Class Advanced Academic Skills Laboratory

This course is situated in the fields of philosophy and history of science, epistemology of science, and ethics. The course allows those who take it to have greater preparation and skills to embark on scientific work

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1. Epistemology of science 1.1 Positivism and the definition of knowledge 1.2 Situated knowledge 1.3 Constructivist contributions to the epistemology of science 1.4 The "replicability crisis" 2. Science and society 2.1 Scientific writing and popular writing 2.2 Processes of communicating results at scientific events 2.3 Public science communication processes 3. The different registers of academic writing 3.1 Articles and book chapters 3.2 Monographs 3.3 Literature reviews 3.4 Editorial comments and responses 4 Academic communication of science 4.1 Posters 4.2 Oral communications 5. The publication process  5.1 Academic databases and Impact Factors: advantages and limitations 5.2 The editorial and peer review process 5.3 Predatory editorial practices and for-profit publications 5.4 Iteration, collaboration and authorship 5.5 Different elements of the scientific production and authorship process 5.6 Revision as a writing process 6 Plagiarism 6.1 Identification 6.2 Prevention

Different teaching methods will be deployed. TM1: Lecturing; TM2: Interactive dialogue; TM3: Analysing excerpts of scientific writing; TM4: Research, writing and editing exercises on-class; TM5: Writing and editing exercises off-class. The assessment methodology consists of three main elements, all of which are compulsory:  a) Identification, in class, of errors in scientific writing, and explanation of the problems detected (40% of the weighting); b) Producing a conference poster based on a scientific article provided (30% of the weighting); c) Oral presentation, in class, of the contents of the poster, in a simulated conference situation (30% of the weighting).  

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