Field Report

Group 3
 Field reports are most often assigned in
the applied social sciences [e.g., social
work, anthropology, gerontology, criminal
justice, education, law, the health care
professions] where it is important to build
a bridge of relevancy between the
theoretical concepts learned in the
classroom and the practice of actually
doing the work you are being taught to
do .
When writing a field report you
need to:
– Systematically observe and accurately record the varying aspects of a
situation.
– Continuously analyze your observations.
– Keep the report’s aims in mind while you are observing
– Consciously observe, record, and analyze what you hear and see in the
context of a theoretical framework.
 Writing Action Research or Field
Report

– The Title Use a subtitle to clarify what the report is about.

Use a reasonably catchy title
Table of contents

– Abstract
– Chapter 1: Introduction (purpose, importance, assumptions, definitions,
research questions)
– Chapter 2: Review of the Literature
– Chapter 3: Methods (subjects, setting, instrument, data collection procedures)
– Chapter 4: Result (include graphs or tables)
– Chapter 5: Discussion (including conclusion, recommendation, action
plan)ReferencesAppendices
Organization

– The key to your report is not brilliance or even

inspiration, but organization.
– Use of headings and subheadings
– Use of outline
The Paragraph

– Unity :The entire paragraph should concern itself with a single focus. If it
begins with a certain point of discussion, it should not end with another or
wander within different ideas.
– Coherence: Create logical or verbal bridges in your paragraphs to be coherent.
For example, key words or synonymous words can be repeated in several
sentences.A
– Topic Sentence: Put your topic sentence near the beginning of the paragraph.
– Adequate Development: It usually takes more than 1,2,or 3 sentences to have
a fully developed paragraph.Do not use future tense in Ch. 1 verbs as you did
with the proposal. Use past tense in data gathering section.
Effective Transitions

– Does your report have a nice flow ( continuity, or progression)?

– Use a lead-in sentence to introduce discussion of a new concept .
– The end of a paragraph can set up a clear connection to the next
paragraph.
– One way to create a transition is to repeat a key word or phrase
from the preceding paragraph.
The Conclusion

– Propose a course of action, possible approaches or solutions to the issue

raised.
– Challenge the reader: Address ideas from a fresh perspective in order to
encourage the reader to continue thinking about the topic .
– Looking to the future: Raise questions for future study.Describing the
limitations of your study.Save a provocative or exciting insight or quotation for
the conclusion.
– Echoing the introduction: Include something from the introduction (e.g. a
detail, image, scenario, or example) to bring the report full cycle.