Performing Academic Practice: Using the Master Class to Build Postgraduate Discursive Competences

How can we find ways of training PhD students in academic practices, while reflexively analysing how academic practices are performed? The paper's answer to this question is based on evaluations from a British-Nordic master class. The paper discusses how master classes can be used to train the...

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Published in:Journal of geography in higher education 2010-05, Vol.34 (2), p.283-298
Main Authors: Bærenholdt, Jørgen Ole, Gregson, Nicky, Everts, Jonathan, Granås, Brynhild, Healey, Ruth L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Discourse
Academic practice
Communication Skills
Course Content
Denmark
Doctoral Programs
Expertise
Foreign Countries
Graduate Students
Group Discussion
Higher education
Human Geography
master class
Norway
Pedagogy
PhD students
postgraduate training
Skills
stranger
Synthesis
Training
United Kingdom
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Summary:How can we find ways of training PhD students in academic practices, while reflexively analysing how academic practices are performed? The paper's answer to this question is based on evaluations from a British-Nordic master class. The paper discusses how master classes can be used to train the discursive skills required for academic discussion, commenting and reporting. Methods used in the master class are: performing and creative arts pedagogical exercises, the use of written provocations to elicit short papers, discussion group exercises, and training in reporting and in panel discussion facilitated by a meta-panel discussion. The authors argue that master classes have the potential to further develop advanced-level PhD training, especially through their emphasis on reflexive engagement in the performance of key academic skills.
ISSN:0309-8265
1466-1845
DOI:10.1080/03098260903502695