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Professional scholarly writing in a global context

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Jeanette C. Patindol
Jeanette C. Patindol

This document discusses scholarly writing in a global context. It explains that scholarly writing in academia serves purposes like professional development, improving instruction, and building reputation. Standard forms of scholarly writing include abstracts, book reviews, conference papers, and research articles. The global context is also discussed - the 21st century brings challenges from economic globalization and rapid technological change. Scholarly writing must now operate within an online, international paradigm. Academic rankings are increasingly based on international metrics like citations in peer-reviewed journals from around the world. The information age demands that scholars create, process, and disseminate ideas and information on a global scale.

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PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARLY WRITING IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT Seminar for Project FREE-Paglaum Educational Research classes Dec. 20, 2014 MM Auditorium A, University of St. La Salle , Bacolod City, Philippines
Why are we in acade m ia?  As livelihood  love of learning and sharing that love  Idealism - new ways of looking at old problems; helping create a better world by transmission of culture as well as transformation of culture through the modes of:  Learning  Critiquing  Reflection  Discussion  Activism
Scho larly writing  writing and publishing in academia for the purposes of:  professional self-development and enrichment  improving instruction  building professional reputation and expertise  building parallel careers in:  research and consultancy  the speaking/lecture/training circuit  book publication  educational development  “cross-over” fields
 “serious writing” – intended for a critical and informed audience, based on closely-investigated knowledge and posits ideas or arguments  Standard forms:  Abstracts  Book reports/reviews  Book chapters  Books  Conference papers  Dissertations  Essays  Research article  Research paper  Theses  Translations
 Other forms:  Summaries of knowledge (literature reviews, annotated catalogues and bibliographies, creating graphical representations of knowledge and classification schemes, encyclopedia entries, journal articles)  Collating the workof others (monographs, collected works, anthologies)  Research and planning (generating new knowledge, policy formulation consultancy)  Disseminating knowledge outside the academe (film or tv scripts, public lectures, opinion pieces)  Technical oradministrative forms (briefs, proofreading, editing, peer review, proposals, white papers)  Personal forms (autobiographies, weblogs, memoirs)  Newerforms (collaborative writing, hypertext, performative writing/belles-lettres)
The g lo balco nte xt  21st century challenges and Information Age demands:  ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION and RAPIDTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS are driving rapid, multiple changes of several magnitudes  Changes at multiple levels, at rapid rates and overlapping magnitudes (Ogburn’s Theory of Social Change):  Technological  Economic  Political  Social and cultural  Educational  Environmental  New and different scholarly writing paradigm:  Online  International
 Acade m ic Ranking o f Wo rld Unive rsitie s are based on Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) evaluations on :  Employer review  Staff/student reviews  Peer review score  Citations/staff ratios: how many scholarly articles mentioned the school?  International students  International staff  ISI – international bibliographic database containing 14,000 peer-reviewed journals  Scopus Journal Analyzer (www.scopus.com)  Philippine Journals Online (http://www.philjol.info/ ) – May 1 to July 22, 2009: 100,000 visits from 122 countries; started May 2008, Open Access System
Whe re are yo u in the g lo balm arke tplace o f ide as?  Information Age work trends  Create ideas and information (research and scholarly work, writing, providing content)  Process ideas and information (teaching, media work)  Move/use ideas and information (applications in business, industry, “real life”)
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. - Albert Einstein
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. - Albert Einstein

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Professional scholarly writing in a global context

  • 1. PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARLY WRITING IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT Seminar for Project FREE-Paglaum Educational Research classes Dec. 20, 2014 MM Auditorium A, University of St. La Salle , Bacolod City, Philippines
  • 2. Why are we in acade m ia?  As livelihood  love of learning and sharing that love  Idealism - new ways of looking at old problems; helping create a better world by transmission of culture as well as transformation of culture through the modes of:  Learning  Critiquing  Reflection  Discussion  Activism
  • 3. Scho larly writing  writing and publishing in academia for the purposes of:  professional self-development and enrichment  improving instruction  building professional reputation and expertise  building parallel careers in:  research and consultancy  the speaking/lecture/training circuit  book publication  educational development  “cross-over” fields
  • 4.  “serious writing” – intended for a critical and informed audience, based on closely-investigated knowledge and posits ideas or arguments  Standard forms:  Abstracts  Book reports/reviews  Book chapters  Books  Conference papers  Dissertations  Essays  Research article  Research paper  Theses  Translations
  • 5.  Other forms:  Summaries of knowledge (literature reviews, annotated catalogues and bibliographies, creating graphical representations of knowledge and classification schemes, encyclopedia entries, journal articles)  Collating the workof others (monographs, collected works, anthologies)  Research and planning (generating new knowledge, policy formulation consultancy)  Disseminating knowledge outside the academe (film or tv scripts, public lectures, opinion pieces)  Technical oradministrative forms (briefs, proofreading, editing, peer review, proposals, white papers)  Personal forms (autobiographies, weblogs, memoirs)  Newerforms (collaborative writing, hypertext, performative writing/belles-lettres)
  • 6. The g lo balco nte xt  21st century challenges and Information Age demands:  ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION and RAPIDTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS are driving rapid, multiple changes of several magnitudes  Changes at multiple levels, at rapid rates and overlapping magnitudes (Ogburn’s Theory of Social Change):  Technological  Economic  Political  Social and cultural  Educational  Environmental  New and different scholarly writing paradigm:  Online  International
  • 7.  Acade m ic Ranking o f Wo rld Unive rsitie s are based on Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) evaluations on :  Employer review  Staff/student reviews  Peer review score  Citations/staff ratios: how many scholarly articles mentioned the school?  International students  International staff  ISI – international bibliographic database containing 14,000 peer-reviewed journals  Scopus Journal Analyzer (www.scopus.com)  Philippine Journals Online (http://www.philjol.info/ ) – May 1 to July 22, 2009: 100,000 visits from 122 countries; started May 2008, Open Access System
  • 8. Whe re are yo u in the g lo balm arke tplace o f ide as?  Information Age work trends  Create ideas and information (research and scholarly work, writing, providing content)  Process ideas and information (teaching, media work)  Move/use ideas and information (applications in business, industry, “real life”)
  • 9. No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. - Albert Einstein
  • 10. No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. - Albert Einstein