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How to research:

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Why do we need to research? To find out as much as you can about the subject, this helping you not be at a disadvantage, fuelling your ideas creating an advert that will stand out from the crowd, being different from everyone and everything else.

Provide evidence to show you have looked and understood your subject, resulting in better marks and grades along with developing your understanding.

Primary Research is finding out things for yourself, this can be questionnaires, observations (eavesdropping), searching, you’re own experiences and collecting your own ideas which helps with visual communication.

Secondary Research is re-examining facts that someone else has collated. For example, existing articles, internet, books from the library and other people information.

Research is only valid when it’s deconstructed, rewritten and annotated to show you’ve understood the task or subject in hand.

A research file consists of:

Professional file – Name, Student Number, Course Title, Course Code, Submission date, Hand in date, Course Leader, etc.

Contents – a list of all subjects within the research file.

Introduction – a small paragraph including how you intent to research the subject.

Primary and Secondary research into the subject.

Examples of the subject area – specific and non-specific.

Critical Analysis is an important tool enabling you to make up your mind, asking questions and research.

Conclusion – Summary of main points, concluding statement and recommendations, suggesting what you think should happen? What I learn? What I found?

Reflection/Evaluation – How I feel? What would I change? What would I improve if I was to do the project again?

Questions – Problems – Solutions – Argument – Comparisons – Evaluation