In the first edition of Finding your way in academic writing, the authors focused on the theme of "writing as thinking". In this second edition, they introduce another theme: "writing as knowledge performance". This shift introduces readers to the notion of using knowledge sourced from literature, as well as knowledge sourced from data in field research. This edition is, therefore, new in a number of ways.

In this edition

• the organising construct is the performance of knowledge
• field research writing is introduced
• field research writing is integrated with literature research writing.

Through the use of performance tasks, the authors illustrate how reading, writing and research are integrated in a research project. The book is meant to be a tool for both the novice and the experienced writer of academic texts, including writers of undergraduate essays, short research projects as well as dissertations.