The Good Writing Guide for Education Students Book

About the Author     vii
Acknowledgements     viii
Foreword     ix
How to Use this Book     xi
Reading and Thinking     1
Reading Widely     3
Where to start your reading
Journals
Books
Dos and don'ts
Searching for Reading Materials     15
The British Educational Index
Reading and recording
Dos and don'ts
Referencing     35
How to cite and reference
Endnote
Dos and don'ts
Planning     53
Student example
Dos and don'ts
Small-Scale Research Projects     66
Ethics
Student example
Dos and don'ts
Writing     85
Structuring Your Writing     87
Subheadings and sections
Writing a research report
A suggested structure for a dissertation or research report
Student example
Dos and don'ts
Grammar     105
Student example
Grammar check on the word processor
More common pitfalls
Dos and don'ts
Punctuation     118
Student examples
Dos and don'ts
Spelling     129
Examples of spelling problems
The problems with homophones
How to improve your spelling
Dos and don'ts
Presentation and Proofreading     140
Handwriting
Presentations
Proofreading
Dos and don'ts
Assessment and Learning from Feedback     151
Assessment example
Assessment atMaster's degree level
Feedback happens to us all
Dos and don'ts
Glossary     169
References     174
Index     175