Using internet sources: The internet is a valid research tool, however, the sources used must be sound academic ones and demonstrably relevant to the key research question. They must also show that the student is aware of the broad academic context within which the key research question is located. Internet sources used must be cited correctly in the body of the text of the written analysis and fully referenced in the references (section E). Recent publications may not be available on the Internet. Therefore, students are advised to research beyond the Internet for publications relevant to their student.
World Religions Subject Guide
Suggested Word Count per Criterion:
* Criterion A = 8 marks 475 words +/-
* Criterion B = 3 marks 180 words +/-
* Criterion C = 6 marks 355 words +/-
* Criterion D = 10 marks 600 words +/-
These figures are for an IA that is 1600 words long.
IB Tips/Suggestions (per heading)
A. Rationale and preliminary research: The rationale should include discussion as to why the topic chosen is of significance as an area of inquiry. The discussion of the preliminary research should include the works you have consulted that will provide the basis of the literature review for your inquiry. These should include a full range of resources including scholarly works and, if appropriate, scripture.
B. Plan for Study: The plan for study should provide the reader with an account of how you planned your inquiry and give a step-by-step description with a justification for the plan devised.
C. Summary of significant findings: The summary of significant findings should reflect evidence gathered in the fieldwork and its relationship to the literature reviewed as part of the preliminary research. Thorough referencing to both the fieldwork and the literature should be made by citation to support the findings.
D. Critical reflection and evaluation: The critical reflection section needs to show a conceptual awareness of the area of study and how the inquiry undertaken contributes to that. It also needs to present a reflection on how you planned your study, to what extent that was appropriate, how you might now have done it differently and what further questions your findings have raised.
E. References and compliance with format: Titles, citations/references, bibliography and appendices are not included in the word count. Any system of referencing can be used but it must be consistently used throughout the written analysis. Unacknowledged references may lead to a charge of plagiarism. It is expected that a comprehensive list of references that reflects wide preliminary reading will be presented. Appendices can be used to present questions asked at interviews, for example.
Tips from Dr. Osgood (IB World Religions Guru)
- purpose: for you to find out why people do what they do or struck by something you really yearn to learn more about
- what religion are you interested in learning more about?
- start with that and move deductively
- Judaism
- what’s interesting to you?
- is there something that Jews DO that is interesting to you? Something in the Torah that is ………
- so what do you want to know about .________
- tattoos - to what extent do jews think that tattoos are bad
- access to resources
- cannot do history and world religions
- Types of Thinking
- personal - rationale (got to work out what this means)
- metacognitive-yearning -- why is it that this is so personally important to you
- organizational
- foundational
- scholarly research
- interpersonal
- practice asking the interviewer to cooperate, sending a thank you note, etc
- summative
- critical reflection
- evaluation
- was my research, data, collection strong?
- You can write in first person
- authenticity and voice at each part
- preliminary research - what you have to do before you go out and do your fieldwork
- take the vocabulary in your question and define it
- encyclopedias, dictionaries, lower level reading
- establishes clarity and definition or a term or terms
- it’s a report
- Part A is two parts - your relationship to the question and what you know about the vocabulary in the question
- 3-5 scholarly sources
- requirement: minimum 1 quote from sacred text and interpretive commentary
- interview of a person of authority
- Criterion B: Plan for Study
- what are you doing
- why are you doing it
- how are you doing it
- **think about resources and how they are going to encounter them**
- scope= how broad am I going with it//boundaries
- Criterion C: Summary of significant findings
- summarize what people have said to you
- David said………. Bobby disagreed………….Overall, it seems that the group…
- no emotion- narrative voice
- Criterion D:
- critically reflect - one paragraph
- provide more evidence that you have come to understand
- identify misconceptions and inconsistencies as a result - evaluation
- evaluate what you actually did
- understand the degree - one paragraph
- justifying future research - what next??
- In ABCD you type and bold the research question
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