Review and Reflections on Establishing an Engineering and Physical Science Journal Club
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0097-4011
Abstract
A journal club was established and integrated within a curriculum of study to provide students with opportunities to develop their academic speaking, writing and integrity skills, whilst also becoming more socialised to academia. Herein the author presents a comprehensive literature review into many of the common decisions taken in establishing a journal club, with a specific focus on the foundation year (pre-undergraduate) physical science context. A reflective diary is used to contextualise the decisions taken, the strengths and weaknesses of this journal club implementation in this context and provide practical advice for professionals who want to establish journal clubs of their own. This work additionally underpins a mixed-methods study of this journal club implementation to understand how confidence in academic skill development can be supported through the journal club, which is cited and discussed in detail elsewhere, beyond the immediate scope of this article.
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