If you have spent any time reading advice or ‘how to’ books on writing a thesis at any level, you will almost certainly have come across some version of this concept: the ‘knowledge gap’. And you will likely have been told that you have to create a research project or study that will find knowledge … Continue reading Contributions to knowledge and the ‘knowledge gap’
Category: Reading
Paper writing: the reference list
I was teaching a writing for publication course again last week, in which I work mainly with writers who are publishing a paper that comes out of a thesis, either Master's or doctoral. Thus, they are all trying to create a small, focused argument from a larger argument. This is a significant challenge, and one … Continue reading Paper writing: the reference list
Reading: pointing yourself in the right direction(s)
As a supervisor now, I am tasked with helping the students who are just starting out to find a way into their field, through reading (and keeping a reading journal). As a researcher and writer, I also have to work out, when I start a new paper or new project, where and how to start … Continue reading Reading: pointing yourself in the right direction(s)
Reading: hard to teach, hard to do
Reading. One of the most important, but often most invisible, activities academics and scholars have to engage in to actually be academic, and scholarly. As a postgraduate student - honours, master, PhD especially - you will know that reading is a big part of your weekly workload, especially in the first part of your study, … Continue reading Reading: hard to teach, hard to do
PhD workout: getting ‘reading fit’
I have been silent for far too long in this space, my creativity stifled by fatigue and channeled into other writing - book chapters, course outlines, lecture notes and far too many emails. I have been thinking a lot about 'fitness' for research, as I have been feeling terribly out of shape, and I am … Continue reading PhD workout: getting ‘reading fit’
