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Presentation
Presentation
The Scientific Writing curricular unit contributes to the development of research, critical analysis, and knowledge production skills in the Portuguese language. In a context shaped by the current and future challenges of the Portuguese language, this curricular unit promotes mastery of academic and scientific writing practices, valuing clarity, methodological rigour, and well-founded argumentation. Through a contemporary and interdisciplinary perspective, students develop scientific communication skills that are essential for the construction and transmission of knowledge in the fields of the Portuguese language, cultures, and literatures.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 6
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
3 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT7130-16777
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
T1. Nature and characteristics of research activity; legitimisation of research and integration into the heritage of knowledge; public nature of research T2. Representation of research; scientific writing as a form of representation of ideas and argumentation in science; components of a research article; argumentative writing and creative writing T3. Types of scientific documents: scientific articles; posters; communications; master's dissertation project; doctoral thesis. T4. Publishing in scientific journals; relevant information for selecting journals; peer review processes; editorial policies T5. Rules for citing works in scientific articles; APA style T6. Notes on e-research
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Objectives
Objectives
The UC's central focus is to contribute to the understanding of the role of writing in advanced research, translating this concern into the analysis of the research process and its representation and, additionally, into the sharing of argumentative writing production strategies and basic rules to be followed. The learning objectives are: O1. understand the characteristics of research practice and its representation O2. understand the relationships between the paradigms underlying the research carried out and the appropriate forms of representation O3. identify texts of a scientific nature O4. recognize the value of disseminating research results O5. recognize the purposes and functions of scientific writing O6. identify and apply quality criteria in scientific writing O7. produce texts of a scientific nature O8. apply the APA standards for referencing in scientific text
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Teaching methodologies
Teaching methodologies
Not applicable.
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References
References
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological. Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000 Bowden, J. (2001). Writing a Report - How to Prepare, Write and Present Really Effective Reports. Brown Book Group. Coutinho, C. (2018). Metodologia de Investigação em Ciências Sociais e Humanas: teoria e prática. Almedina. Gustavii, B. (2018). How to write a scientific paper (6ª ed.). Cambridge University Press. Lindemann, K. (2018). Composing Research, Communicating Results: Writing the Communication Research Paper. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Quivy. R. & L. Champenhoud (2003). Manual de Investigação em Ciências Sociais. Gradiva
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Assessment
Assessment
Descrição dos instrumentos de avaliação (individuais e de grupo) ¿ testes, trabalhos práticos, relatórios, projetos... respetivas datas de entrega/apresentação... e ponderação na nota final.
Exemplo:
Descrição
Data limite
Ponderação
Teste de avaliação
dd-mm-yyyy
30%
Portfolio
dd-mm-yyyy
40%
(...)
Adicionalmente poderão ser incluídas informações gerais, como por exemplo, referência ao tipo de acompanhamento a prestar ao estudante na realização dos trabalhos; referências bibliográficas e websites úteis; indicações para a redação de trabalho escrito...
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Mobility
Mobility
No
