Lunchtime session: 'How to get published' by Professor James Wisdom
- 1. Centre for Academic Practice Enhancement September 2016 Teaching and Learning Conference How to get published James Wisdom Visiting Professor In Educational Development jameswisdom@compuserve.com
- 2. Programme for the workshop Starting up Considering content and format Finding where to publish What are the referees looking for? Building up experience and capacity What needs to be written?
- 3. Start-up activity: Please open a conversation with three or four people around you, considering these questions: What do you really want to write and publish? Or What would you really want to read? (We will move on when we think most participants have arrived…)
- 4. Considering content and format: What might be the processes, and what might be the products? Investigation Paper Evaluation Case study Scholarship Article Research Chapter Review Report
- 5. Forms of evidence-informed scholarship other than research Investigations and evaluations Enhance our understanding of a local problem or issue, providing recommendations for policy and/or action firmly situated in the relevant literature Literature reviews Collection and analysis of literature aimed at describing the various ways in which the object of the review is thought about and recommendations for practice Scholarship of teaching and learning Evidence-based critical reflection on practice aimed at improving practice Surveys of academic staff and student experiences of teaching and learning Collection and analysis of current experiences of teaching and learning Prosser, M. (2005) Supporting the student experience, a scholarly approach. Academy Exchange, Autumn 2005, 8-9.
- 6. Case Studies: should be critical reports about work undertaken on an international, national, regional or local basis. They are likely to include the following: • a background scenario; • a clear statement of the purpose of the work; • relationship to past or current work; • who was involved; • what happened; • what deductions can be made; • a critical review of the work; • the implications of the work reported. Guidance for authors from Innovations in Education and Teaching International on case studies
- 7. Where to publish? The value of Research into Higher Education Abstracts Finding journals Finding the publishers Other lists
- 9. 150 Journals, 750 abstracts each year
- 14. http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/ceebl/ resources/dissemination/publication_outlets.doc (underscore between publication and outlets)
- 15. General Educational Journals About Campus Academic Exchange Quarterly Academic Questions Action Learning: Research and Practice Active Learning in Higher Education ASHE (Association for the Study of Higher Education) Higher Education Report Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice Australian Educational Researcher British Educational Research Journal British Journal of Educational Studies Brookes eJournal of Teaching and Learning Cambridge Journal of Education Etc etc etc
- 16. Subject specific journals in Art & Design Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education Arts and Humanities in Higher Education Communication Education Communication Teacher Design Studies International Journal of Art and Design Education (formerly Journal of Art and Design Education) International Journal of Education through Art International Journal of Technology and Design Education Journalism and Mass Communication Educator Journal of Aesthetic Education Etc.
- 17. https://doaj.org/ Includes, for example: Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (STLHE) Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDHE) OR: Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) http://www.oajse.com/
- 18. What are referees looking for? A comparison exercise Between Innovations in Education and Teaching International (published by SEDA – the Staff and Educational Development Association) And Studies in Higher Education (published by SRHE - the Society for Research into High Education)
- 19. Innovations in Education and Teaching International Guidance to authors: Contributions are welcomed on any aspect of promoting and supporting educational change in higher and other post-school education, with an emphasis on research, experience, scholarship and evaluation, rather than mere description of practice ….. As an international publication, contributors should both contextualise and consider the transferability of the practices and theories being examined.
- 20. Innovations in Education and Teaching International Guidance to referees: You are asked to make recommendations about the article on one of three bases: • accept without hesitation; • reject without hesitation; • requires modification. Comments on general and specific points are most welcome (e.g. style, coverage; rigour; statistics; relevance; contribution to the field i.e. education, training, staff development, educational technology). It would be helpful if you could put your recommendations and comments about the article on the enclosed pro-forma…..
- 21. Studies in Higher Education - Guidance to authors a leading international journal publishing research-based articles dealing with higher education issues from either a disciplinary or multi-disciplinary perspective. Empirical, theoretical and conceptual articles of significant originality will be considered. ….. to enhance understanding of higher education policy, institutional management and performance, teaching and learning, and the contribution of higher education to society and the economy. Comparative studies and analysis of inter-system and cross-national issues….. global and international themes.
- 22. Studies in Higher Education Referee's report (Please ring the most appropriate response) How clear is the purpose of the paper? Unclear Fairly clear Very clear How well constructed is the argument? Poorly Moderately Very well How much does the paper add to its field? Little A moderate amount A great deal To what extent will the paper appeal to this Journal's international readership? Not at all Moderately Greatly
- 23. Studies in Higher Education Please give below your overall opinion regarding publication, and provide specific comments on a separate sheet. Bear in mind that 'Studies’ can publish about one in four of the papers that are submitted, Recommendation (please tick one of the first four, or comment against the fifth) Publish the paper as it stands Publish the paper with relatively minor revisions Publish the paper only if major revisions are made in line with referees' comments Reject Other (please specify)
- 24. Thoughts about what the referees are looking for? What increases or decreases the possibility of publication?
- 25. Building up experience and capacity Classroom evaluation Module and programme research Create a network – face to face (The Hertfordshire question: How do we know what we know?) Create of a network – through social media Writing papers for T&L Committees Submissions and presentations to conferences Writing for in-house journals (Middlesex Journal of Educational Technology, or Compass at Greenwich) Refereeing Other suggestions?
- 27. The opening questions: What do you really want to write and publish? Or What would you really want to read? Student engagement and partnership Assessment reform New models of curriculum and course design Widening participation and fair access UK as a global educator Graduate skills and employability Any more?