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STEM students’ perceptions of reflective practice

Presenter: Maggie Boswell, University of Bristol   Reflective practice is embedded throughout UK Higher Education (UK Quality Code for Higher Education Advice and Guidance Assessment, 2018). However, some newly arrived STEM pathway International Foundation Programme students exhibit initial uncertainty and scepticism towards reflective practice. To establish what might cause initial doubt, an investigation into STEM […]

Three-Minute Paper: Advice vs. practice in thesis writing

Ana will lead a discussion on Paltridge (2002), which can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0889-4906(00)00025-9 Overview Background: Graduate and post-graduate writing might be said to be under-researched due to (in)accessibility and size of the theses as well as changing (disciplinary) standards. Additionally, much attention has been paid to research articles (RAs): prominent genre, “master narrative” (Montgomery, […]