July 1-5, 2024
Brussels, Belgium
EdMedia + Innovate Learning Workshops
Monday, July 1
Mastering the (Journal) Writing Game – Play to Win!
Abstract: Journal writing can be likened to a game of Monopoly, where you roll the dice and submit a draft to a likely journal, spinning a double, the manuscript will be sent for peer review. Upon the next roll, your paper may be rejected as you draw a Chance card which sends you back to the start. But your next roll lands on Park Lane, the best property and you begin again, with a new journal, a new chance for paper acceptance. This workshop will unpack the writing game and give you the best writing strategies and processes to win! It draws on expert knowledge and experience with journal writing tailored to early career researchers.
The first section of the workshop involves a panel of experts providing key experiences and insights about their journal writing approaches. A ‘take-away’ list of strategies will be generated. The second section of the workshop involves round-table activities where journal sections (Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Findings, Discussion and Conclusions) will be work-shopped. The final session will be focused on targeting a Journal (how to choose, guidelines, editorial process). You will walk away with a list of strategies for writing a journal article; key journal writing elements; and a process for finding and working with journals. Game on!
Pre-reading: Sarah Prestridge, Conor McGuckin, Aideen Hunter & Tony Hall (2023) Mastering the writing game: practical insights for early career researchers and supervisors, Irish Educational Studies. DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2023.2265342
Presenters: Associate Professor Sarah Prestridge, Griffith Institute for Educational Research, examines the areas of digital pedagogies, online teaching, connected learning and self-generating professional learning. She has co-authored over 77 high quality publications with experts from over 20 countries exploring theoretical frameworks while building relevance to local issues for impact on policy and practice. In 2020 and 2021 Sarah was awarded national recognition as the top scholar in the field of Teaching and Teacher Education in Australia. She has also presented international keynotes, seminars, workshops in the USA, Europe, South-Asia and Asia-Pacific and has been an invited scholar in Germany, Italy, Belgium, Indonesia, and the USA. She is an active and passionate researcher who builds sustained research partnershipsexploring end-user impact and adoption.
Dr Aideen Hunter is a lecturer at Ulster University where she teaches undergraduate education, PGCE, Masters and PhD courses. She is a former classroom teacher, school governor and Educational Studies Association of Ireland executive member. Her areas of specialism are Religious Education, integration and pluralism, teacher professional development and Special Education. She has recently been awarded the 2022 John Coolahan award for her research into multi-belief contexts in Ireland. Aideen has a particular interest in supporting and encouraging beginning academic researchers and as a result has introduced an international ECR award as part of ESAI to help support the development of early career researchers. In addition to this, she has established a recurring special issue of the Irish Educational Studies Journal to provide early career researchers with a dedicated space for their work, with supporting guidance during the process of review.