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Category Archives: methods
what is an audit trail and why do you need one?
The term audit trail is shorthand. i use it to describe “evidential” material that you provide for a reader. I am a bit suspicious of the overuse of the word evidence, and I prefer “audit” because it describes what actually … Continue reading
“showing” and “telling” in the thesis
The thesis must show and tell your examiner that its writer is ready to be called Dr. Yep. Dr (insert your surname here.) What do I mean by show and tell? Well, even if these are not the usual definitions, … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, audit trail, conclusion, introduction, literature reviews, methods, show and tell, thesis
Tagged academic writing, audit trail, conclusion, introduction, literature, methods, show and tell, thesis
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learning from live pandemic research
I haven’t taught research methods for a year or so. But right now I do wish I still was. I’m not asking for additional workload. Not at all. It’s just that there is so much potential for learning in the … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, epistemology, mess, methodology, methods, ontology, pandemic, research methods
Tagged knowledge-making, live research methods, ologies, pandemic, sciences
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research as creative practice
Health warning – this is a tiny rant about one of my pet peeves, research “training”. It also draws on my own research in creativity and education. My starting point – Research is a creative process. The connection between research … Continue reading
a festive gift from patter – a checklist for revising methods chapters
PhDers sometimes find writing the thesis methods chapter a pretty tedious business. But the methods chapter is a key part of the examination process – it shows that the researcher knows how to research. You see, examiners make their decision … Continue reading
tiny texts – small is powerful
I work a lot with tiny texts. Abstracts. Storyboards. Story threads. Lines of argument. Tiny texts are my academic writing tool of choice. If I had to abandon all the other writing strategies I have in my repertoire, this is … Continue reading
Posted in abstracts, academic writing, methods, methods chapter, research methods, thesis, Tiny Text
Tagged abstratc, argument, methods chapter, Pat Thomson, thesis, Tiny Text
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three things examiners look for in methods chapters
Once upon a time, when I worked in schools, early childhood teachers routinely issued young children with a ‘pen license’. A pen license was much sought after as it meant that a child could ‘advance’ to using a pen instead of … Continue reading
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Tagged examiner, methods chapter, Pat Thomson, research
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writing course – the Methods Section
Methods. Methodology. Being methodical. All of the above. The third day of the writing workshop (predictably, since we are following an ILMRaD structure) focused on what goes in the Methods Section of a journal article. And predictably again, the first … Continue reading
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