Hi everyone,

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Hi everyone,

Hope your assignment preparation is going well! I just wanted to add a few tips to help you with your research poster.

Figures/graphs/tables/charts

Create your own, using information from the provided sources - not outside sources!Remember, you are being assessed on your poster's connection to, and engagement with, the readings and practitioner videosInclude a title and an in-text citation to show where the data was sourced from - e.g. "Figure 1: Number of children in OOHC by care arrangement. Adapted from McFarlane (2018)."

You must refer to all tables/figures/graphs/charts in the main body of your text - direct the reader to your visual rather than just placing it on the poster with no context. e.g. "Table 1, below, shows..."

The assignment page mentions "a series ofgraphs, charts and/or tables" - this means you need to include more than one visual element.

Sections and headings

You should include a title for your poster.

Make sure you use the sections and heading from the assignment page, as a minimum - i.e. Introduction, Evidence base, ConclusionsNote - the exemplar on the assignment page shows different sections (introduction, methods & measure, results, conclusions). This exemplar is intended as an example only, rather than a template for you to follow. Please use the sections outlined on the assignment page.

You may use additional sub-headings to help break up or direct your discussion - particularly in the evidence base and conclusions sections.

Headings, subheadings and titles will not count towards the word countStructure and format

Resize your poster to ensure legibility! This is a really important point - if I can't read the information on your poster (including graphs, etc.) then I can't mark it. I strongly suggest you reseize your poster to A3 size to ensure you can fit everything in legibly.In Microsoft Powerpoint, navigate to the 'Design' tab. Click the 'Slide Size' dropdown, then 'Custom Slide Size' and change to A3.

Use the provided template if you aren't confident on designing your poster. This is optional though, and you are welcome to design your own poster from scratch.

Think about the visual layout of your poster - choose a legible font, think about font size and colours, and use headings, subheadings, and graphs/tables/etc. to break up the space.

I also just thought of an additional question regarding referencing. There is a lot of video's (practitioner insights) from one person - should we then use letters to decipher which video we are talking about in our in-text citations:

For example,

Beecroft a, A 2018,Alison Beecroft, 18 October, online video, viewed 26 June2023,<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgyKKk6ojBQ>

Beecroft b, A 2018, Alison Beecroft,23 October, online video, viewed 26 June2023,<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLiyz_9nm5c>

I understand where you're coming from - it is an unusual assessment. There's no specific guidance on how to allocate the word count, but I would suggest approximately:

Introduction - 150 words

Evidence base - 450 words

Conclusions - 150 words

This way, the bulk of your discussion is on presenting the evidence base. This is just a rough guide though, rather than a hard and fast rule to stick to.

Hope that helps :)

No, Headings and subheadings (including graph/table/figure titles) will not be included in the word count, just the main text (including in-text citations).

The aim of this assessment is to evaluate the evidence presented in the subject content, so I would stick to those resources outlined on the assignment page:

the essential readings on page5.1 This module's focusand6.1 This module's focusthe practitioner interviews in the Youth Justice Portal.

There is no need to go beyond these materials.

CULT2017 Youth Justice and Practice

Assignment 2: Research poster

Team/Individual task:IndividualWord limit:750 words(+/- 10%)Weighting:30%Due date:5pm AEST Monday17 July 2023(Week 9)

Assignment overview

The purpose of this assignment is to apply your knowledge of the correlates of offending and victimisation. You will summarise and evaluate the research on this critical topic area, before providing commentary on the youth justice system and the young people within it. Your assignment will focus ononecorrelate of offending and victimisation and the associated researchincluding practitioner interviews. You will present your evidence summary and commentary in the form of a research poster.

Assignment details

Read through the following steps to understand and meet the requirements of this assignment:

Step 1: Completeall learning activities on the correlates of offending and victimisation.

Before you dive into this assignment, ensure you havean accurate and comprehensive understanding of the topic: The correlates of offending and victimisation. Review the essential readings, practitioner interviews.

In particular, ensure that you have:

watched practitioner interviewsas they relate to the topics of the victim/offender nexus, care and control and gender, ethnicity, health and education via theyouth justice portal.

read the essential readings on pages 5.1 this modules focus and 6.1 this modules focus.

5.1: Care-criminalisation: The involvement of children in out-of-home care in the New South Wales criminal justice system (McFarlane 2017, pp. 122).

6.1: Cruel and unusual punishment: An inter-jurisdictional study of the criminalisation of young people with complex support needs (Baldry et al. 2017, pp. 117).

Step 2: Chooseyour research focus.

Based on your knowledge of the topic area, choose one correlate of offending and victimisation as your focus. For example, you may choose to focus on educationor out-of-home care. Naturally, there will be overlaps and intersections between the different correlates. This is fine, provided that you make it clear, in your research and writing, which correlate is your focus.

Step 3: Summarise and evaluatethe evidenceFor this component of the assignment, you are required to summarise and evaluate the evidence base presented in:

the essential readings on page5.1 this modules focus and 6.1 this modules focus.

the practitioner interviews in the Youth Justice Portal.

Your summary will consist of a written componentanda series of graphs, charts and/or tables generated from your reading and viewing. These visuals must be your owncutting and pasting existingtables or figures from the readings is not acceptable.

Note:your written summary and evaluation should be 750 words (+/- 10%), including in-text citations.

Step 4: Createyour research poster.

Now that you have prepared each required element, it is time to create your research poster.

Your research poster should be presented inoneMicrosoft PowerPoint slide, with the following headings to structure the content:

Introduction

Evidence base

Conclusions

References

You may add sub-headings that connect better with your claims, particularly in the evidence base and conclusions sections. If youfind it difficult to make yourreference list fit within your main slide, you may add a second slide purely for this reference list.

The following PowerPoint template may be of use, however, please note that using this slide design is optional:

Exemplars

The following exemplar has been provided to support you in completing this assignment:

Sample research poster: Mindfulness and emotional literacy training for homeless youth (PDF 767 KB).

Note that the purpose of providing these exemplars is to offer you a clear visual representation of what your final research poster should look likei.e., a blend of text, images, graphs, charts and tables.

To maintain your academic integrity, you are not permitted to copy/reproduce this exemplar in whole or in part. A high Turnitin similarity report would lead to a breach of academic misconduct.

Supporting resources

Harvard referencing style guide.

Harvard In-text citations style

Assignment criteria

Connection: The extent to which the submission demonstrates a connection with module content, including the two essential readings and practitioner insights in the Youth Justice Portal.

Engagement: The extent to which the submission demonstrates engagement with workshop or asynchronous learning program activities.

Academic literacy: Expression, spelling, grammar, punctuation and referencing.