Locating relevant and credible publications
​The ability to effectively locate and access professional knowledge is a fundamental component of research literacy. This module, Locating published professional knowledge, aims to foster key skills necessary for teachers of foreign, second or additional languages to engage with scholarly and professional resources. The primary focus of this module is on developing the teachers’ abilities to search for relevant and credible publications, and to filter search outputs in order to locate the publications that are most useful to them. The module emphasizes the importance of identifying the relevance of publications to teachers’ specific areas of interest and pedagogical contexts, while providing targeted instruction and practical application through specific activities.
What you will learn
When you have completed this module, you will be able to…
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Improve your learning practices, by developing the ability to locate appropriate learning resources based on your strengths, interests and needs.
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Efficiently search for information by creating a search strategy based on your needs, and by implement this strategy using focused and efficient search statements.
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Filter information by refining and optimising your research strategy in order to retrieve relevant and high-quality information.
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Retrieve potentially useful information, by efficiently using various academic databases and repositories where published knowledge is deposited, thus ensuring consistent success in locating the most pertinent scholarly sources.
What you will need
Internet access
Headphones (optionally)
Module 2 resources
Writing materials
Additional Resources
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Introductory Video
(coming soon)
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