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help your inner ‘Creator’ and ‘Editor’ get along
You’re writing? And feeling a bit pulled in two directions at once? Perhaps that’s not surprising. Writers have two inter-related personae –the Creator and the Editor. Well, that’s according to Joni B Cole, and indeed a lot of other people … Continue reading
Posted in Creator and Editor, feedback, inner editor, Joni Cole, revision
Tagged creative practice, Editor and CReator, feedback, inner editor, Joni Cole, revision, supervision
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giving feedback on writing – be specific
One of the characteristics of academic life is feedback. We get it whether we want it or not. Students feedback on our teaching. Reviewers feedback on our papers. Supervisors feedback on draft thesis texts. Of course, most of us also … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, feedback, Joni Cole, specific
Tagged academic writing, be specific, feedback, Joni Cole
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a thesis writing-feedback calendar
How does a thesis get written? What do I as a supervisor do to help? How does feedback work best? A set of inter-related questions that keep many of us mildly, or a lot, worried. Well, I have an ‘ideal … Continue reading
Posted in calendar, feedback, thesis, thesis abstract, thesis revision
Tagged calendar, feedback, Pat Thomson, thesis, thesis completion
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that bleeding thesis…
No. I’m not cussing. Let me explain why. My colleague Brigitte Nerlich sent me an email the other day. She said: I was talking to a PhD student (not one of mine) and this student repeatedly used a metaphor which … Continue reading
Posted in Brigitte Nerlich, feedback, supervision, supervisor, thesis
Tagged Brigitte Nerlich, feedback, Pat Thomson, supervision, thesis
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giving feedback on a paper
If you’re working with a writing partner, or a group, there’ll come a time when you want to give each other feedback. And you’ll want that feedback to be affirming not debilitating, and helpfully critical and not crushingly negative. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing
Tagged academic writing, conversation about academic writing, feedback, paper, Pat Thomson
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writing course – winding up
The last two days of the writing course. Most of the participants now have something that looks like a paper. They’ve got all of the relevant sections even if these are not all totally finished. Some sections may have pieces … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, feedback, journal
Tagged feedback, journal article, Pat Thomson
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supervision and feedback
So this week there’s a bit of tweet humour about how US grad students might interpret feedback from faculty trained in the UK. If you haven’t seen it here’s a taste. They say “With the greatest respect”, the grad student … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, doctoral pedagogies, feedback, supervision
Tagged feedback, Liz Lerman, Pat Thomson, supervision
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refereeing a journal article. part 3. writing the feedback
Having read the article carefully, and decided whether it’s accept without change, revise and resubmit or reject, there is now the task of writing the feedback to the author/s. There are four things to keep in mind when writing feedback: … Continue reading
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Tagged academic publishing, feedback, Pat Thomson, peer review, refereeing
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