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Tag Archives: Literatures
criticality in the PhD – nine things to avoid
Doctoral writers are expected to show “criticality” in their thinking and writing. But what does this actually mean? Criticality has a specific academic meaning. A meaning that isn’t quite the same as the one that is in ordinary use. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in criticality, questions, reflexivity
Tagged criticality, examiner, Literatures, Pat Thomson, reflexivity
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keeping up with the literatures
Keep up. Keep up. Don’t get behind. When I hear these words I immediately want to rebel. What’s really wrong with being a bit behind? Keeping up with what’s being published takes time and effort. Do you really, really need … Continue reading
Posted in Browzine, keeping up, Literatures, reading, reading routine
Tagged Browzine, keeping up, Literatures, Pat Thomson, reading
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making the case for your research
Explain why your research is worth doing … it might be obvious to you but it’s not necessarily clear to others. But it’s not just you who has to explain. All scholars have to justify why their research topic is … Continue reading
Posted in gap-spotting, literature review, research warrant, warrant
Tagged gap talk, Golden-Biddle and Locke, Literatures, Pat Thomson, warrant
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not reading everything
Last week was the first week of teaching. New class. New co-teacher. And for the third year running, the course has been redesigned. From a mix of online and face to face, to all on line, and now all face … Continue reading
Posted in literature mapping, literature reviews, reading, scan-reading
Tagged Literatures, Pat Thomson, reading, reading choices
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finding debates and discussions in the literature
Working with literatures? One of the things you’re advised to do by people like me is to identify debates and discussions. That’s because you are very likely to want to contribute to a discussion. And to do this you will … Continue reading
reading against the literatures – #litreview
Advice on literature reviews pretty well always say something like – the literature review should say what’s already been said about your topic – or – you need to bring together the particular literatures that your study is going to … Continue reading
keeping up with the literatures – preliminary sorting is key
This post is in response to a question about how to keep on top of what is being published I found out early on that academic work required finding ways to deal with a load of information. My undergraduate honours … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, Browzine, literature review, reading
Tagged categorising, keeping up with literatures, Literatures, Pat Thomson, reading, selecting, sorting
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orientations to reading – the literature as ‘resources’
Everyone knows that doing research means doing lots of reading. And that Reading leads to literature reviews which are crucial to research proposals, theses and papers. The most common way to think about working with the literatures is to use … Continue reading
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