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Target Group:

  • post-docs and/or supervisors of graduate students/doctoral candidates/early-career researchers from various disciplines with experience in the peer review process, publishing, and supervision (English at C1 level according to CEFR)
  • or lecturers involved in teaching academic writing/writing for publication/ communication in science (English at C1 level according to CEFR)

Length: Theoretical Foundations - 10 modules (14 October 2024 – 31 January 2025)

Apply by: 14 October, 2024

Format: Blended-learning course (LMS Moodle + 3 synchronous Zoom sessions; 3-4pm CEST)

Lecturers: Dana Driscoll (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) 

Description: A unique international, two-semester, blended-learning training for supervisors and/or lecturers of Writing for Publication/Scientific Writing/Academic Writing. The training comprises Theoretical Foundations course and mentored Teaching Practice. The training aims to support participants in designing and teaching research writing courses for graduate students/doctoral candidates/researchers at the beginning of their careers. During the course, participants explore various aspects of teaching research writing, including rhetorical and genre analysis, feedback, and the publication process (e.g. choosing an appropriate journal, communicating with editors and reviewers, and preparing the manuscript for peer review). Participants will also learn to view writing as a social and emotional activity through which one develops one's identity as a scholar and researcher. As a result, they will be able to use their acquired skills to communicate the general principles of research writing in English and to provide ongoing support with constructive feedback on papers/dissertations.

Participants will learn:

  • how to guide students through the writing and publishing, peer review, and revision process
  • how to give effective feedback
  • how to apply various writing pedagogies to the teaching and supervision of writing for publication
  • how to develop a course/workshop on research paper writing for their own setting

Providers:

  • Alena Kašpárková, PhD; VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • Kamila Etchegoyen Rosolová, PhD; Czech Language Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
  • Dana Driscoll, PhD; Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA

This training was prepared within the project TL01000274 “Publish and Flourish: Publication Activity Support for PhD Students and their Supervisors” supported by ETA Programme of the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic.

Theoretical Foundations

Course content:

  • 10 modules with video lectures on the theoretical foundations of teaching publication skills. Main topics: Threshold concepts, genre analysis, plagiarism, empirical article, publication process, peer-review, feedback, and writing conferences
  • Each topic is accompanied by study materials and assignments that the participants can later use in their own teaching practice. The participants will receive individualized feedback on each assignment
  • Once every 3 weeks a reflective meeting with other course participants and the lecturer (via Zoom)
  • Course participants also receive the handbook Teaching Writing for Publication to EAL learners (authored by Etchegoyen Rosolová K., Lurring, E. and Kašpárková A.). This handbook summarizes the basic approaches to teaching publication skills in English and contains many practical examples of students’ texts.

Course fee: EUR 700 / CZK 16 000

Time commitment: 3-5 hours of study on average per week

Application:

VSB-TUO staff - Apply via Edison

Applicants outside VSB-TUO - Apply via the LLL (life-long-learning) courses at VŠB-TUO or contact wsc@vsb.cz 

Teaching Practice

In addition to the 'Theoretical Foundations' course, we strongly recommend following up with a semester of Teaching Practice with mentors from the Czech Academy of Sciences or VSB-Technical University of Ostrava.

  • hands-on experience in a real blended-learning course Writing for Publication for doctoral candidates and early-career researchers
  • providing feedback to 1-2 students on the Writing for Publication course under the guidance of an experienced mentor
  • bi-weekly reflective meetings with the mentor to share experiences and consult upcoming course tasks
  • shadowing and teaching in an authentic, successful course that participants can use as a model for creating their own courses

Training Fee: EUR 500 / CZK 11 000

Time commitment: 3-5 hours of study on average per week

Application:

VSB-TUO staff - Apply via Edison

Applicants outside VSB-TUO - Apply via the LLL (life-long-learning) courses at VŠB-TUO or contact wsc@vsb.cz