abhiraj singh

1. Open and read the “How to write a critique” document in the resources menu.

Describe what is a critique.

A critique involves identifying critical things to say about an article and not  describe rather than analyse

2. Outline the FOUR stages in a critique.

An introduction (which directs the reader’s attention to the publication and your response to it)
A summary of the article
Your analysis or critical commentary on the original text
Your evaluation or conclusion

3. Can a critique be positive? Discuss.

no becuase you are just giving the analyis of the article not being biased to a side of the article.

4. Critique the accuracy of the following articles:

1ST ISSUE

1. Name the issue
unemployment in australia
2. Describe one media account of this issue

Unemployment in Australia

Sue Richardson

Unemployment is a scourge in countries at all levels of economic development. It brings poverty and despair and exclusion from the mainstream way of life. It stunts the development of children and generates conflict in the home. All market economies have some unemployment arising from the dynamic birth, growth, decline and death of firms and the changes in employment that follows. This frictional unemployment is tolerable. Unemployment does its greatest damage to the individual and her or his family when it persists for months or even years.

In what follows I will describe the overall unemployment picture, including the situation of some groups at particularly high risk of unemployment, then look at underemployment, and long term unemployment. I will distinguish the experiences of men and of women, and of youth and older workers.
3. Where did you get this media account from?

http://www.socsci.flinders.edu.au/nils/publications/Unemployment.ph

4. Is this media account correct or reliable? Why

yes becuase it is from the national institute of labour studies

5. Where else might you be able to find more information about this issue?

In the newspaper, television, radio and internet.

ISSUE 2

1. Name the issue
racism in australia
2. Describe one media account of this issue
the article talks about the racism in australia and how it impacts australian
3. Where did you get this media account from?
http://www.racismnoway.com.au/library/understanding/index-What.html#Heading18
4. Is this media account correct or reliable? Why?
yes because it gives a thorough explanation of racism and it also gives a bibliography
5. Where else might you be able to find more information about this issue?

In the newspaper, television, radio and internet.

Journal Entry Week 3

Analyse why red sunsets can sometimes be more impressive when there is more dust or pollution in the air than usual.
because of the dust particles or the pollutants in the air the light is scattered more and diffent colors are visible.
Describe what happens inside water droplets to cause a rainbow and explain how you can tell whether a rainbow is a primary or secondary.

JOURNAL ENTRY WEEK 2
Investigate the two types of sight defect- long-sightedness and short sightedness.
Find the following information:

what causes the defect
the symptoms displayed
propose what sort of lens may be used to correct each vision.

LONG SIGHTEDNESS

Long-sightedness or hyperopia is a common condition that affects the ability to focus. In a long-sighted eye the light focuses behind the retina, blurring the image.

he exact causes of long-sightedness are not well understood. It is known that the eyeballs of long-sighted people tend to be smaller than average, with less curved corneas – the main optical component of the eye. There may also be a hereditary component, as the children of long-sighted parents can be long-sighted.

SHORT SIGHTEDNESS

To understand what myopia is, it helps to know how our eyes focus. The diagrams below show normal vision, short-sightedness and corrected myopia.

Journal Entry 1.

Fibre optic technology offers many advantages when used in medical applications.

describe how optical fibre may be used in medical applications
identify the traditional medical techniques that optical fibres might replace
Evaluate the benefits of fibre optic technology to medicine

Over the past twenty years, endoscopic techniques have become widely used in diagnosing and treating tear duct problems.

Endoscopic techniques permit intervention inside the tear duct, through the opening of the duct itself, as opposed to operating surgically from the outside.

Endoscopy as related to tear ducts employs an endoscope comprising a cannula, which is inserted inside the tear duct, and in which is formed a channel housing optical fibres for illuminating and visualizing, as is known, the interior of the tear duct, to permit non-invasive inspection of the condition of the duct, e.g. the existence and location of occlusions or stenoses, and simplify diagnosis of the problem involved.

In the latest embodiments, tear duct endoscopes are designed, either separately or in combination, to flush the channel with water to enhance the images obtained by the optical fibres, and the cannula is fitted on its free end with a cutting member or, at any rate, a member capable of mechanically removing occlusions or stenoses.

A major drawback of endoscopes of the above type lies in their only visualizing the tear duct during diagnosis and/or mechanical removal of the obstruction, whereas confined medication and/or histological sampling are performed with no possibility of visualizing the work area.

without optical fibres this invention would not be possible.