Professor Mark Brown discusses the importance of slow, thoughtful reading of professional journal articles instead of fast reading. He notes that there are over 270 journals and 146 open access journals alone, making it difficult to find time for slow reading. Brown advocates taking the time to slow read articles to allow for deeper critical reflection and new ideas. He encourages participants to consider how many articles they read last week and whether it was fast or slow reading.

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Turning a New Page on Foo-Foo the Snoo
Professor Mark Brown
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https://humanmollusk.tumblr.com/post/113231832881/foo-foo
Turning a new page on Foo-Foo the Snoo…

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• Professional reading is important
• We are awash in a deluge of publications
• Finding time for ‘slow’ reading is a real challenge
Three underlying assumptions…

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Mahon, A., & Henry, S. (2021), But who
are all these journal articles for? Writing,
reading and our unhandsome
condition, Cambridge Journal of
Education, DOI: 10.1080/0305764X.2021.
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A
critique
of the
new
‘culture
of
speed’

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A quick straw poll…

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A quick straw poll…
Have many professional journal articles did
you read last week?

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A quick straw poll…
Have many professional journal articles did
you read last week?
Did you ‘fast’ read or take time to ’slow’ read
the journal article(s)?

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A quick straw poll…
Have many professional journal articles did
you read last week?
Can you name your most valuable journal article
published so far in 2023 and why?
Did you ‘fast’ read or take time to ’slow’ read
the journal article(s)?

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270
Journals

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146
open access
alone

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A diverse range of journals…

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Remixing the playlist...

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Key message…
EUROPEAN STANDARDS AND
GUIDELINES
The habit of hasty and haphazard reading limits the
opportunity to open ourselves to new imaginings and
creative solutions that come through ‘slow reading’ and
time for deeper critical reflections.

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Institutional QA
Processes

20. Thank you!
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