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Field reports are most often assigned in disciplines of the applied social sciences [e.g., social work, anthropology, gerontology, criminal justice, education, law, the health care professions] where it is important to build a bridge of relevancy between the theoretical concepts learned in the classroom and the practice of actually doing the work you are being taught to do. Field reports are also common in certain science disciplines [e.g., geology] but these reports are organized differently an

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Field Report

Field reports are most often assigned in disciplines of the applied social sciences [e.g., social work, anthropology, gerontology, criminal justice, education, law, the health care professions] where it is important to build a bridge of relevancy between the theoretical concepts learned in the classroom and the practice of actually doing the work you are being taught to do. Field reports are also common in certain science disciplines [e.g., geology] but these reports are organized differently an

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Field Report

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Field reports are most often assigned in
the applied social sciences [e.g., social
work, anthropology, gerontology, criminal
justice, education, law, the health care
professions] where it is important to build
a bridge of relevancy between the
theoretical concepts learned in the
classroom and the practice of actually
doing the work you are being taught to
do .
When writing a field report you
need to:
– Systematically observe and accurately record the varying aspects of a
situation.
– Continuously analyze your observations.
– Keep the report’s aims in mind while you are observing
– Consciously observe, record, and analyze what you hear and see in the
context of a theoretical framework.
Writing Action Research or Field
Report

– The Title Use a subtitle to clarify what the report is about.


Use a reasonably catchy title
Table of contents

– Abstract
– Chapter 1: Introduction (purpose, importance, assumptions, definitions,
research questions)
– Chapter 2: Review of the Literature
– Chapter 3: Methods (subjects, setting, instrument, data collection procedures)
– Chapter 4: Result (include graphs or tables)
– Chapter 5: Discussion (including conclusion, recommendation, action
plan)ReferencesAppendices
Organization

– The key to your report is not brilliance or even


inspiration, but organization.
– Use of headings and subheadings
– Use of outline
The Paragraph

– Unity :The entire paragraph should concern itself with a single focus. If it
begins with a certain point of discussion, it should not end with another or
wander within different ideas.
– Coherence: Create logical or verbal bridges in your paragraphs to be coherent.
For example, key words or synonymous words can be repeated in several
sentences.A
– Topic Sentence: Put your topic sentence near the beginning of the paragraph.
– Adequate Development: It usually takes more than 1,2,or 3 sentences to have
a fully developed paragraph.Do not use future tense in Ch. 1 verbs as you did
with the proposal. Use past tense in data gathering section.
Effective Transitions

– Does your report have a nice flow ( continuity, or progression)?


– Use a lead-in sentence to introduce discussion of a new concept .
– The end of a paragraph can set up a clear connection to the next
paragraph.
– One way to create a transition is to repeat a key word or phrase
from the preceding paragraph.
The Conclusion

– Propose a course of action, possible approaches or solutions to the issue


raised.
– Challenge the reader: Address ideas from a fresh perspective in order to
encourage the reader to continue thinking about the topic .
– Looking to the future: Raise questions for future study.Describing the
limitations of your study.Save a provocative or exciting insight or quotation for
the conclusion.
– Echoing the introduction: Include something from the introduction (e.g. a
detail, image, scenario, or example) to bring the report full cycle.

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