal with question from an audience; (ii) provide constructive feedback; (iii) ask and answer questions appropriately keep this date free in the event of a change in the calendar |
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Literatura: |
(tylko po angielsku) Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., Williams, J. M., Bizup, J., & Fitzgerald, W. T. (2016). The Craft of Research. In Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (Fourth Edi). The University of Chicago Press Chicago. Day, T. (2013). Success in Academic Writing. Palgrave Macmillan. Gillett, A., Hammond, A., & Martala, M. (2009). Inside Track. Successful Academic Writing. Pearson Education Limited. Greetham, B. (2001). How to Write Better Essays. Palgrave. Haynes, A. (2010). Writing successful academic books. In Writing Successful Academic Books. Cambridge University Press. Huang, L.-S. (2010). Academic Communication Skills. Conversation Strategies for International Graduate Students. University Press of America. Matthews, R., & Lally, J. (2010). The Thinking Teacher’s Toolkit. Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives. Continuum International Publishing Group. Shapiro, E. S. (2011). Academic Skills Problems. In Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (Fourth edition). The Guilford Press. Shively, W. P. (2017). The Craft of Political Research. In T. Edition (Ed.), The Craft of Political Research. Routledge. Turner, K., Ireland, L., Krenus, B., & Pointon, L. (2010). Essential academic skills. Oxford University Press. http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/10316 * Several other articles on various topics will be proposed to students during the semester |
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Uwagi: |
(tylko po angielsku) The course is prepared to be conducted in a classroom format. However, all activities including the final seminar can be adapted and conducted online through MS teams if the situation required moving from face-to-face to online format. 1. Navigating in Academia / Overview of the course (8.10) 2. Understanding academic and scientific narratives (15.10) 3. Reflecting on social issues and scientific problems (22.10) 4. Searching for sources and finding relevant data (29.10) 5. Effective reading (5.11) 6. Outlining your ideas (19.11) 7. Using and reporting sources (26.11 - to be confirmed) 8. Finetuning your academic discourse and writing (03.12) 9. Supporting your argument using visual elements (10.12) 10. Giving insightful presentations (17.12) 11. Critically processing information (07.1) 12. Constructive Peer-reviewing (14.01) 13. Student seminar and round table (21.01) |
Właścicielem praw autorskich jest Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie.