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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rienecker, Lotte, author.

Jørgensen, Peter Stray, author.

Contributor:

Skov, Signe, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dissertations, Academic--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Dissertations, Academic.

Academic writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Academic writing.

Education, Higher--Study and teaching--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

First printed edition.

Place of Publication:

Frederiksberg, Denmark : Samfundslitteratur, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 04, 2016).

ISBN:

87-593-2167-9

OCLC:

932097334