In order to answer the question fully, it would be helpful
to know a bit more about your topic. Are you writing about a specific aspect of
education (early childhood, middle grades, high school) or are you writing about a
specific aspect of education (reading skills, ESL, special education, curriculum
development)? There are many different topics within a subject as broad as education.
The first thing that you will need to do is determine a topic and a focus for that
topic. For example, you might decide to write about the benefits of mainstreaming
children with learning disabilities during their elementary years, or, as an opposing
viewpoint, the benefits of ESE classroom instruction for children with learning
disabilities during their formative years.
Once you have
setteld on a single narrow topic and a focus for that topic, then begin your research.
Look for valid academic sources (education journals are a good place to start) that
support your position on the subject or, if you are writing an informative piece, serve
to explain the significace of your topic.
After you have
gathered your research, outline the main points that you wish to make and then fill in
the supporting details on your outline with evidence, examples, and statistics from your
research. Remember to cite each outside reference in the text itself as well as on the
reference page. Connect each use of a source with a few ideas of your own as well so
that you are not simply collecting research.
Conclude your
paper with a restatement of the thesis, then verify that you have a unified, coherent
whole.
If you have any specific questions after you have
settled on a topic, don't hesitate to ask!
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