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Category Archives: reflection
writing more than one thing at the same time – part three, managing
Writing several things at once is often called multi-tasking. This is a term I try to avoid, as it focuses on an action – ‘tasking’. Tasking has two problems – first of all, it doesn’t really highlight the thinking involved … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, academic writing voice, authority in writing, reflection, reflection on learning, time, writing and thinking, writing more then one thing at once, writing regularly
Tagged academic writing, Pat Thomson, reflection, reflection on learning, time, writing more then one thing at the same time
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managing the PhD – keeping a journal
The PhD is often stressful and trying. Nevertheless, most people do get through it. Many PhDers keep a journal to help work through the difficulties, challenges and worries that they experience. Writing about the everyday can of course just be … Continue reading
Posted in journal, journaling, PhD, reflection, reflection on learning, starting the PhD, Uncategorized
Tagged journaling, managing the PhD, Pat Thomson, reflection
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taking the doctoral walk
This is a guest post from Susan Gollifer, a doctoral researcher in education at The University of Iceland. Susan’s research looks at teachers and human rights curriculum. I am coming towards the end of a two-month Erasmus placement at a … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, reflection, reflexivity, supervision, supervisor, Susan Gollifer
Tagged academic writing, home and away, Pat Thomson, reflection, Susan Gollifer
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after the field work – what next?
It’s summer in the UK and we are officially on leave. Well, only sort of. Most academics manage to squeeze in a bit of time off, but I had my week in France a few weeks ago because I knew … Continue reading
Posted in data, reflection, research project, Tate Summer School
Tagged Pat Thomson, Tate Summer School
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mulling it over – a thinking tool for reflecting on a research experience
Reflection is one of those weasel-ly words that can mean anything and nothing. Most of us acknowledge that we need to do it, but what does it actually mean as a practice? You are probably familiar with Donald Schön’s (a) … Continue reading
Posted in conceptual, experience, introspection, recollection, reflection, reflexivity, theory
Tagged Donald Schon, experience, Maria Piantanida, Noreen Garman, Pat Thomson, reflection, reflexivity
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sustain your writing – find a palate cleanser or ten
We all know what a palette cleanser is right? We’re academics so we must have encountered the ubiquitous sorbet either in chilly reality or on one of those food porn tele programmes :)? Or we’ve been to a wine tasting … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, books, mental space, palette cleanser, reading, reflection, reward, theory
Tagged mental space, palette cleanser, Pat Thomson, writing
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can you write about mess in your thesis and if so how? part two
Peter Matthews continues his post about writing about the messy bits of his research. In my previous post I reported the “positive story” of my fieldwork – reflecting on that feeling of “connection” with my research participants in the narrative … Continue reading
can you write about mess in your thesis, and if so, how? part one
This post is written by Dr Peter Matthews who works in the School of the Built Environment at Herriott Watt. Peter’s blog is Urbanity…History and he tweets as @urbaneprofessor. I asked him to show and tell how he talked about … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, interview, mess, PhD, reflection, research methods, thesis
Tagged interview, mess, Peter Matthews, reflection, thesis
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