Skills Development in the Social Sciences

Skills Development in the
Social Sciences

Week 4: Reading for Study
You will need to identify how and where to locate literature to read using skills
learnt last week . Your seminar lead will provide you with different texts. Use
them to answer the questions that follow
Text 1:
What is the general message that the author is conveying in this paper?
With the help of this paper i.e. 'Pros and cons of using the Mental Health Act for severe eating
disorders in adolescents' the author want to present a message about the increasing issue of eating
disorder among young people which I affecting their health badly and they require a quick medical
care for reducing its impact over health.
Who do you think is the audience for this piece ?
The audience for this study are young people who are experience quick weight gain and several health
related issues.
Why is the author stating this position on this subject?
The main reason behind author to select this position with the help of study is to create awareness
among young people regarding the severity of this weight gain due to eating disorder by presenting
them with consequences that they may face if it is get ignored.

Week 4: Reading for Study (Continued)
Text 2
What is the general message that the author is conveying in this paper?
Within the paper presented on Inactivity in childhood and adolescence, the author wants to
present a message that the children today as compare to 30 years ago found to be more
inactive. The physical activities among the children are decreasing with the maturation
among them and due to their changing habit like being more constant to watching TV and
playing computer games which is becoming a reason of increasing obesity. This lack of
physical activity is seen among girls more as compare to boys.
Who do you think is the audience for this piece?
The audience for this study is children and teenagers as they are getting more involve in computer
game and TV shows.
Why is the author stating this position on this subject?
The author presented this position with the help of study as the obesity has now become a major
concern within today’s generation which is actually increasing due to bad habit of involving less
physical activity in day to day practices.

Week 5: Essay vs Report writing
You are provided with a list of 10 deas about a topic. Your task is to use the ideas to
sketch a brief essay . To do this you should place teach of the 10 ideas in the right
box below. If you think an idea should be in the introduction , then
place it in the box for the introduction section. In this way, you will be creating
a logical flow of words and ideas from introduction to conclusion
Introduction Referencing not just limited to support a student to get connected with existing
research but also help in differentiating the idea of established arguments and
avoiding the issues of plagiarism. The current essay will discuss about the three major
reason behind referencing. Other than this it also discuss about the reason why
appropriate referencing consider to be essential for the academic work for the
students who remain new to higher education. Hence, this essay will be explaining
about the reason why referencing is consider to be an essential part within academic
writing.
Body The referencing is mainly done with three main reasons i.e. it supports student to
construct, structure, support and communicate about the arguments. Secondly, it helps
in linking the work of writer with existing body of knowledge, thirdly it provides
credibility to the academic work. When a argument within academic work is
performed then it require evidence support which are actually being provided by
referencing. The referencing practice also allows a writer to create a holistic work
using different perspective in order to prove their position from the available sources.
With the help of this the beginners can be able to adapt the precise as well as accurate
academic writing style. The referencing help in creating a collective, connection and
recognition with the body of knowledge which is consider to be the most valuable
reason for doing referencing from the theoretical point of view to link the network of
knowledge.
Conclusion Referencing a work shows that the writer has found the important material from
several sources which help in creating an academic clout within a particular
assignment. The main motive of referencing is to provide the credibility for argument
presented within the report in order to validate the information provided by writer and
keep them free from any kind of academic misconduct.