Tag Archives: Howard Becker

don’t try to write “classy” – starting the phd

Posted on October 23, 2017 by

One of the earliest books on academic writing in the social sciences is by Howard Becker. Or  Howie as I gather he likes to be known. As I don’t know him, I’m compelled to call him by the full name … Continue reading →

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ask not how but why – musings on ‘the interview’

Posted on December 1, 2016 by

I was reading some interview transcripts the other day. They were fairly unstructured conversations; the interviewer had some set topics to cover, but not necessarily any set wording. I happened to be looking for the connections between the type of … Continue reading →

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writing course: The Literatures

Posted on February 4, 2015 by

So next to The Literatures. Literatures, a broad term covering anything from the scholarly works to popular texts, social and print media and policy texts. But always including the scholarly materials relevant to the research being reported in the paper. … Continue reading →

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style and structure – according to Berger

Posted on April 10, 2014 by

There are a lot of books about academic writing out there. And I buy a lot of them too! The majority of academic writing books are written by people who are in academic development or writing instruction; others work in … Continue reading →

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finding and defining your research agenda

Posted on August 26, 2013 by

I have what could be seen as a pretty messy cv. This is not because I’ve switched from schools to universities but rather that the research and writing that I’ve done seems to cover pretty disparate areas. If you just … Continue reading →

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