Handbook of Academic Writing: A Fresh Approach

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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The Handbook of Academic Writing offers practical advice to busy academics who want, and are often required, to integrate writing into their working lives. It defines what academic writing is, and the process of getting started through to completion, covering topics such as:

Gaining momentum
Reviewing and revising
Self-discipline
Writing regularly
Writers' groups and retreats

Academic writing is one of the most demanding tasks that all academics and researchers face. In some disciplines there is guidance on what is needed to be productive, successful writers; but in other disciplines there is no training, support or mentoring of any kind. This book helps those in both groups not only to improve their writing skills and strategies, but, equally importantly, to find satisfaction in engaging in regular and productive writing.

Underpinned by a diverse range of literature, this book addresses the different dimensions of writing. The fresh approach that Murray and Moore explore in this book includes developing rhetorical knowledge, focusing on writing behaviours and understanding writing contexts.

This book will help writers in academic contexts to develop a productive writing strategy, not only for research monitoring exercises, but also for the long term.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2006-10-16
Mått153 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt209 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor216
FörlagMcGraw-Hill Education
ISBN9780335219339

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Rowena Murray is Associate Dean (Research) at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. She carries out research on writing, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and British Academy. Her other bestselling books with Open University Press include How to Write a Thesis, How to Survive Your Viva and The Handbook of Academic Writing (written with Sarah Moore). Rowena is also Editor of the Helping Students to Learn Series and edited the first volume – The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Dr Sarah Moore (PhD, MBS, DBS, BA psych), is Dean of Teaching and Learning at the University of Limerick in Ireland. She has chaired a national university retention network focusing on enhancing student performance in university settings. Much of her work focuses on helping both teachers and students to maximise their performance. She has published a range of journal articles and book chapters and is co-author of a major Irish textbook in the area of organisational behaviour. She has been a university lecturer for over 15 years and her research focuses on teaching and learning skills and styles, group dynamics, personality, decision-making, learning styles and writing development in higher education.

AcknowledgementsPrefacePart I Defining and understanding academic writing Advancing your writing: Starting, gaining momentum and engaging creatively in the academic writing process Retreating: Reviewing, revising, crafting and enhancing your writing Disciplinarity in academic writingPart II Retreating to advance: Planning, running and participating in writers' retreats for academics A writing for publication programme Writers' groups Part III Redefining academic writing practices Integrating writing into your life Using writing to reconcile teaching-research tensions. Advancing and retreating: The essential dynamic of academic writing BibliographyIndex