ACADEMIC WRITING Note Taking
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ACADEMIC WRITING NOTE TAKING Note Taking Example: Question Discuss the main issues in political debates about Australia’s immigration policy. Differing attitudes to multiculturalism have been identified as a key issue in debates on immigration policy in Australia. Opponents of multiculturalism have argued that, rather than maintaining their own culture, new immigrants should adapt to Anglo-Australian customs S and values, and that preference should be given to immigrants from countries with a British Student Learning and Academic Development, Student Centre heritage (Tisdell 1998). In contrast, proponents of a multicultural Australia have highlighted UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA the social and economic importance of being open to new ideas and cultures (International Social Survey Programme 2003, cited in Markus 2011). While this debate continues, the finding in one survey that close to 90% of respondents agreed that ‘cultural diversity is a positive influence in the community’ (Markus 2011, p.93) suggests that most Australians are in fact in favour of diversity and multiculturalism. Want to know more? Come and see us at Student Learning or visit Drop In, Student Centre, University of Tasmania. Call 6226 7595 or email student.learning@utas.edu.au for a learning skills consultation. Our website: http://www.utas.edu.au/student-learning/ 2014 ACADEMIC WRITING NOTE TAKING Effective Research and Note Taking Effective note taking makes it easier to remember where information comes from and to integrate your sources into your own writing. In the below example, the student has made notes in a way that makes it easy to see the similar and different ideas different writers have about a topic. Question Discuss the main issues in political debates about Australia’s immigration policy. Tisdell 1998 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Markus 2011 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx more migrants from British backgrounds migrants should change to AngloAustralian ways etc etc Research question 1: What are the arguments against Student Learning multiculturalism? S and Academic Development, Student Centre UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA Research question 2: What are the arguments in favour of multiculturalism? positive economic impacts of migration from diverse countries • social and economic • • • importance of diversity (International Social Survey Programme 2003) Survey – 88% agree cultural diversity is a good thing (p.93) etc etc References: Tisdell, C 1998, ‘Migration to Australia with particular reference to Asian migration’, Economic Issues No. 1, University of Queensland, viewed 3 July 2014, <http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:10490/EI01_98.pdf>. Markus, A 2011, ‘Attitudes to multiculturalism and cultural diversity’, in J Jupp and M Clyne (eds.), Multiculturalism & Integration: A Harmonious Relationship, ANU ePress, ACT, Australia, pp. 89-100. Want to know more? Come and see us at Student Learning or visit Drop In, Student Centre, University of Tasmania. Call 6226 7595 or email student.learning@utas.edu.au for a learning skills consultation. Our website: http://www.utas.edu.au/student-learning/ 2014 ACADEMIC WRITING NOTE TAKING Blank Template Source 1 Author ______________ Date ________________ Publication details _________________ _________________ Source 2 Author ______________ Date ________________ Publication details ________________ ________________ Source 3 Author ______________ Date ________________ Publication details ________________ ________________ etc Research question or topic 1 Research question or Student topic 2 S Learning and Academic Development, Student Centre UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA Want to know more? Come and see us at Student Learning or visit Drop In, Student Centre, University of Tasmania. Call 6226 7595 or email student.learning@utas.edu.au for a learning skills consultation. Our website: http://www.utas.edu.au/student-learning/ 2014
