Academic writing strategies among Danish students with a professional background
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Academic writing strategies among Danish students with a professional background. / Højbjerg, Karin; Hindhede, Anette Lykke.
In: Education Inquiry, 2024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Academic writing strategies among Danish students with a professional background
AU - Højbjerg, Karin
AU - Hindhede, Anette Lykke
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Expectations of how theory, empirical material, and methods should be dealt with in academic writing has not always been explicitly communicated to students. Due to a heterogeneity in student populations enrolled in higher degree courses worldwide, diversity in academic writing practices has increased. This paper explores academic writing practices among a group of students with professional, vocational backgrounds and close relationships to practical knowledge. Twelve examination papers from fifteen students within a continuing education program at a Danish university have been analysed inspired by Aristotle’s activities of theoria and praxis and Bourdieu’s concept of strategy. In this perspective, the study shows student strategies of how the students seem to retain an affinity to allow a practical approach of social and ethical evaluation when handling theory, empirical material, and methods. The analysis shows that students’ personal preferences are brought into the foreground.
AB - Expectations of how theory, empirical material, and methods should be dealt with in academic writing has not always been explicitly communicated to students. Due to a heterogeneity in student populations enrolled in higher degree courses worldwide, diversity in academic writing practices has increased. This paper explores academic writing practices among a group of students with professional, vocational backgrounds and close relationships to practical knowledge. Twelve examination papers from fifteen students within a continuing education program at a Danish university have been analysed inspired by Aristotle’s activities of theoria and praxis and Bourdieu’s concept of strategy. In this perspective, the study shows student strategies of how the students seem to retain an affinity to allow a practical approach of social and ethical evaluation when handling theory, empirical material, and methods. The analysis shows that students’ personal preferences are brought into the foreground.
U2 - 10.1080/20004508.2023.2223790
DO - 10.1080/20004508.2023.2223790
M3 - Journal article
JO - Education Inquiry
JF - Education Inquiry
SN - 2000-4508
ER -
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