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Performing academic practice: using the master class to build postgraduate discursive competences

Bærenholdt, J.; Gregson, N.; Everts, J.; Granas, B.; Healey, R.

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Authors

J. Bærenholdt

J. Everts

B. Granas

R. Healey



Abstract

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.

Citation

Bærenholdt, J., Gregson, N., Everts, J., Granas, B., & Healey, R. (2010). Performing academic practice: using the master class to build postgraduate discursive competences. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 34(2), 283-298. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098260903502695

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2010
Deposit Date Dec 22, 2011
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of Geography in Higher Education
Print ISSN 0309-8265
Electronic ISSN 1466-1845
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 34
Issue 2
Pages 283-298
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/03098260903502695
Keywords Academic practice, Master class, Performance, PhD students, Postgraduate training, Stranger.

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This is an electronic version of an article published in Bærenholdt, J. and Gregson, N. and Everts, J. and Granas, B. and Healey, R. (2010) 'Performing academic practice : using the master class to build postgraduate discursive competences.', Journal of geography in higher education., 34 (2). pp. 283-298. Journal of geography in higher education is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0309-8265&volume=34&issue=2&spage=283




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