Presentation

SOC329 Spring 2022

Presentation Guidelines

This assessment task requires you to develop a presentation in PowerPoint on one of the theoretical approaches set out in Chapter 6 of the text, which we will cover over weeks 3 and 4. So, you could choose:

· World –System Theory

· Global Capitalism

· The Network Society

What You Need to Do

Specifically, you will need to show how the theory you have chosen understands globalisation and a good way of doing this is by identifying (some) of the theory’s key concepts/arguments and then discuss how and why they give us an understanding of globalisation. Also, you can offer an example to illustrate this explanation.

Practically, you will do this by developing a ‘PowerPoint Presentation’ but you will not be required to actually deliver it in class. Instead, the presentation will consist of five slides (please do not include an Introduction slide with your name etc.) and using either the ‘Audio’ function (in the insert menu) or the ‘Notes’ section (at the bottom of each slide) you will narrate (via Audio) or write up (via Notes) a short ‘script’ of at least 100 but no more than 140 words or no more than a one minute audio file for each slide. The script will reflect what you would say in the presentation. The ‘script’ component for the whole presentation is to be no more than five minutes of audio or 700 words in total. To go beyond these criteria will impact your mark.

Please note that the shaded paragraph directly above is approximately 138 words long and when I read it out at a ‘normal’ pace it takes me about 1 minute to complete.

The only research you need to do for this assessment is to draw from the lecture material and the relevant chapter. There is no need to go beyond these materials except if you want to find an example and the images you will be putting in your presentation slides. Also, you only need focus on the theoretical approach you have chosen and not the whole chapter or lecture (remember you have five (5) slides (5) minutes equivalence.

How You Will Submit Your Presentation

Save your PowerPoint as a file and always make a copy. Then upload your file for marking via the SOC329 Moodle site and the dedicated link in the Administration section. This link will be available from Monday 22nd August, Week 5 but the due date and time is (before) 4pm on Friday 26th August in Week 5.

How You Will Be Assessed

This assessment will use a marking rubric, which will be discussed in the Week 02 tutorial.

This assessment is 1000 words equivalent. This means that it will not require a full 1000 words of assessment. Instead, 5 slides X no more than 140 words = 700 words. The remaining 300 equivalent words represent the work you will put into developing the 5 slides with images (and text if required).

The assessment is worth 30% of your overall mark. You will receive a mark out of 100 for the PowerPoint presentation as a complete package (slides and script). You will be assessed on:

1. Content (quality of analysis, sophistication, perceptiveness)

2. Focus (how does the theory address globalisation illustrate this via a contemporary example)

3. Structure (organisation of material; the presentation must make clear to the audience what is important)

4. Presentation (clarity of the slides and this includes aesthetics, well-structured and a well articulated script)

Critical Thinking:

from lower to higher order thinking

Critical thinking is often described as having 6 stages, from lower order to higher order thinking:

a. Lower Order Thinking

i. Knowledge—the ability to recall what you have learned

ii. Comprehension—understanding what you have learned

iii. Application—putting to use the knowledge you have gained

b. Higher Order Thinking

iv. Analyse—to break down the problem or issue into its components

v. Synthesis—to reassemble the key components into a new argument

vi. Evaluate—to determine the importance of these elements and the topic more broadly

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