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Using A Journal for Research and Writing

Using A Journal for Research and Writing. Dannelle D. Stevens , Portland State University, stevensd@pdx.edu Joanne Cooper, University of Hawaii jcooper@hawaii.edu Text and Academic Authors Association Annual Meeting, 2013. Sharing Journal Writing Experiences.

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Using A Journal for Research and Writing

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  1. Using A Journal for Research and Writing Dannelle D. Stevens, Portland State University, stevensd@pdx.edu Joanne Cooper, University of Hawaii jcooper@hawaii.edu Text and Academic Authors Association Annual Meeting, 2013

  2. Sharing Journal Writing Experiences • Introductions: • Share your name, institution and whether you are a journal keeper. • If so, share how you use your journal, what currently works (or doesn’t work) for you. • Share one reason you chose this workshop…one thing you would like to take away with you.

  3. Objectives • To learn the rationale for journal use • To know how journal keeping boosts research and writing productivity • To practice several journal writing strategies

  4. Why Journal? • Three theorists use reflection as the engine that drives their theories of human learning: Dewey, Kolb and Schon. • Reflection is an important element of adult development: Mezirow, Kegan, Baxter Magolda. • Journal writing improves thinking and writing skills (Elbow).

  5. Peter Elbow on Writing, Failure and Two Essential Muscles • http://youtu.be/YDUn1c4uxUE • Flunked out of Graduate School • Went back and succeeded, wrote “Writing Without Teachers” • Two muscles/processes are creative and then critical/organizing.

  6. Continuum of Journal Writing Activities

  7. Using a Journal to Jump-Start, Warm Up and Brainstorm • Freewriting: A powerful tool • Helps you warm-up before academic writing • Generates new ideas (Brain Storming) • Creates surprises • Provides a surplus of ideas and material for further development/editing • Assignment: Free write for 15 minutes about a current or future project. If you are stuck, write about why!

  8. List Making • List Making is easy. We all make lists…to do lists, grocery lists, etc. • List Making generates ideas and material for further development. • Lists can be simple or complex, sophisticated or rudimentary. • Lists of things to do for a project • Ideas about research participants or data analysis

  9. List Making Assignment • Assignment: Make a list from your freewrite • Ideas generated by the freewrite • A to do list for your project • Questions you have about the project • Share the process with someone else in the room.

  10. Tips for Clustering Ideas • Concept Maps help you organize your thoughts. • Concept Maps also help generate new ideas. • Create a Concept Map from the ideas in your freewrite. • Use this as an outline for a current or future project.

  11. Using Templates • Jump-Start your writing through the use of templates in your journal. • Templates: Graff & Birkenstein • Glue templates into your journal. • Practice several templates using handouts.

  12. Leave with a Plan • Assignment: Make a list of ways to use your journal to help your research and academic writing. • ORGANIZING, CLUSTERING, CREATING? • What will work for YOU? • Thanks! And….Write ON!!

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