Academic reading: Part two
In this video I discuss the need for planning and strategy when you approach academic reading. While you might enjoy reading, academic reading is not reading for pleasure. You’re reading with a job in mind – you’re trying to get shit done.
Therefore, you should have a clearly marked out plan which you can execute and reflect upon. Without this in place you will read without direction and a clear endpoint. If you have no map for your journey, or knowledge of your destination, you can never know when you’ve arrived.
Think of it like training for a sport or doing exercise – you go to the gym with a plan, you try to progress over time, and you are trying to achieve some sort of goal. This is how you should approach academic reading.
Related links
My academic writing series. Start with part one
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My university preparation course, UniPrep
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