Conclusions are at the end but are also an important part of communication your study - they are the way that you tell others what you know form a collection of your experience and the experience/research/ideas of others.
How do you tell others what you know?
Here are a few links for conclusions - remember we are doing a variation of a report - so first person (not third person) and also focussing on how you have gained and achieved knowing something about your practice/discipline/field/personal goals etc....so take into account that these conclusions might also relate to more formal academic writing or report writing that have slightly altered purposes and audiences.
Please add others in the comments!!
a MDX example
https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/187516/How-To-Write-A-Project-New-Format.pdf
The Writing Center at UNC-Chapel Hill
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/conclusions/
http://learn.solent.ac.uk/mod/book/view.php?id=116226&chapterid=15163
http://www.flyingwords.com/how-to-write-a-conclusion.html
http://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/conclusion
so visualising where you are going can be useful
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2013/04/applying-hyper-connected-critical-thinking-in-higher-education/
artists do write proposals... Module 2
http://www.saic.edu/media/saic/pdfs/lifesaic/careerco-opcenter/WritingGrantProposal.pdf
http://visualartists.ie/the-manual-a-survival-guide-for-visual-artists/presenting-your-work/preparing-proposals/
reflective writing
https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/as/libraryservices/library/skills/asc/documents/public/Short-Guide-Reflective-Writing.pdf
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/fch/work-experience/reflective-writing-guidance.pdf
this is about writing your own story- showing where you have gained knowledge and abilities through thinking about what you do...
arts-based http://www.pearsonportfolio.co.uk/teaching/reflection-and-reflective-practice/
for women in leadership
https://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2014/jan/02/how-to-reflect
Ruth Helyer's book about work-based learning
Thanks for this Paula - some very useful links, and interesting reading. I like to think of concluding as drawing everything you have found together into one big "bubble" or "cloud" and bringing in to a catchy sentenced/paragraphs that still leaves the reader with something to think about.
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