Teachers
Silvia Salcuni
Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione
silvia.salcuni[at]unipd.it  
M-PSI/07

Tullio Vardanega,
Dept of Mathematics
tullio.vardanega[at]math.unipd.it
INF01

Aim
The main aim of the course is to provide Ph.D. students with a method to communicate and disseminate their research results. Examples of oral presentations and scientific papers in the field of Psychology, Computer Sciences and Neurosciences will be presented and discussed with the students. Through practical exercises and group work, participants will develop the necessary skills to draft and deliver oral presentations and write scientific articles. A variety of tasks will be assigned during the classes, including drafting posters and oral presentations, giving talks, practicing scientific writing and editing.

Syllabus

• Introduction to oral presentation skills (3 hours): preparing your talk, from drafting to delivery. Structure, style, and timing of oral presentation. The “to-do list” of public speaking. Talks with different purposes and audiences (dissemination vs. scientific peers) will be presented.
• Training oral presentation skills (3 hours): the students will be invited to prepare and present a trial talk following the Coimbra three Minutes Competition rules.
• The structure and style of scientific writing (3 hours): journals guidelines; main editorial norms; how to write a scientific paper; how to manage Editors and Reviewers’ requests; examples of good and poor scientific writing.
• Practicing scientific writing (3 hours): drafting: the golden rules of a scientific writer (workgroup assignments); editing (editing skills are a fundamental component of scientific writing). Students will practice their editing skills through in-class assignments.
• Paper Revising and Replying to Editors (3 hours)
• Response letters (group work)

Course requirements
None

Examination modality
Students’ achievements will be evaluated through ad hoc in-class presentations and writing exercises.

Course material, enrollment and last-minute notifications
Made available by the teacher at this Moodle address

Schedule
09 08 January 2024, 9:00-12:00 (Room 2AB40)
16 09 January 2024, 9:00-12:00 (Room 2AB45)
19 January 2024, 10:30-13:30 9:00-12:00 (Room 2AB40)
23 January 2024, 9:00-12:00 (Room 2AB45)
2 February 2024, 9:00-12:00 (Room 2AB45)

Location
Rooms written in the schedule above and located at the Dept. of Mathematics, via Trieste 63 Padova

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