Provisional schedule

Date

UK time

China time

Sessions

 

Content

 

 

 

20-30 mins Preparation for live session 1

Personal introductions and needs analysis

Week 1

TBC

TBC

Live session 1

Plenary: Introduction to the course and the reverse engineering approach. This approach consists of training participants to analyse relevant texts that will help them eventually create their own effective texts for publication.

Small group activity 1: Reverse engineering practice using a sample simplified introduction section

Plenary: Small group discussion/Q&A

Trainer’s input: Effective narrative

 

 

 

20-30 mins Preparation for live session 2

Small groups share reflections on session 1

Small groups select target research articles

Week 2

TBC

TBC

Live session 2

Plenary: Q&A and reflections

Small group activity 2: Individuals reverse engineer their target article introduction and then seek commonalities/identify differences with group

Plenary: Small groups share their findings

Trainer’s input: Effective introduction sections

 

 

 

20-30 mins Preparation for live session 3

Individuals reflect on session 2

Small groups select a shared article for the project

Week 3

TBC

TBC

Live session 3

Plenary: Q&A and reflections

Trainer’s input: Effective results sections

Small group activity 3: Individuals reverse engineer their target article results section and then seek commonalities/identify differences with group

Plenary: small groups share findings and Q&A

Instructions for follow-up activity

 

 

 

20-30 mins Preparation for live session 4

Small group project: prepare for session 5 presentation – analyse selected text

Week 4

TBC

TBC

Live session 4

Plenary: Q&A and reflections

Small group activity 5: Individually reverse engineer target article’s abstract; seek commonalities/identify differences with group

Plenary: Small groups share findings and Q&A

Small group collaborative writing activity 6: Draft an abstract

Small groups review and evaluate each other’s writing

Trainer feedback on participants’ writing

 

 

 

20-30 mins Preparation for live session 5

Small group project: prepare for session 5 presentation – finalise slides or equivalent of group’s text analysis

Week 5

TBC

TBC

Live session 5

Plenary: small group project presentations and panel/trainer feedback

Masterclass summary, learning reflection and next steps