Publishing pedagogic research 

You can publish your work and ideas in many different outlets concerned with teaching and learning. The choice depends on many factors, primarily the originality, scope and rigor of your work and secondly how much time and effort you are prepared to put in to get the work into your journal of choice.

Key texts
If you are new to writing for publication then you might like to look at some general advice and guidance on writing for publication:

• EPSTEIN, D., KENWAY, J., and BODEN, R., 2007. Writing for Publication. Sage Publications.
• MURRAY, R., 2005. Writing for Academic Journals. Open University Press.
• MURRAY, R., and MOORE, S., 2006. The Handbook of Academic Writing: A fresh approach. Open University Press.
• MORELAND, N. Guidelines on writing for publication gives advice on writing a book proposal and writing for a journal.
• University of the West of England. Research Observatory covers a range of areas including choosing a journal, planning your writing and dealing with feedback.

How to…
This section will help you to work through some of the most challenging aspects in writing up your research for publication, that is getting started and choosing an outlet.

• Get started in writing up pedagogic research for publication
• Choosing an outlet for writing

Tool kits
Journal citation reports: you can gain access to a database which gives details of impact factors of a variety of journals via NTU Libraries and Learning Resources. You access this via the eSearch facility. At the database link type in Web of knowledge. Choose the select a database tab, then choose journal citation reports. NB if you want to use this resource, LLR offers training.

NTU regulations and guidance

• Find out about NTU Research ethics and governance. This includes information about procedures for the approval of research ethics and documents which cover legal agreements and intellectual property and professional standards in research.
• Find out what you need to know about research grants. This section includes NTU advice and exemplars on applying for research grants.