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PNG0058

Analytiskt läsande och skrivande

The course examines the most challenging aspects of scholarly writing and publishing, and is appropriate at the earliest stages of PhD study. The course will provide opportunities to learn about and develop skills at every stage of academic writing, from first ideas to getting published.



The course is organised around a series of study blocks which will progressively over a year help support the writing process. Each block comprises individual preparation, lectures, group-based and individual exercises, presentations, and critical feedback, and follow up writing.



- Block 1. Interpretation of questions to be addressed and determination of the thesis to be presented: considering the intended scientific contribution. Principles of critical thinking and self-critical writing will be introduced. The personal and contextual aspects of becoming an academic writer are explored.

- Block 2. Preparatory research: reviewing literature. Principles of critical reading will be introduced.

- Block 3. Planning the article: organisation of ideas, arguments, supporting claims and evidence into a narrative. Testing the line of argument.

- Block 4. Writing: developing the structure and the style of writing.

- Block 5. Revision: different practices of revising text.

- Block 6. Academic publishing: Focus on the peer review system, reviewing academic texts for academic journals, handling editorial decisions and making revisions and resubmissions.



Course timetable

Week 1: Blocks 1 and 2

Week 2: Block 3

Week 3: Block 4

Week 4: Blocks 5 and 6



Each week of the course will include two working days with the course tutors and three days of individual/peer group work.

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