Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
LSGI1B02 Climate Change and Society
Assignment - Semester 3 2014-15
Task
In considering solutions to the problem of global warming, state whether you agree with the statement by Tickell ((1996), in Houghton, Chapter 8 p.210) “Mostly we know what to do but we lack the will to do it”. Give reasoned arguments in support of your opinion.
Weighting: 40% of subject assessment (10% by ELC, 30% by Subject Leader)
Schedule
1. Submit the first draft (1000 words) to ELC via Learn@PolyU by 11:59 pm, 12 Friday, June 2015.
2. The first draft should already have the basic structure with major section headings and sub-headings, as well as an indication of what you intend to put in each section.
3. Submit
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For example, you can consider different human communities/countries and their beliefs and value systems which may influence what they know about climate change and what they are doing about it. Or you may take an approach starting with those countries/communities which are doing most/least about global warming and analysing why in terms of their level of knowledge or the main values in society.
The essay is not about the causes, processes, consequences or remedies of climate change NB. This course is Climate Change and Society with emphasis on society’s response.
The conclusion should restate your stance on the statement and summarize the main arguments in the body. You should also briefly discuss the implications based on the arguments in the body of the essay.
In the references section, you should list all the sources you have referred to such as journal articles and books by following the APA format. At least 5 sources should be included. Web-based materials that lack reliability should be avoided. All sources must be cited in the paragraphs of the essay. Refer to the following websites for the APA style: http://elc.polyu.edu.hk/Referencing/APA.aspx http://www.apastyle.org/learn/index.aspx http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ Marking criteria by subject leader
1 Content (30%): task fulfilment; relevance and comprehensiveness of information provided about topic; logic and
A strategy I will use to ensure that I have properly cited my sources will be to utilize me resource table that I enter all used resources. This allows me to access these resources easily, ensure I have the proper APA format, and
* Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
1. Sources are cited in the body of the paper using APA format (up to 5 points)
Topic and Questions: What is the author 's topic and what questions does she attempt to answer? That is describe, who, what, when, and where. The author should explain her topic and questions in the first few pages of her article (Limit 200 words).
The following video tutorial gives instruction on writing an effective conclusion to an essay: http://polaris.umuc.edu/ewc/tutorials/conclusions/
Separation of Primary and Secondary Sources are required. Separate your bibliography into two sections: one for primary sources and one for secondary sources. Some sources may be considered either primary or secondary so use your annotations to explain your reason for classifying any sources that are not clearly primary or secondary. Listing a source under both primary and secondary is not allowed.
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions specific to the selected topic. (Note: Students can find APA style materials located in the course shell for reference.)
Here are some example citations and references. In some cases, I have simplified, maybe over simplified some of the rules. I will be happy if you use the basics. You might want to ask your professor if you need to be more of a stickler. Here are citations for a book (Giorgi, 2009), a journal article (J. B. Walther, 1995), a web site (American Psychological Association, 2010), an edited book (Rehorick & Bentz, 2008), a section of a book (Polkinghorne, 1989), and a government document (National Institutes of Health, 2008). Here is what it looks like if
Also I have learned that by doing the draft step by step as in introduction, body, and conclusion also helped me get through the process of writing the draft. Not doing all the draft at once really helped because if did not feel the pressure of having to finish it all together. First, I would do the introduction and then maybe thirty or sixty minutes later, I would do the body, then after another short brake, I would do the conclusion. This has helped a lot with my draft because between those breaks I would think of something else to include in the paper. As well as giving my self time to think this way of drafting gave me an opportunity to check me paper more thoroughly because I would check each section individually and that way I found mistakes I would have missed before.
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