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Reflection using the Nguyen 5 component model. Trigger Most literature reviews I read are text only, this is visually unappealing and technically dense to read and understand. Thoughts and actions Very few contain diagrams, but those are the most memorable articles. I would like to model these articles. I have included 15 coloured figures in my literature review.. Attentive, critical, exploratory, iterative My inclusion of diagrams is on the basis of clarity and concision. Diagrams  enhance the quality of a manuscript by: i. assisting explanation of unfamiliar abstract models and theories ii. attracting readers to images iii. figures provide a large amount of information in a shorter time span, always appealing to the time constrained iv. the use of figure and text together (2 channels of information) is shown to be more effective than text alone (Mayer 2003).  v. figures act as a hook to increase the chance of an article being read. vi. I as the auth

continued from Part 1. Im using the Nguyen 5 level framework to structure my reflections. Conceptual Framework - assumptions that underly my thoughts and actions A major influence to improving my academic writing style, in a contemporary manner, by showing authorial voice is the book Stylish Academic Writing by University of Auckland academic Helen Sword. Corroborating this shift in academic writing style to include personal voice and first person is an article advocating use of the first person in Academic Writing by the Writers Studio from Duke University, and many others, listed in the references.   View on Change This reflection is not a reflexive rejection of Mindlab guidelines, but an opportunity for instructors and students at Mindlab to   consider   authorial choice on using first person pronoun in academic writing. The aim is good communication, and hopefully, stylish academic writing. Self What does all the above say about me? I found it necessary to

Here I shall use the Nguyen 5 component model of reflection to structure this post. Discussed in my previous post in Week 20. The trigger- Week 22 class notes states "Try to avoid using the first person (‘I’ statements)." https://app.themindlab.com/course/release/1299-week-22-writing-a-literature-review In the required reading: Common errors in literature reviews. https://app.themindlab.com/media/35179/view   comment 1 states "Don't use the first person in   a literature review." Thoughts I immediately felt a deep antipathy with this position.  In the 20th century, when I was an undergraduate, I copied the style of academic writing   I was reading. This mostly was written in the passive voice, using the third person, with absent authorial voice, and convoluted constructions.  This style of academic writing was hard to read, difficult to understand, and not engaging. Recently, in the 21st century, at Professional Development sessions