Category Archives: scoping

literatures work – and a pair of new shoes…

Posted on September 25, 2017 by pat thomson

It’s September and the Autumn equinox. To mark the occasion, I took my new pair of lace-up boots out of their box and gave them their first wearing/airing. Now anyone who knows me knows that I always have a pair … Continue reading →

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focusing in on blogging literatures part two – #acwrimo work in progress

Posted on November 25, 2012 by pat thomson

This is the sixth post about the literature review I am doing about academic blogging for a paper/project with Thesis Whisperer. I’m working to a short time frame, and using a three-stage approach – scoping, mapping and focusing in. I … Continue reading →

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literature review step one, scoping. #acwrimo work in progress

Posted on November 11, 2012 by pat thomson

One of the things that we all have to do when starting a piece of research is to find out what else has been said about our topic. This is usually called the literature review, although I prefer to think … Continue reading →