Provisional schedule
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Sessions
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Content |
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20-30 mins Preparation for live session 1 |
Personal introductions and needs analysis |
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Week 1 |
TBC |
TBC |
Live session 1 |
Plenary: Introduction to the course and the reverse engineering approach. This approach consists of training participants to analyse relevant texts that will help them eventually create their own effective texts for publication. Small group activity 1: Reverse engineering practice using a sample simplified introduction section Plenary: Small group discussion/Q&A Trainer’s input: Effective narrative |
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20-30 mins Preparation for live session 2 |
Small groups share reflections on session 1 Small groups select target research articles |
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Week 2 |
TBC |
TBC |
Live session 2 |
Plenary: Q&A and reflections Small group activity 2: Individuals reverse engineer their target article introduction and then seek commonalities/identify differences with group Plenary: Small groups share their findings Trainer’s input: Effective introduction sections |
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20-30 mins Preparation for live session 3 |
Individuals reflect on session 2 Small groups select a shared article for the project |
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Week 3 |
TBC |
TBC |
Live session 3 |
Plenary: Q&A and reflections Trainer’s input: Effective results sections Small group activity 3: Individuals reverse engineer their target article results section and then seek commonalities/identify differences with group Plenary: small groups share findings and Q&A Instructions for follow-up activity |
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20-30 mins Preparation for live session 4 |
Small group project: prepare for session 5 presentation – analyse selected text |
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Week 4 |
TBC |
TBC |
Live session 4 |
Plenary: Q&A and reflections Small group activity 5: Individually reverse engineer target article’s abstract; seek commonalities/identify differences with group Plenary: Small groups share findings and Q&A Small group collaborative writing activity 6: Draft an abstract Small groups review and evaluate each other’s writing Trainer feedback on participants’ writing |
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20-30 mins Preparation for live session 5 |
Small group project: prepare for session 5 presentation – finalise slides or equivalent of group’s text analysis |
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Week 5 |
TBC |
TBC |
Live session 5 |
Plenary: small group project presentations and panel/trainer feedback Masterclass summary, learning reflection and next steps |
