最近,很多的学生想问project proposal/writing sample该怎么写,以前从来没写过这种东西,提笔一片茫然。所谓知己知彼,百战不殆,首先我们要了解PP/WS到底是什么。毫无疑问,PP/WS是申请材料的重要组成部分,录取委员会会据此审核你是否有独立解决问题的能力,将想法与实践相结合的能力。如果让你去做一个研究,你能不能有条理的写出研究的步骤,可能遇到的问题,以及如何解决。另外还有一个重要的点就是你在PP/WS里如何审视自己的经历和知识,寻找自己在哪些方面还有问题,哪些领域你还不明白,你准备如何处理;通过这些,录取委员会可以了解学院的课程能否支持你未来的职业发展。
其实它们并不难,现在我就以伦敦艺术大学中央圣马丁的陶瓷,家具和珠宝设计(MA Design; Ceramics, Furniture, Jewellery)的要求为例,教大家怎样写出一篇规范的proposal。一般字数在800以内,资料来源,参考书目和附录部分不包含在字数内。
Your Background
Using bullet points,state professional qualifications, skills, experiences, abilities
and prior practice that are relevant to your proposal.
Outline Proposal
Describe your precise area of interest and research/study you wish to undertake
demonstrating your contextual knowledge.
Describe the core of your project in three to four sentences.
Outline the context in which your project operates answering questions such as: Why is your project relevant? Who might be its audience(s)?
Development
Refer to specific areas, critical ideas and precedents, which underpin and frame your proposal.
This section invites you to extend the description of your projectfocusing on specific areas. Particularly important is yourevaluation of precedents and how you position your project inrelationship to these.
Research
Outline the sequence of practical, of theoretical and of visual research that you intend to follow. This section requires you to be specific about how you plan to conduct your project and where particular challenges might lie.
Evaluation
Evaluate your work to date. Which conclusions are you are able to draw?
Where do you think the strengths of your work lie and where are areas you might
improve?
Resources
Document resources that you have drawn on as part of your research towards your proposalincluding professional contacts,libraries, museums, galleries, special archives orcollections.
Document any professional contacts that might support the delivery of your project.These might be drawn from the listabove and / or extend to your access to research or productionfacilities, potential collaborators etc.
Bibliography
Please give clear references of any relevant documentary materialincluding books, images, videos, objects, artworks, online sources etc.
Appendix (optional)
This section is optional. You can insert any additional material that you consider
relevant but not a core part of your project proposal.
This could be other projects, notebooks, drawings, companyanalyses, or additional research material.
你的背景:
对于proposal有意义的要点,如国家职业证书、技能、经验、能力和实习经历等。
大纲:
描述你明确的感兴趣的领域,研究和方向;你希望怎样通过学习来承接过去的知识并启发未来的职业道路。用3,4句话阐释你的project核心。大纲中应回答这些问题,比如你的project有什么意义?谁会是它的受众?
发展:
参考特定的领域,重要的想法和以往的范例来支撑和表现你的proposal。
这个部分需要你展开描述project聚焦的具体领域。尤其重要的是,你对于以往示例的评估使用,以及如何看待你的project和它们的联系。
研究:
概述你要采用实际,理论和图像的研究逻辑顺序。
这个部分要求你详细计划如何实施你的project并且预想有哪些巨大的困难。
评估:
评估你目前的作品,你能得出什么样的结论。
你的作品优势在哪里,有哪些地方需要提高?
资料来源:
记录你在proposal中使用的资料来源包括在职业领域有联系的人,图书馆,博物馆,展览,特别档案,收藏等等。记录任何会支持你项目的专业领域推荐人,这些可能是上面已列出的人,或者拓展到研究人员,生产商,潜在合作伙伴等等。
参考文献:
请给出明确的引用相关文献资料,包括书籍、图片、视频、艺术品、在线资源等。
附录(optional):你可以加入任何与PP相关但是不是核心的其他材料。这可能是其他项目、笔记本、图纸、公司分析,或额外的研究材料。
最后提醒一点,不要闭门造车,多多参考前人的文献调研,尽量选择你所感兴趣的方向,写的有逻辑,去体现你的学术研究能力。