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EQP ideas - based on Islam§

Does anyone have any good EPQ ideas based around Islam.

I had an idea of;
* How muslims are portrayed in todays society
* The struggles of being a muslim in todays society

But im not too sure if it's good. please help

Reply 1

Both these titles are far too vague and have no definite questions to answer. And you do not have time to survey 100s of Muslims for their opinions and attitudes - you are writing an extended essay, not starting a 4 year PhD.

More simple and definite - and doable - ideas :
What evidence is there that mainstream British attitudes to Ramadan celebrations have changed in the last 5 years.
Is the current definition of Islamophobia in the UK still appropriate.
Has the new King's attitude to multi-faith had a positive impact on British Muslims feelings of acceptance.
Do young British-born Muslims have a different sense of personal identity than older, overseas born generations.
Etc.

This is type of question is more realistic - especially if you limit it even further by making it only about your home town/city, or your own heritage-identity group. Just think - 'how am I going to research this' , 'what material is already out there for me to read', 'what is currently in the news, so that I know there will be material / opinion pieces available'. An EPQ is about gathering material, reading it, thinking about it and then writing an academic essay about what you have learnt, not just a stream of 'I think' type statements which is realistically all you could do with the two wobbly titles you have at the moment.

Reply 2

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by McGinger
Both these titles are far too vague and have no definite questions to answer. And you do not have time to survey 100s of Muslims for their opinions and attitudes - you are writing an extended essay, not starting a 4 year PhD.
More simple and definite - and doable - ideas :
What evidence is there that mainstream British attitudes to Ramadan celebrations have changed in the last 5 years.
Is the current definition of Islamophobia in the UK still appropriate.
Has the new King's attitude to multi-faith had a positive impact on British Muslims feelings of acceptance.
Do young British-born Muslims have a different sense of personal identity than older, overseas born generations.
Etc.
This is type of question is more realistic - especially if you limit it even further by making it only about your home town/city, or your own heritage-identity group. Just think - 'how am I going to research this' , 'what material is already out there for me to read', 'what is currently in the news, so that I know there will be material / opinion pieces available'. An EPQ is about gathering material, reading it, thinking about it and then writing an academic essay about what you have learnt, not just a stream of 'I think' type statements which is realistically all you could do with the two wobbly titles you have at the moment.

Okay thank you! i haven't started writing my EPQ yet and my school hasn't introduced it to us yet so i wasn't too sure on what the type of stuff we were supposed to write about. i didn't realise it had to be very specific and not vague which is why my 2 ideas were how they were, i just wanted to give an idea as to what i want my epq to resolve around. Thank you for the help!

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