• read actively and critically;
• reflect on what you read and on your own experience;
• apply concepts, frameworks and skills to practical examples and your own experience;
should be able to read, compare, and contrast differing viewpoints, and put what you read into context. You will need to argue logically and to support your point of view with evidence.
‘writing in your own words’
As well as providing appropriate references, you should aim to use different vocabulary, delete superfluous points, and adapt the structure of the argument to your own purposes. In short, you should ‘make the material your own’.
Putting ideas into your own words is part of the process of ‘internalizing’ them or making them your own. It will help clarify your understanding of these ideas, will improve your ability to recall them in the future, and will enable you to deploy them in new contexts.
http://gdm.open.ac.uk/studying.html
• reflect on what you read and on your own experience;
• apply concepts, frameworks and skills to practical examples and your own experience;
should be able to read, compare, and contrast differing viewpoints, and put what you read into context. You will need to argue logically and to support your point of view with evidence.
‘writing in your own words’
As well as providing appropriate references, you should aim to use different vocabulary, delete superfluous points, and adapt the structure of the argument to your own purposes. In short, you should ‘make the material your own’.
Putting ideas into your own words is part of the process of ‘internalizing’ them or making them your own. It will help clarify your understanding of these ideas, will improve your ability to recall them in the future, and will enable you to deploy them in new contexts.
http://gdm.open.ac.uk/studying.html
