Author Archives: Lindsay Jordan

Protected: Pathic Writing – from March 2014

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

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RRW2 Assignment planning

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

The last two assignments of the year being VERY close together, this final one – for the Researching the Real World 2 unit – might end up going to the wire. But I will do my best with it. I … Continue reading →

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Review of Transformative Learning and Identity by Knud Illeris

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

Here it is… the review I wrote for the Writing for Academic Practice unit. The main part of the assignment was a reflective and critical commentary on the selected journal and the choices made in constructing the review; this was just … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing a review of Learning in the Global Classroom

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

Hmm yes… I feel like I’ve finally had my fill of deconstructing book reviews! Just need to pull all this analysis together and then it’s time to try my hand at my own… This last one is from the March … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing a review of University teaching: an introductory guide

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

Here is a second analysis of a book review from the International Journal of Academic Development. This time the reviewer is Erika Kustra, writing in 2013 about Tony Harland’s ‘University Teaching: an introductory guide’ (2012). P1: Opening sentence comments favourably … Continue reading →

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Why do I teach?

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

I’m currently putting together my assessment portfolio for Writing for Academic Practice, and I found myself going off on an interesting tangent while explaining the personal relevance of the International Journal of Academic Development. I was considering why – having … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing a review of Teaching with Emotional Intelligence

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

…I thought I might as well analyse a second book review… no point in rushing my own… haha… This is a breakdown of a review from my chosen journal – the International Journal of Academic Development. The reviewer is Dorothy … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing a review of The Digital Scholar

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

In preparation for writing my own book review for the WrAP 1 unit, I’ve analysed the moves in a review of a book I am already familiar with. The following is a breakdown of Robert Farrow’s (2013) review of Martin … Continue reading →

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‘The physical appearance of the book is attractive’: moderating praise & mitigating criticism

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

Hyland, K. (2000) Praise and criticism: interactions in book reviews. In Disciplinary Discourses. University of Michigan Press. I enjoyed this… Like all Hyland’s work it is accessibly written so one can motor through the non-essential bits without losing the thread. … Continue reading →

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The value of the printed book in the liquid modernity

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

I have to admit that I am feeling converted already to the idea of the book as a vehicle of academic communication, having got through five eighths of one. As a child I devoured books, but my academic career began … Continue reading →

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Citation… tedious but necessary

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

Hyland, K. (1999) Academic Attribution: Citation and the Construction of Disciplinary Knowledge. Applied Linguistics 20 (3), pp341 – 367 Wow. Ken Hyland has written so much stuff about writing about stuff. And now I’m going to write about Ken Hyland’s … Continue reading →

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Hogan 1988: The picture gets bigger

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

Hogan, P. (1988) Communicative Competence and Cultural Emancipation: reviewing the rationale for educational studies in teacher education. Oxford Review of Education, 14 (2) In RRW1 we looked at truth and knowledge; what is truth? What does it mean to know? … Continue reading →

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Degrees of openness about the doctoral journey

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

Leitch, R. (2006) Outside the Spoon Drawer, Naked and Skinless in Search of My Professional Esteem. Qualitative Enquiry 12 (2), pp1-12 Drake, P. (2010) Grasping at methodological understanding: a cautionary tale from insider research. International Journal of Research and Method … Continue reading →

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Listening to the grass grow

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

Wrathall, M (2005) How to read Heidegger, London: Granta, 106-118 Halfway through reading this I found myself so enamoured with it that I thrust a spare photocopy at Brendan and said ‘read this, it’s awesome’. I think he was fairly nonplussed… I’d … Continue reading →

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An illusion of control

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

Lewin, D. (2013) No Place for Wisdom: Technological Thinking and the Erosion of Phronesis. Paper presented at the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain Annual Conference; New College, Oxford. 22-24 March. My last few posts have all looked at the … Continue reading →

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Nature, Nurture, Nietzsche

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

Dreyfus, H (2006)  ‘Heidegger on the connection between nihilism, art, technology, and politics’ in Guignon, C B (ed)  Cambridge Companion to Heidegger, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, pp345 – 372 Open Access here: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~hdreyfus/pdf/HdgerOnArtTechPoli.pdf So this – more than anything else I’ve read … Continue reading →

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Being in teaching: a little transformation

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

Donnelly, J. F. (1999) Schooling Heidegger: on being in teaching. Teaching and Teacher Education. 15, pp933-949 I am feeling exceptionally blessed at the moment. The last piece of RRW2 reading I wrote about – the Ian Munday paper on problems … Continue reading →

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Phraseology in articles and book reviews – it’s not random, apparently

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

Groom, N. (2005) Pattern and meaning across genres and disciplines: An exploratory study. Journal of English for Academic Purposes; 4, pp257-277 Wow. A bit dry, this one…!! I can see why it was suggested we read it at this point … Continue reading →

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Why I’m blogging my way through the EdD

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

I became interested in blogs as a learning tool back in 2008 when I was working as an e-learning development officer at the University of Bath and embarking on a Masters in Education. I have no idea what actually sparked … Continue reading →

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From problems to mysteries…

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Lindsay Jordan

Munday, I. (2012) The classroom: a problem or a mystery? Paper presented at the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain annual conference, New College, Oxford, 30 March – 1 April. Ian Munday’s paper poses a heartfelt challenge to technological … Continue reading →

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