‘Yay! Not another academic essay!’ Blogging as an alternative academic genre

Complementary and alternative medicine: an academic view.

that it is fi rst necessary to escape a terminology that involves the concept of ‘alternative’: this defi nition, which has been used in recent years, considers the practice of CAM as optional, justifying its use when scientifi cally sanctioned treatment is not available, or has failed. In English, the terms ‘alternative’ and ‘complementary’ are mostly used, underlining a specifi c relationship...

science as an academic discipline

A historical study of the industry impact on establishing computer science as an academic discipline

Law as an Academic Discipline

Although the vast majority of law school graduates are practising lawyers (or judges), the place of law schools at universities is never questioned. Law schools are clearly professional schools charged with the task of conveying the knowledge, the skills and also the ethical commitments germane to the legal vocation. But is law really an academic discipline? At first glance, the answer is obvio...

Scholarly blogging practice as situated genre: an analytical framework based on genre theory

Introduction. Examines how an analytical framework of situated genre analysis can be used to study how research blogs are constructed and used as tools in scholarly communication. Method. A framework was extracted from genre research theories consisting of four concepts: aim, form, content and context. The term situated genre was used to focus on social practices. The context was further elabor...

Academic Achievement Goal Orientation: Taking Another Look