Just been doing some case study work and I saw a good quote, in an article of a journal from a researcher at Bath Spa University. I decided to find the original place the quote was taken from. For starters, the quote was on page two of the book which made me worry about the credibility of the journal; It hadnt even got into the first section of the book. Then, when I read through the passage, I realised the quote had been taken totally out of context to make it seem like it backed up his quote. I honestly believe that this is a problem with education over here. We are actively encouraged to; make a convincing argument, make the paper look pretty, quote-mine higher sources, and skim read everything. It all ends up to people writing second rate information with the appearance of actual significance, where there is non. Then they get a great mark for it because it ticks all the boxs on the syllabus. It just gets on my nerves a bit because, when it comes to the real world, If anyone spends the time to actually find something significant then It will be difficult to distinguish that work. Unless of course, it becomes peer reviewed. Even then, it may not be source checked and I highly doubt, in most cases of qualitative data, that people will attempt to repeat the study to check their findings. That said Im not telling anyone to go out of their way to become an expert in whatever they are doing their dissertation/case study/essay about (we dont have time) but I feel like we should get taught the ethics behind giving information. False information is diluting the education level of the people and filling the media with lies and inaccurate statistics and statements. It wasnt long ago that the media falsely quoted Stephen Hawking to have said Black holes dont exist. Haha Anyway, Im just procrastinating so I better get back on it.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 09:34:05 +0000
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