Citation practices of postgraduate students writing literature reviews
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The authors explored the citation patterns, complexity and discursive practices in master's students' literature reviews, and to inform pedagogy to support students writing a literature review, and found that many pedagogical interventions fail to move beyond a focus on citations as a stylistic convention or as a way of avoiding plagiarism.Abstract:
Writing a literature review requires highly sophisticated academic literacies. Many postgraduate students find this genre a challenge. While there is a growing awareness of the need for explicit pedagogy to support students writing this genre, many pedagogical interventions fail to
move beyond a focus on citations as a stylistic convention or as a way of avoiding plagiarism. What is missing is a pedagogy that relates citing to the more complex, fluid conceptual and ontological practices that are implicit in academic contexts. The purpose of this paper is to explore the
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Acknowledgments “Those who are in love with practice without science, are like the steersman who enters the canal without a rudder or a compass, who never knows where he is going. The practice must always be built on good theory, which provides the perspective to guide and to lead, and without this, nothing is done well.” – Leonardo da Vinci I want to thank my chair, Dr. Bethany Mickahail, for the continuous support and inspiration during this doctoral journey. I am also thankful for the precious and valuable feedback from my second chair, Dr. Jorge Gaytan, because thanks to his adamant academic approach, I learned how to improve my doctoral skills. I also acknowledge the support and feedback from Dr. Matthew Knight for his added-value observations. I want to thank all my scholarly colleagues who shared this path with me, in particular my very good friends LeRoy Jr Fontenette and Alvin Moton. 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