international students pursuing higher education in the United States it is will my topic I want to: First: The sources you choose for the annotated bibliography should be sources you will use in your research paper for the course. If you’re going to do all the work that an annotated bibliography entails, why not make it count! The assignment requires a minimum of ten annotated sources from the last five years. As you begin to do initial research, start to develop a potential research question from which your argument will ultimately come. For the purposes of the annotated bibliography, it will be best if the sources you find are used to support a single argument or thesis statement. You also want to include a variety of sources, i.e. books, reference sources, and peer-reviewed and published journal articles. Use the resources available here and others available from the library web site to locate your sources. Each entry of the annotated bibliography should include the full bibliographic information about the work according to APA (6th edition). Each annotation should: summarize the main points and/or arguments, speak to the relevance of the source to your paper (ex. how will you use this source to counter or support yours or another source’s argument?), evaluate the credibility of the source (how do you know it’s credible?), and finally provide a brief explanation of how/where you found the source. Annotations are meant to be helpful for the writer/researcher; the information included in an annotation should be information that will be helpful to the writer/researcher as he/she begins the process of composing and integrating sources into the paper. Please note that APA requires the word "References" centered at the top of the page. Also, the actual annotations should begin on the line beneath each citation on the list aligned with the hanging indent. No extra spaces should be between the citation and the annotation; the entire document should be double-spaced. Because the sources that will compose your annotated bibliography will be tied to your paper, include your working paper premise or argument at the top of the first page of the annotated bibliography. Creating an annotated bibliography calls for the application of a variety of intellectual skills: concise exposition, succinct analysis, and informed library research. First, research, locate and record citations to books, periodicals, and documents that may contain useful information and ideas on your selected topic. Examine and review the actual items. Then choose ten (10) references that provide a variety of perspectives on your selected topic. Cite the book, article, or document using APA 6th Edition. Use only recent research from last 5 years. Write a concise annotation that summarizes the central theme and scope of the book or article. Include one or more sentences that (a) evaluate the authority or background of the author, (b) comment on the intended audience, (c) compare or contrast this work with another you have cited, or (d) explain how this reference illuminates your selected topic. You must additionally include in the annotation why and/or how the reference is significant and/or has an impact on your selected topic. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited to the selected topic. NOTE: This assignment is annotated bibliography and not abstract bibliography. Additionally, refer to hand out. Abstracts are the purely descriptive summaries often found at the beginning of scholarly journal articles or in periodical indexes. Annotations are descriptive and critical; they expose the author’s point of view, clarity and appropriateness of expression, and authority. Second: This assignment is designed to enable you to begin exploring a topic of interest within the area of leadership for possible future dissertation research. You are to determine/select a topic area for the research interest paper. Within the broad topic area, you will narrow the focus for this assignment. A review of literature related to the focused topic area will be conducted. This paper should reflect critical thinking to include (but not limited to) analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Use APA 6th Edition. Additionally, the paper must include the ten (10) required annotated bibliography references. A helpful hints: Do 10 minute free writes on the following questions (remember no judging of what you are writing, keep the pen of keep typing!). What are three or four things that you are curious about related to educational leadership and practice? What are three or four concerns you have about being an educational leader and committed educator? What three or four problems are dissatisfactions you have or foresee, with your commitment to effective school leadership? Next, look at what you havelook at the possible 12 things you have listed. What larger issues come to mind? Can you find an issue related to each curiosity, concern, and problem? Take one issue that holds promise as a research topic, and do another free write about it. Focus on your thoughts, experiences, and questions related to the possible topic. Take the issue you wrote about in your last free write, and turn it into a statement of the problem you tentatively will investigate. Then pose a question, or two or three, that go to the heart of what you think is the problem. Biases and Assumptions In qualitative research the researcher is the instrument for data collection (rather than a questionnaire or test, as in a qualitative study). If you are interviewing, you choose what questions to ask and in what order. If you are observing, you choose what and when to observe. Therefore, it I important to know what values, assumptions, beliefs, or biases you bring to the research/study. Researchers need to reflect on their own values, etc., and monitor them as they progress through the research/study (reflective journaling, peer debriefing) to determine their impact on the data and interpretations. It is, therefore, essential that you gain clarity about preconceptions. This helps you to investigate your question from a fresh and open viewpoint without prejudgment or imposing meaning too soon. This process is an ongoing analytical process rather than a fixed event (as our biases and assumptions can change). Take some time to reflect deeply on your biases and assumptions relative to your research. The paper should be at least 12 pages in length, excluding the Title Page and Reference section of the paper. Additionally the paper should include the required ten (10) annotated bibliographic references. The research interest paper should generally follow the proposed outline below: Title Page Introduction Abstract Opening Topic Context Significance Organization of the Paper Body Literature Review Conclusion Summation Analysis Implications References Use APA, 6th edition.
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