The good paper : a handbook for writing papers in higher education / / Lotte Rienecker and Peter Stray Jørgensen ; with contributions by Signe Skov

• Autore: Rienecker Lotte
• Pubblicazione: Frederiksberg, Denmark : , : Samfundslitteratur, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: First printed edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Disciplina: 808.06/6378
• Soggetto topico: Dissertations, Academic; Academic writing; Education, Higher - Study and teaching
• Persona (resp. second.): JørgensenPeter Stray; SkovSigne
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Good Paper - A handbook for writing papers in higher education; Copyright; Contents; Foreword to the English version; Use; Foundation and background; Research papers, BA theses and essays; Examples from good papers from professional bachelor and master programmes; Collaboration with research libraries; Activity book; Contact the authors; Reading Guide; 1. Good Papers in Higher Education - Genres and Quality Criteria; The research paper as a genre; The research genre investigates a subject-specific problem; The research paper meets scientific and scholarly requirements ; Research means bringing factors into playThe research text is hierarchical; Research is both the knowledge and the inquiry of the field; Academic speech acts; Requirements and qualities of the good paper in higher education; Avoid common misconceptions of what constitutes a good paper; Other types of papers and genres you will have to write as a student; Other types of papers: Popularising papers, practice papers, tests; The foundation of your research - the paper's pentagon; What can be included in the pentagon's corners?; Examples of good papers in the pentagon model; Use the pentagon ; The good paper's quality criteriaA teacher's comments on a paper; Rhetoric of science; 1. In the good paper, the writer is professional and displays independence; Independence; 2. The good paper uses the field's knowledge and tools; Knowledge production; 3. The good paper is focused; 4. The good paper is "written" on the top of the taxonomies of educational objectives.; 5. The good paper is an argument; 6. The good paper is critical of its own material, its field and of itself; 7. The good paper communicates on a meta level; 8. The good paper meets the curriculum's parameters ; Read your curriculumExamples of qualities in bachelor theses; Nuances?; The different purposes and ideals of the Anglo-American and Continental research traditions; Advice to students writing in the Continental tradition; 2. Writing Processes of Research Papers; Choice of topic; Your interest in the topic; The useful topic; The good topic; Theoretical, abstract or concrete topics?; After choosing a topic, the first thing you should do is write; You have started writing, yes, but what?; Write before and while you read; Write backwards - start with the conclusion; Begin with the central aspects ; Put off in depth studies of theory and history, summaries and descriptionsBe flexible when writing; Introductory writing is writing to think; The techniques of writing to think; Brainstorming; Mind mapping; Non-stop writing; Broad writing; Display (visual representations) i.e. drawing the central content of your paper; Why write to think?; From writing to think to drafts to finished papers; Writing with or without an outline; The texts of the writing process: Notes, drafts and finished text; Should you write with a reader in mind?; Revising a text; Take a break; Revise on paper ; Criteria for revision
• Sommario/riassunto: The good paper is a handbook for writing research papers, BA and other projects, theses, essays etc. in Danish higher education. The book is written for students who must independently formulate a research question and search for literature for their research papers: bachelor theses, research papers, projects at all levels of project oriented education, master and diploma theses.--p. 4 of covers.
• Titolo autorizzato: The good paper
• ISBN: 87-593-2167-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819377003321
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