Research Catalog

Title

Writing groups for doctoral education and beyond : innovations in practice and theory / edited by Claire Aitchison, Cally Guerin.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Aitchison, Claire.
• Guerin, Cally.

Description

xiii, 239 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Writing is the principal means by which doctoral candidature is monitored and measured; this, combined with the growing tendency to use publications as proxy measures of individual and institutional productivity, underlines the centrality of writing in academia. One of the central questions for scholars in higher education, therefore, is 'How do we make writing happen?', and it is this question which the book seeks to answer. The book provides detailed illustrations of collaborative writing pedagogies which are powerfully enabling, and through theoretical and conceptual interrogation of these practices, the authors point the way for individuals as well as institutions to establish writing groups that are lively, responsive and context-specific. Key topics include:new pedagogical responses for increased writing productivity and the 'push to publis';innovations for supporting academic writing quality, confidence and output;scaffolding the thesis writing process;new theoretical explorations of collaborative writing approaches;writing group formulations and pedagogical approaches;writing groups for non-native speakers of English;writing as women in higher education. A particular strength of this book is that it showcases the potential of writing groups for advanced academic writing by pulling together a unique mix of authors and scholarly approaches, representing a wide range of new theoretical and pedagogical frames from diverse countries. Writing Groups for Doctoral Education and Beyond will be attractive to academics seeking new ways to advance their writing productivity, doctoral students, their supervisors and those who are tasked with the job of supporting them through the completion and dissemination of their research"--

Subjects

• Academic writing > Study and teaching (Graduate)
• EDUCATION > Higher
• Dissertations, Academic
• Group work in education
• EDUCATION > General
• Authorship > Collaboration
• EDUCATION > Research

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Writing groups, pedagogy, theory and practice: an introduction / Claire Aitchison and Cally Guerin -- Writing together for many reasons: theoretical and historical perspectives / Anthony Paré -- Pick-n-Mix: a typology of writers' groups in use / Sarah Haas -- Learning from multiple voices: feedback and authority in doctoral writing groups / Claire Aitchison -- Writing groups as critical spaces for engaging normalized institutional cultures of writing in doctoral education / Doreen Starke-Meyerring -- Transparent transactions: when doctoral students and their supervisors write together / Michelle Maher -- Doctoral students create new spaces to write / Rowena Murray -- Walking the labyrinth: the holding embrace of academic writing retreats / Sally Knowles and Barbara Grant -- The gift of writing groups: critique, community and confidence / Cally Guerin -- Scaffolding the thesis writing process: an ongoing writing group for international research students / Linda Li -- 'If they're not laughing, watch out!': emotion and risk in postgraduate writers' circles / Lucia Thesen -- A weekly dose of applause!: connectedness and playfulness in the 'thesis marathon' / Judith Wolfsberger -- The studio model: developing community writing in creative, practice-led PhD design theses / Welby Ings -- An intimate circle: reflections on writing as women in higher education / Agnes Bosanquet, Jayde Cahir, Elaine Huber, Christa Jacenyik-Trawöger and Margot McNeill -- Shut up & write! Some surprising uses of cafés and crowds in doctoral writing / Inger Mewburn, Lindy Osborne and Glenda Caldwell.

Call Number

JFE 16-6010

ISBN

• 9780415834735
• 0415834732
• 9780415834742
• 0415834740
• 020349881X
• 9780203498811
• 9780203498811 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2013040763
• 40023903424

OCLC

862102674

Title

Writing groups for doctoral education and beyond : innovations in practice and theory / edited by Claire Aitchison, Cally Guerin.

Publisher

London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Aitchison, Claire.

Guerin, Cally.

Other Standard Identifier

40023903424

Research Call Number

JFE 16-6010