{"id":2073,"date":"2017-09-26T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/?p=2073"},"modified":"2018-08-29T21:45:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T20:45:12","slug":"s1-week-2-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/index.php\/2017\/09\/26\/s1-week-2-class\/","title":{"rendered":"S1-Week 2-Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

Semester 1 (Week 2)<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Theses are the notes I took during the Tuesday afternoon workshop that took place from 14:00 to 17:00 on 26th September 2017.\u00a0\u00a0The tutor was\u00a0Dr Claire McAvinia<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Topic for today’s workshop<\/h3>\n

– Re-introduction to Academic Writing<\/p>\n

Consider your choice of academic paper.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Phyllis Creme, Writing at University<\/p>\n

Mike Wallace and Alison Ray, Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates<\/p>\n

Paul J Silva, How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing<\/p>\n

Note: Approaches to Learning (look up this learning theories pirated copy online)<\/p>\n

What is academic writing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clear formal language
\nEvidence from others (references)
\nAnswers or debates a specific question in the feld
\nHas clear organisation and layout<\/p>\n

Writing is a process that happens to have a product<\/p>\n

Prepare -> Research -> Organise -> Draft -> Revise
\n(Circular)<\/p>\n

Getting started<\/strong><\/p>\n

What do you do to help you start writing<\/p>\n

Brainstorming
\nFree-writing
\nMind-mapping
\nOutlining
\nSharing writing with someone else
\nSpeaking aloud
\nAsking W questions (who, what, when, where, why)<\/p>\n

Key elements in your writing (from Creme & Lea, 2003)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Development an argument
\nLinking theory and practice
\nDrawing a conclusion
\nAnalysing
\nBeing critical
\nDeveloping a central idea
\nProcessing information
\nIncorporating facts
\nCorrect terminology
\nLogical order
\nUse of evidence to support argument
\nUse of primary texts
\nUse of quotation
\nDrawing on personal experience<\/p>\n

Why can it be difficult to write?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Academics are taught to be analytical and critical
\nThere can be few short-term deadlines for the work
\nWriting is often undertaken in isolation<\/p>\n

Writing Strategies: Free Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following will be use to me in Year 2:<\/p>\n

I have previous experience of research and academic writing from a previous Masters (thesis and publication) in 1994. This, together with MSc Year 1 has given me a lot of confidence in my ability to successfully get through this year. I enjoy working alone on longer term projects, of a creative nature, so I am looking forward to Year 2 overall.<\/p>\n

Setting a writing goal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where are you now?
\n– Amending proposal?
\n– Starting some literature review?<\/p>\n

What is the next piece of writing you need to do?<\/p>\n

When will you start this piece?<\/p>\n

…
\n2 more questions<\/p>\n

A commonly used structure<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abstract
\nIntroduction
\nLiterature Review<\/p>\n

… plus a few more<\/p>\n

Starting to think about journals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who is the publisher?
\nWho is the editor \/ who is on the editorial board?
\nIs the journal national or international?
\nWhat do the guidelines for contributions stipulate?
\nIs some or all of the content peer-reviewed?
\nHow many issues are there per year and how many of these are themed\/special issues?
\nWhat types of material are published?
\nAre articles illustrated?
\nHow many references do papers typically include?
\nHow long is the average article?<\/p>\n

My note: try to match keywords and topics with journals.<\/p>\n

What is the impact factor of the journals.<\/p>\n

Reference the people on the editorial board.<\/p>\n

Why do journals reject articles?<\/p>\n

It fails the technical screening
\nIt does not fall within the Aims and Scope
\nIt’s incomplete<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Semester 1 (Week 2) Theses are the notes I took during the Tuesday afternoon workshop that took place from 14:00 to 17:00 on 26th September 2017.\u00a0\u00a0The tutor was\u00a0Dr Claire McAvinia. Topic for today’s workshop – Re-introduction to Academic Writing Consider your choice of academic paper. Phyllis Creme, Writing at University Mike Wallace and Alison Ray, … Continue reading S1-Week 2-Class<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,22,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-modules","category-semester-1","category-week-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2073"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2714,"href":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2073\/revisions\/2714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gerardkilkenny.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}