Analytical Essay
Assignment 3 – IND150
Title Analytical Essay
Value 40%
Week Due Friday Week 11
Length 1,500 words
Learning Outcomes Unit Outcomes
2,3,4,5
Task Description
This assessment task requires a critical analysis of the two different perspectives of Australian colonisation. Throughout the semester I have provided you with the Indigenous version of Australian colonisation. You are to use your research skills which you have developed over the semester to research the Western version of Australian colonisation and critically analyse the two different versions. Critical analysis is an existential skill to develop in academia. It is crucial to all academic writing. It involves you thinking critically about your topic and your sources. To think critically you need to remove emotion from your thinking and apply logic and reasoning (a very Western concept) while you deconstruct your source. You need to develop your argument and provide credible academic sources to substantiate that argument.
Preparation
You will need to read the weekly readings that I have provided throughout the semester and carry out research to find other sources of information to assist you in the process of your critical analysis. You are to have a minimum of 12 credible academic references. Academic references include journal articles which can be found in the library's databases, books (found in the library), historical documents and old newspapers. Wikipedia is NOT a credible academic source and if used will incur penalties.
Presentation 1. Before starting to write the essay ensure you understand what the question is. Always
have a sticky note stuck to the top of your computer with the question written on it. This will ensure you stick to the question.
2. Read all relevant literature. That is, literature we have provided you and your own research.
3. Decide what your argument is going to be and how you will go about constructing this argument. i.e. what academic evidence do you have to substantiate this argument.
4. Ensure your introduction clearly outlines your essay. That is, the introduction outlines what the question is and what your argument is and how you are going to prove this academically.
5. DO NOT REFERENCE WIKIPEDIA. 6. Make sure the body of your essay actually says the things you have stated in the
introduction and does so in an academic manner. 7. Make sure you write an analysis. Academic writing is not conversational, journalistic or
emotive, it is analytical. If you do not know what analytical writing is look it up. 8. Reference all your work. In an essay of this size you should not be using direct quotes.
You need to paraphrase and then reference the work. If you do not know what paraphrasing is look it up.
9. Each paragraph must have a central theme. It needs an introductory sentence and the paragraph must flow. Do not write a series of statements. Ensure all your sentences
link to one another and each paragraph links to the previous and the next. 10. Your conclusion must conclude your argument. That is you must state what your
argument was and how you have proven it. DO NOT introduce new information into the conclusion.
11. Please DO NOT hand an essay in that you have not read OUT LOUD to yourself and proof read.
A well written essay will take the marker around 20 minutes to read. A poorly written essay will take the marker around an hour to read. Your argument must be obvious to the marker. APA referencing is preferred. No work should be submitted without an appropriate reference list and in-text referencing that correctly acknowledges the source of information and ideas used in the text of your assigned work.
The assessment criteria document gives information on how your assessment will be marked.
Read this carefully.
Topic Mark% HD 85%-100% D 75%-<85% C 65%-<75% P 50%-<65% F 0%-<50%
Knowledge of content area and relevant issues 35%
Shows an excellent understanding of the content and identifies the most important issues and comprehensively describes the ways these fit together. 30 - 35
Shows a very good understanding of the content and identifies the important issues and broadly describes the ways these fit together. 26 - 29
Shows a general understanding of the content and identifies some important issues and include a reasonable description of the ways these fit together. 21 - 25
Shows a general understanding of the content and identifies some of the relevant issues and may be unbalanced. The link between ideas is limited. Some errors of fact or interpretation exist. 17.5 - 20
There is little understanding of the content or discrimination about the relevance of ideas. There are no or few links between ideas. There are errors on fact or interpretation. 0 – 17.5
Critical Analysis of Theoretical understandings and relevant literature. 33%
Critical analysis is well structured, coherent fluent and reflects originality of thought and extensive reading. There is excellent insight into the topic, drawing from consistently relevant literature and theories. 28 – 33
Critical analysis is consistently structured, coherent, fluent and reflects originality of thought and reading beyond study materials. There is good insight into the topic drawing from relevant literature and theories. 24.75 - 27
Critical analysis is reasonably coherent, fluent and reflects some originality of thought and limited reading beyond study materials. There is some insight into the topic, drawing on some literature although inconsistent or unbalanced. 19.8 - 24.74
Critical analysis is reasonably coherent, limited analysis of the literature or originality of thought. Use only of study materials. There is limited insight into the topic, and little originality of thought. 16.5 – 19.7
There is no critical analysis of the topic. There is no evidence of originality of thought and limited reference to literature in study materials. There is very limited or no insight into the topic. 0 – 16.4
Logical development of ideas, links to theory and practice. 22%
Assignment is extremely well structured, logically developing ideas from literature to original
Assignment is well structured, logically developing ideas from literature to original
Assignment is structured although not balanced; there is some evidence of logical developing ideas from
Assignment is not well organised, there is limited evidence of idea development based on the
The assignment does not follow the appropriate structure, it is difficult to follow
interpretation. Concepts are highly relevant to theory and practice. 18.7 - 22
interpretation. Concepts are relevant to theory and practice. 16.5 - 18.6
literature to interpretation. Concepts have some relevance to theory and practice. 13.2 – 16.4
literature. Limited ability to link ideas to theory or practice. 11 -13.1
the ideas, very limited or link to literature, theory or practice. 0 – 10.9
Presentation, answers the question, timely submission. 10%
Meets all of the requirements of professional presentation, excellent control of language, word choice, language and linking phrases 8.5 – 10
Meets a majority of the requirements of a professional presentation, good control of language, word choice, language and linking phrases 7.5 – 8.4
Meets a majority of the requirements of presentation, typos and spelling edited, reasonable control of language 6 – 7.5
Meets some of the requirements of presentation, typos and spelling not edited, reasonable control of language 5 - 6
Meets few of the requirements of presentation, limited control of language to convey the ideas. 0 - 5
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