Writing in the Disciplines
Published on 22. August 2011
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-230-23707-0 (ISBN)
Description
Writing in the Disciplines' (WiD) is a growing field in which discipline-based academics, writing developers, and learning technologists collaborate to help students succeed as subject specialists. This book places WiD in its theoretical and cultural contexts and reports on initiatives taking place at a range of UK higher education institutions. Also includes surveys of current developments and scholarship in the US, Australia, Europe and elsewhere, making it of interest to both a UK and an international audience.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
516 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-23707-0 (9780230237070)
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-34451-8
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Mary Deane | Peter O'Neill
Writing in the Disciplines
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Persons
MARY DEANE is Senior Lecturer in Academic Writing at Coventry University's Centre for Academic Writing (CAW), UK. The author of a number of publications, she advises academics on research writing and publication strategies. She also offers consultancy on enhancing learning and teaching, discipline-based writing development, and using technologies to teach academic writing. Mary won a Teaching Excellence Award in 2008 and since 2009 she has been an Executive Board member of the European Writing Centers Association (EWCA) and the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA).
PETER O'NEILL is a Senior Lecturer in Academic Writing at the Write Now Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, London Metropolitan University, UK. He works with staff who are interested in teaching writing in the disciplines, helping them to develop effective techniques for teaching writing and to incorporate 'writing to learn' activities within their courses. He has published articles on Writing Centre theory and practice.
PETER O'NEILL is a Senior Lecturer in Academic Writing at the Write Now Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, London Metropolitan University, UK. He works with staff who are interested in teaching writing in the disciplines, helping them to develop effective techniques for teaching writing and to incorporate 'writing to learn' activities within their courses. He has published articles on Writing Centre theory and practice.
Content
Foreword: Explicit Knowledge: Writing in the Disciplines as Higher Education; J.Monroe.- PART I: CONTEXTS.- Introduction: Writing in the Disciplines: Beyond Remediality; M.Deane & P.O'Neill.- Cross-cultural Approaches to Writing and Disciplinarity; C.Donahue.- Developing Academic Literacy in Context: Trends in Australia; E.Purser.- The Role of Assessment in 'Writing in the Disciplines' (WiD); K.Harrington.- PART II: COLLABORATING TO SUPPORT STUDENT WRITERS.- A Comparison of 'Additional' and 'Embedded' Approaches to Teaching Writing in the Disciplines; U.Wingate.- Enhancing Students' Legal Writing; S.Foster & M.Deane.- Writing Hazards; D.Horne & K.Peake.- Taking Action in Business; M.Emmanuel, P.O'Neill, D.Holley, L.Johnson & S.Sinfield.- Writing for Mathematics Education at Doctoral Level; P.Samuels & M.Deane.- Political Theory, Academic Writing, and Widening Participation; B.Schippers & J.Worley.- Writing Design; D.Bhagat & P.O'Neill.- From WAC to WiD: Trialling Writing-intensive Pedagogies with Academic Staff in UK Higher Education; R.Bell, S.Broadberry & J.Ayodeji.- PART III: WID AND THE INSTITUTION.- Backward Design: Towards an Effective Model of Staff Development in Writing in the Disciplines; J.Bean.- Writing in the Disciplines and Learning Technologists: Towards Effective Collaboration; C.Llewelln-Jones, M.Agombar & M.Deane.- The Writing Centre as a Locus for WiD, WAC and Whole-Institution Writing Provision; L.Ganobcsik-Williams.- Conclusion: Ways forward for WiD; M.Deane & P.O'Neill.- Afterword: Afterword and Onward!; C.Glenn.