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| GEOG0259-1 | Initiation in documentary research and science communication
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| Duration : | 10h Th, 20h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Bernadette Merenne‑Schoumaker |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | Those seminars are structured around four themes
1. How to start a research: choice of the topic, design of objectives, definition of the problem...
2. How to seek pieces of information: in libraries, on the Internet, starting from speeches delivered by experts...
3. How to take advantage of the collected information: by taking notes, filling a reading form, writing a summary or a synthesis, structuring one's documents, criticising one's references, converting tables into graphs, extracting pieces of information from a map...
4. How to present one's results: by conceiving and writing a report, presenting a bibliography, quoting one's sources, designing Powerpoint slides in order to support an oral speech... |
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| Course objective : | To train students in documentary research, in writing and presenting reports
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| Prerequisites : | None |
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| Workshops : | See herafter "Organsation" |
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| Organization : | Alternance of short theoretical sessions and application exercises (20 hours).
Final production of a file/report dealing with one of the themes from the course " Introduction to Economical Geography " (GEOG 0205-1): written work and oral presentation supported by Powerpoint slides). |
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| Written notes : | Documents and methodological sheets delivered during the several sessions |
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| Assessment : | Application exercises : 30 % of the quotation
Final report (written work and oral presentation) : 70 % of the quotation.
Works evaluated and graded jointly by the student, the teaching-assistant and the professor |
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| Contacts : | Professeur :
B. Mérenne-Schoumaker
tél. : 04/366 53 24 - fax : 04/366 56 30
e-mail : B.Merenne@ulg.ac.be
- Assistant : G.Devillet, Institut de Géographie,
Sart Tilman, B11 - 4000 Liège
tél. : 04/366 53 19 - fax : 04/366 56 30
e-mail : G.Devillet@ulg.ac.be(G.Devillet@ulg.ac.be)
- Secrétaire : C. Sarto
tél. : 04/366 56 23 - fax : 04/366 56 30
e-mail : C.Sarto@ulg.ac.be - Professeur : |
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