This document provides information about an orientation quiz and tips for Massey social work writing. It describes a Kahoot quiz to be done during orientation that involves answering location-based questions on a smartphone or tablet for points. It then lists 10 tips for Massey social work writing, including using NCTL online resources, scheduling study time like a job, starting assignments early, and referencing sources in APA style. The tips are meant to help students improve their academic writing skills.

1. KIA ORA from the NCTL
MaSW ORIENTATION 2018
National Centre for Learning and Teaching,
Library level 3 tinyurl.com/masseynctlhome

2. You’ll see a question on the screen and then, a
few moments later, a photo of somewhere
on the campus, together with four options.
For example:
Orientation Quiz
Where can you sit down on
these colourful chairs?

3. You need to select the correct answer
by pressing the appropriate square on your
smartphone or tablet.
You’ll receive points not only for correct answers
but also according to the speed of your selection.

4. • Open kahoot.it
in your browser
• Enter the game pin
which I will show you
in a minute
• Enter your nickname
(and you will see it
appear on the public
screen)
To join the quiz you need to:

5. 10 Top Tips for MaSW Writing
View these slides online at:
http://tinyurl.com/masw2018

6. TIP 1
USE NCTL ONLINE RESOURCES

7. VIDEOS tinyurl.com/nctlvideos
OWLL owl.massey.ac.nz

8. BASIC SKILLS WORKSHOPS
(Study Up)

9. ADVANCED SKILLS WORKSHOPS
(Postgrad)
SEE tinyurl.com/nctlworkshops

10. TIP 2
TALK TO AN NCTL CONSULTANT

11. DROP-IN SERVICE Just ask at the library desk
APPOINTMENTS email ctlalb@massey.ac.nz
CHECK YOUR
ASSIGNMENT
PLAN
GET FEEDBACK ON
YOUR DRAFTS
DISCUSS YOUR
STUDY SKILLS

12. TIP 3
TREAT STUDY LIKE IT’S YOUR JOB

13. First, put in your lectures and labs
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PRINT OR MAKE UP A WEEKLY GRID

14. TIP 4
START ASSIGNMENTS EARLY

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GOOD ACADEMIC WRITING HAS FOUR STAGES
USE THE ASSIGNMENT PLANNING CALCULATOR:
tinyurl.com/masseyassignmentplanner

16. TIP 5
BRUSH UP YOUR RESEARCH SKILLS

17. Imagine you are writing a paragraph about
approaches to leadership in society, and you think
Confucianism would be an interesting choice.
Where do you find out about Confucian ideas about
leadership?

18. You need to get used to using the library as your main
‘vehicle’ for research.
And, like driving any new vehicle, you need to spend time
learning the controls (and maybe taking lessons!)

19. See: tinyurl.com/masseylibraryworkshops

20. TIP 6
USE PARAGRAPHS AS YOUR
BUILDING BLOCKS

21. Provide a critical analysis of a specific education policy
document (or Government report) in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Your analysis should include:
 A summary of the policy’s contents, relevance and purpose.
 The extent that the document achieves its stated purpose
The theoretical influences on the document and critique of
these.
(3000 words)
Example essay question:

22. Step 1: How many parts will your essay have?
• 3
Step 2: How many paragraphs will your essay
have?
• 3000 words
• 150 – 200 words per paragraph (about 5 to 8
sentences)
• 15 – 20 paragraphs
Step 3: Decide how many paragraphs each part
is going to have.
Three-step planning process

23. Paragraph 1
Possible essay structure
Introduction
Paragraphs 2 - 7 Policy
Paragraphs 8 - 11 Evaluation
Paragraph 12 - 19 Theoretical influences
Paragraph 20 Conclusion

24. TIP 7
MAKE YOUR WRITING FLOW

25. Situational Leadership Theory is based on the notion
that there is no single best leadership style; rather,
effective leadership is dynamic and adaptive. Leaders
need to adapt constantly both to environmental
changes and the developing needs of their diverse
followers (Brown, 2014). The starting point for
situational leadership is needs analysis. One
approach to needs analysis is to categorise team
members according to their performance readiness
levels (R1, R2, R3, R4). This analysis needs to take
account both of individuals’ ability (relevant
knowledge, skill, and experience) and willingness
(confidence, commitment, and motivation towards
the tasks). It is also essential for leaders to analyse
their own leadership behaviours; in particular, how
they tell their team members their duties and
responsibilities, provide guidance, communicate
(listening and explaining) and provide supportive
behaviors. This should allow them to identify
examples of four major styles: telling, selling,
participating and delegating. Their task is then to use
the style which is best suited to the needs of each
individual in their team, according to their
performance readiness (Ronaldson, 2010).
A paragraph that flows
Topic
sentence
Sentences
start with
previous topic
and then add
something
new
Concluding
sentence

26. They can categorise team members according to
their performance readiness levels (R1, R2, R3,
R4) to carry out a needs analysis leaders need to
analyse their leadership behaviours (Ronaldson,
2010). The ability (relevant knowledge, skill, and
experience) and willingness (confidence,
commitment, and motivation towards the tasks)
of team members both need to be considered.
How they tell team members their duties and
responsibilities, provide guidance, communicate
(listening and explaining) and provide supportive
behaviors. In Situational Leadership Theory there
is no single best leadership style; it is dynamic
and adaptive (Brown, 2014). The four major
leadership behaviours are telling, selling,
participating and delegating. They need to
identify the needs of team members. Leaders
should try to use a style which is best suited to
their needs. The performance readiness of team
members is the key thing leaders need to know
about team members (Ronaldson, 2010).
An information dump
Dives straight
into details
Run-on
sentences and
sentence
fragments
Vague pronouns
Most sentences
are strangers to
what came
before
Random ending

27. TIP 8
Reduce quotations

28. As Mundell (2002, p. 4) argued, “If it’s right for Europe to scrap
its national currencies, why is it wrong for other countries to do
the same thing?”
Only quote definitions:
And, as in the above examples, copy as few words as
possible and put these inside “…..” after your own
introductory phrase.
Quotations need full citations, including page numbers
(See tip 10)
..... or really memorable phrases:
The concept of comparative advantage states that “everyone
does best when each concentrates on the activity for which he or
she is relatively most productive” (Frank & Bernanke, 2001, p.
23).

29. TIP 9
Summarise, don’t plagiarise

30. On the next slide is an extract from an article about how leaders
communicate with team members.
Let’s see how we can summarise the main points, so that this can
be part of an essay about effective leadership in Social Work
90% of the time, when you use ideas from your reading, you’ll
need to summarise these in your own words. This four-step
process is the most effective way to do this:
a) highlight the relevant information
b) turn this into brief notes
c) close the original text
d) expand your notes into one or more linked sentences

31. A strengths-based model can be a suitable approach to social work
practice with migrants, families and communities (Sisnerous et al.,
2008). This approach is focused on the strengths, possibility and
resilience of individuals and their families, rather than addressing
their deficits and weaknesses (Saleebey, 2006). For Korean
migrants, the transnational community is a vital source of strength,
opportunities, resilience and belonging. To meet the needs of
migrants and their families, it is important for practitioners to work
with groups, organisations and other institutions at the community
level (Berg-Weger, 2010). This community-level social work
practice, based on the strengths-based approach, can be extended
to macro practice in the transnational context within which Korean
clients are positioned. The roles of social work practitioners with
migrant communities can range from empowering clients and their
families, to utilising the community’s own resources, and to
promoting the participation and inclusion of migrant clients in their
host society. (p. 38)
Original text
Hong-Jae, P., & Anglem, J. (2012). The 'transnationality' of Koreans, Korean families and
Korean communities in Aotearoa New Zealand--implications for social work
practice. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work Review, 24(1), 31-40.

32. A strengths-based model can be a suitable approach to social work
practice with migrants, families and communities (Sisnerous et al.,
2008). This approach is focused on the strengths, possibility and
resilience of individuals and their families, rather than addressing
their deficits and weaknesses (Saleebey, 2006). For Korean
migrants, the transnational community is a vital source of strength,
opportunities, resilience and belonging. To meet the needs of
migrants and their families, it is important for practitioners to work
with groups, organisations and other institutions at the community
level (Berg-Weger, 2010). This community-level social work
practice, based on the strengths-based approach, can be extended
to macro practice in the transnational context within which Korean
clients are positioned. The roles of social work practitioners with
migrant communities can range from empowering clients and their
families, to utilising the community’s own resources, and to
promoting the participation and inclusion of migrant clients in their
host society. (p. 38)
1. Highlight main points

33. • SWs can use a strengths-based approach with
migrants
• Focus on resilience, ops, belonging
• Work with groups + insts at comm level
• empower clients, use comm res, promote incl +
part.
2. Make brief notes

34. Social workers in New Zealand / Aotearoa are
recommended to adopt a strengths-based approach
to working with migrants. This approach involves
working with community organisations and building
on existing strengths, such as resilience and a sense
of belonging. Using these community resources,
social workers can both empower individual clients
and promote broader social inclusion and
participation (Hong-Jae, & Anglem, 2012).
3. Expand these notes into linked sentences

35. TIP 10
Learn how to reference in APA style

36. Recent research has found evidence of such
practices, where age is used as an unjustified
barrier to employment or promotion, in over half
of New Zealand employers (Brown, 2012).
The most common way to do this is to put the author’s
surname and the date of publication in brackets AFTER
you’ve used the information.
In-text citations

37. Atkinson, D. (2013, January 24). Too old to work: Too young to die? Retrieved from
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/1004532.htm
Brooks, R. M. (2010). Financial management: Core concepts. Boston, MA: Pearson
Brown, P. (2012). Equal opportunities in New Zealand: Myth or reality? Australasian
Journal of Human Resources, 41(3), 46-68.
Davidson, C., & Tolich, M. (2001). Social science research in New Zealand.
Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson Education.
Khan, I., & Chen, T. (2010). Tackling ageism: A cross-institutional approach. In J.
Johnson & T. Peterson (Eds.), An equal opportunities handbook (pp. 102-131). San
Francisco, CA: Pilot Press.
Smith, P., & Davidoff, R. (2003). Equal opportunities: From policy to practice. Central
Islip, NY: Progressive Press.
Statistics New Zealand. (2008). Demographic Trends – 2001-2006. Retrieved from
http://stats.govt.nz/demotrends-2012.pdf
End-of-text references
References

38. Smith, P., & Davidoff, R. (2003). Equal opportunities: From policy to
practice. Central Islip, NY: Progressive Press.
(year) title of book
city publisher
In academic writing, most references are to
books and journal articles
surname,
initial
Brown, P. (2012). Equal opportunities in New Zealand: Myth or
reality? Australasian Journal of Human Resources, 41(3), 46-68.
doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225
(year) title of article
surname,
initial
volume / issue number
page numbers
name of journaldoi number

39. For more on referencing, go back to ....
See you around the campus and best wishes for a
successful start to your Social Work career!