Week One: introduction to research

  • What do you think ‘research is?

Research means use various methods and to know the real situation of things under the planned and purposeful way and careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts or information about it. When people decide to research some subjects. the first step is to clear their propose then collecting information and preliminary analysis. data collection, research and get the result.

  • Do you think you will ever need research skills?

Undoubtedly, everybody needs research skills because research skills include study skill. however more advance than study skill. For example, if a student wants to pass the course, they only need to have study skill. Nonetheless, if a student could get perfect results, find or notice some different aspects which nobody mention in this area, the student must need research skills.

Moreover, in real life, people always meet some problems which we never meet it before. The best thing people could do to solve these problems is to study or find methods about how to deal with it. In this process, if people who have better research skills. They will study more efficiently.

Additionally, research skills sometimes is a active skills which means people should activity making meaning, rather than just absorbing information.

  • What do you think a research journal is and who is it written for?

A research journal is a kind of media which could disseminate academic information and publish academic research results. It plays a significant role in the academic research process and it connects each researcher. Through academic journals, researchers can share their information, do some communication, discover problems and solve problems. It is an essential thinking communication tool for researchers. It is also can be an evidence to provide and document the whole process of research.

A research journal is written for different researches and yourself because it could record your research process and results.

  • What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism is the behavior of when someone uses another person’s words, idea or work and pretends they are their own. It probably happened around us every day, such as copy friends’ homework. It also a kind of plagiarism, even it is very small things.

  • Why is it important to avoid it?

Because plagiarism is illegal and unethical behavior. This is the destruction of law and morality.

Legally speaking: this behavior is illegal. It infringes the copyright of others. What’s more, plagiarism also will cause economic losses to the original author.

On the moral level: the behavior of plagiarism is to steal other researchers’ knowledge. It violates the bottom line as a scholar. Also violates the good quality of honesty and trustworthiness which are also the basic principles of people

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

  • Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
  • Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

  • Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
  • What topics do you think you’ll write about?
  • Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
  • If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.

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