Friday 28th September 2012: Problems

After thinking through my potential project, I have came to the conclusion that eating diorders would be a difficult and touchy subject. This could mean that I do something bad regarding the subject and may end up offending certain people

I need to change my project subject and come up with a less offensive topic. In order to do this I have created a mind map full of potential subjects for my EPQ and some possible questions that I can use.

I like the idea of doing my project on something regarding plastic surgery because I have seen countless documentaires and there will be lots of information available. This will be good when researching the subject: the more the better!

Tuesday 25th September 2012: Plaigarism

Realised today that plagiarising work is completely wrong and should not happen in my EPQ 5000 word essay. I now know that I am allowed to reference other peoples work as long as I reference correctly it is okay. Looking at some certain examples I know exactly how to do this and feel confident that I will be able to do this correctly.

Friday 21st September 2012: WORDLE

I have done a wordle for my eating disorders project.

The words which I have used will help me realise what I need to look at within my research. For example, on my wordle, the word 'perfection' appears. I can then research into things such as societies idea of perfection as well as asking certain people what they think that 'perfect' is.

www.wordle.net/

Tuesday 18th September 2012: Possible Question

I am considering doing my EPQ essay on something to do with eating disorders.

This is because there is a lot of information available around that subject.

Friday 14th September 2012: Brain Storm

I have done a brain storm of possible EPQ subjects

 

Tuesday 11th September 2012: Harvard Referencing

Learn about how to reference correctly. I now know that if i use some information from a certain source I need to make a note of where I got the information from. Also learnt what Harvard referencing was:

 

The Harvard style of referencing is sometimes referred to as the author-date style.It requires the acknowledgement of source(s) of information or ideas using in-text citation and a reference list. The Harvard system of in-text citation requires three pieces of information about a source within the text of a piece of work:

• The name of the author or authors
• The year of publication
• The page number (where appropriate)

In the Harvard system, the reference list requires full details of the sources referred to or cited.

Tuesday 4th September 2012

The beginning of EPQ: we get told what the course is about and what we need to do:

 

• 5000 word essay on a subject or our choice
• A large amount of research
• 4 hours each week worth of work
• All of the above based on a question regarding a subject of our choice

Intro

EXTENDED PROJECT QUALIFICATION

I have decided to keep a record of my EPQ as a blog as opposed to a diary as it is a method which I think is more suitable for me. I am in year 12 at Lutterworth College studying English Language, Media Studies, D+T Product Design and Business Studies. I spend a lot of time on the computer and so having a blog is more appropriate than keeping a written record.