The document discusses the inquiry process and stages of inquiry using the SOR inquiry model. It outlines the 5 stages of inquiry as framing, investigating, reasoning, judging, and reflecting. Each stage in the cycle is then described in more detail. For example, framing involves identifying and focusing on the issue to develop questions, while investigating requires researching the issue. The document also discusses the importance of academic integrity and avoiding plagiarism when undertaking academic work.

1. The Inquiry Process and SOR
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2. Inquiry
The action of seeking, especially for
truth, knowledge or information concerning
something;
search, research, investigation, examination.
Oxford English Dictionary
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3. SOR Inquiry Model
2 Investigating
1 Framing
3 Reasoning
5 Reflecting
4 Judging
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4. Stages of Inquiry
Cycle through each of these stages …
Framing Investigating
Identify and focus on the Investigate and research the
issue. Develop questions. issue.
Judging Reflecting
Reasoning
Synthesise, make Think about what
Analyse and
decisions and draw you have learned
evaluate the
conclusions. and act as a result
evidence.
Advocate a position. of it.
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5. Inquiry is not a lock-step process
Framing
Investigating
Reasoning
Judging
Reflecting
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6. You must supply evidence demonstrating your
progression through each stage of the inquiry
process
Quality Note
Taking Essay/Report
• Develop questions • Aim to produce
• Research often Both academic / scholarly
leads to the
formulation of more Are work
• Consider all views
questions
• Research informs Require- • Where do you
stand?
opinion
• Use the template for
ments • Substantiate your
position with the use
your research note- of citations
taking
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7. Academic Integrity: Why bother?
“Plagiarism is the act of misrepresenting as one’s own
original work the ideas, interpretations, words or
creative works of another.”
(University of Queensland, 2012)
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8. QUT policy on plagiarism
According to QUT (2012), plagiarism is cheating
and is regarded as grounds for
failure, suspension and expulsion.
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9. Upload of drafts/assignments
‣ Assignments submitted through Turnitin
your work against that of others
Matches: and returns a % similarity.
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10. 52%
similarity to other works on
the www (includes all
assignments submitted by
students from around the
world).
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12. How can you avoid plagiarism?
Acknowledge when you:
✓ quote someone’s actual spoken or written words
✓ use someone’s ideas/opinions/theories
✓ use statistics, graphs, drawings
✓ paraphrase someone else’s work.
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13. What is academic integrity?
• Honest practice
• Give credit where it is due
• Acknowledge the intellectual efforts of others
• Research is about drawing upon the efforts of
others
• How does their work inform yours?
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14. Formatting in-text citations using
Harvard
A recent report (Queensland Health, 2010) into the
Example 1 successful implementation of …
Queensland Health (2010) recently reported on the
Example 2 successful implementation of …
“The experiments prove conclusively that …”
Example 3 (Queensland Health, 2010, p. 130).
Queensland Health (2010, p. 130) report that “[t]he
Example 4 experiments prove conclusively that …"
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15. Build your Honesty
case
Academic
Integrity
Acknowledge
the efforts of others
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16. You demonstrate Academic Integrity when you exhibit
honesty, respect, fairness and trust, and act in a responsible
manner when undertaking academic activities.
(Queensland University of Technology, 2012)
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