Academic Skills for Interdisciplinary Studies

Academic Skills for Interdisciplinary Studies
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Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : 9789048550067
ISBN-13 : 9048550068
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Book Synopsis Academic Skills for Interdisciplinary Studies by : Koen van der Gaast

Download or read book Academic Skills for Interdisciplinary Studies written by Koen van der Gaast and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's a theoretical framework for? How do you effectively present your data in a figure? What's the secret to a good presentation? As an interdisciplinary student, you delve into theories and research methods from a whole range of disciplines. Academic skills are the tools that you can use to take in, develop, integrate and question knowledge. This guide provides specific instructions, tips and examples to help students develop these skills, both during and after their studies. As academic education focuses on research, the empirical cycle forms a key theme of the book, including when discussing the following skills: - Searching for, critically reading and analysing scholarly texts - Formulating research questions - Making concepts measurable, qualitatively and quantitatively - Organizing literature and data - Analysing and formulating an argument - Academic writing - Collaborating - Reflecting - Presenting

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