GRIP Term Paper
For your term paper, choose a topic that
discusses the associations between aspects of the meaning and purpose
in life, social
conflict and injustice, the relief of human suffering, and the
promotion of
inner and outer peace. Use the descriptions and previous
analyses of
your internship experience to write about your specific topic in
detail. You
may write this paper as an individual paper, or 2-4 students can write
this
paper together as a group term paper. If students work together on this
paper,
the paper will be based on ALL of your internship experiences. The
final term
paper should be 8-15 pages long for an individual paper and 15-25 pages
long
for a group term paper and include significant references to the books
we have
read. At least five different references per group member (books or
journal
articles – NOT web sites) should be cited in the paper. The paper is
due on July
30 during regular class time and is worth 44% of your final grade. To receive a grade on the paper, you will
need to submit the paper together with the GRIP volunteer log, signed by you
and your agency supervisor.
I will grade the term paper
according to the following criteria:
Form
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Is the paper
typed and double-spaced?
(Exception: lengthy quotes should be single-spaced and indented on both
sides.)
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Is there a
title page that includes the
title, your name, and the course title?
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Is the paper
organized in a logical way
(i.e. introduction, method, results, and conclusion)?
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Were headings
and subheadings used?
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Does the
paper have 1-inch margins on the
left, top, and bottom of the page and a 1.5-inch margin on the right
side of
the page?
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Is the font
size either 11 or 12?
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Except for
the title page, are all pages
numbered?
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Does the
paper contain any grammar and
spelling errors?
Content
1.
Introduction
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Describe your
topic.
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Explain how
your paper is related to the
books we have read in class and other theoretical or empirical work in
this
area.
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Give an
overview of your paper.
2.
Method
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Describe
exactly what you did to get your
“data”, i.e., your internship/service learning experience.
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Describe the
setting where the internship/service
learning experience took place and the people you worked with in detail.
3.
Results
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Describe your
findings in detail. Give
evidence from your reflection journal entries to illustrate your
points. Be
explicit! Quote from your journal entries.
4.
Conclusion
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Present a
short summary of your major
findings and insights.
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How do those
findings relate to the
literature we read in class? Do they confirm or contradict prior
theoretical
and empirical literature?
5.
References
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List all the
articles and/or books that
are cited in the paper, using APA reference style. You should have a
minimum of
five references or five references per group member (i.e., academic
books and
journal articles). Web pages do not count!
If you encounter any problems pertaining to
your
internship/service learning experience and/or the term paper (e.g.,
volunteering, writing the reflection journal entries, choosing a topic,
or
writing the term paper) come and talk to me.