Writing Programs Worldwide
Profiles of Academic Writing in Many Places
Published on 30. July 2012
532 pages
978-1-60235-345-9 (ISBN)
Description
WRITING PROGRAMS WORLDWIDE offers an important global perspective to the growing research literature in the shaping of writing programs. The authors of its program profiles show how innovators at a diverse range of universities on six continents have dealt creatively over many years with day-to-day and long-range issues affecting how students across disciplines and languages grow as communicators and learners.
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Chris Thaiss | Gerd Br Uer | Paula Carlino
Writing Programs Worldwide
Profiles of Academic Writing in Many Places
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07/2012
Parlor Press
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Content
- Intro
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- CONTENTS
- Chapter 1. Origins, Aims, and Uses of Writing Programs Worldwide: Profiles of Academic Writing in Many Places
- By Chris Thaiss
- Chapter 2. Teaching Academic Literacy Across the University Curriculum as Institutional Policy: The Case of the Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (Argentina)
- By Estela Inés Moyano and Lucia Natale
- Chapter 3. Writing to Learn Biology in the Framework of a Didactic-Curricular Change in the First Year Program at an Argentine University
- By Ana De Micheli and Patricia Iglesia
- Chapter 4. Developing Students' Writing at Queensland University of Technology
- By Karyn Gonano and Peter Nelson
- Chapter 5. Teaching Academic Writing at the University of Wollongong
- By Emily Purser
- Chapter 6. The SchreibCenter at the Alpen-Adria-Universität, Klagenfurt, Austria
- By Ursula Doleschal
- Chapter 7. The Academic Writing Research Group at the University of Vienna
- By Helmut Gruber
- Chapter 8. From Remediation to the Development of Writing Competences in Disciplinary Contexts: Thirty Years of Practice and Questions
- By Marie-Christine Pollet
- Chapter 9. Academic Literacies in the South: Writing Practices in a Brazilian University
- By Désirée Motta-Roth
- Chapter 10. Writing Programs Worldwide: One Canadian Perspective
- By Roger Graves and Heather Graves
- Chapter 11. Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg
- By Brian Turner and Judith Kearns
- Chapter 12. Xi'an International Studies University (XISU, ??? ??)
- By Wu Dan ??
- Chapter 13. Training Experiences in Reading and Writing in a Colombian University: The Perspective of a Professor
- By Elizabeth Narváez Cardona
- Chapter 14. The Progression and Transformations of the Program of Academic Reading and Writing (PLEA) in Colombia's Universidad Sergio Arboleda
- Blanca Yaneth González Pinzón
- Chapter 15. From Working with Students to Working through Faculty: A Genre-centered Focus to Writing Development
- By Lotte Rienecker and Peter Stray Jørgensen
- Chapter 16. The Department of Rhetoric and Composition at the American University in Cairo: Achievements and Challenges
- By Emily Golson and Lammert Holdijk
- Chapter 17. Providing a Hub for Writing Development: A Profile of the Centre for Academic Writing (CAW), Coventry University, England
- By Mary Deane and Lisa Ganobcsik-Williams
- Chapter 18. Thinking Writing at Queen Mary, University of London
- By Teresa McConlogue, Sally Mitchell, and Kelly Peake
- Chapter 19. The Teaching of Writing Skills in French Universities: The Case of the Université Stendhal, Grenoble III
- By Francoise Boch and Catherine Frier
- Chapter 20. Literacy Development Projects Initiating Institutional Change
- By Gerd Bräuer and Katrin Girgensohn
- Chapter 21. Writing at RWTH Aachen (Germany): Lessons from "Technik im Klartext"
- By Vera Niederau and Eva-Maria Jakobs
- Chapter 22. Student Writing in the University of Madras: Traditions, Courses, Ambitions
- By Susaimanickam Armstrong
- Chapter 23. The Regional Writing Centre at the University of Limerick
- By Íde O'Sullivan and Lawrence Cleary
- Chapter 24. New Writing in an Old Land
- By Trudy Zuckermann, Bella Rubin,
- and Hadara Perpignan
- Chapter 25. The Development of an Academic Writing Centre in the Netherlands
- By Ingrid Stassen and Carel Jansen
- Chapter 26. Teaching Writing at AUT University: A Model of a Seminar Series for Postgraduate Students Writing Their First Thesis or Dissertation
- By John Bitchener
- Chapter 27. Developing a "Kiwi" Writing Centre at Massey University, New Zealand
- By Lisa Emerson
- Chapter 28. The Writing Centre at St. Mary's University College, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- By Jonathan Worley
- Chapter 29. The Ups and Downs of the Interdisciplinary Writing Center of the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus
- By Matilde García-Arroyo and Hilda E. Quintana
- Chapter 30. Academic Writing at the University of Dundee: A Perspective from Scotland
- By Kathleen McMillan
- Chapter 31. Changing Academic Landscapes: Principles and Practices of Teaching Writing At the University of Cape Town
- By Arlene Archer
- Chapter 32. Academic Communication Strategies at Postgraduate Level
- By Isabel Solé, Ana Teberosky, and Montserrat Castelló
- Chapter 33. Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-Lingual Engineering Education Writing Development: A Writing Programme Perspective
- By Magnus Gustafsson and Tobias Boström
- Chapter 34. Shaping the Multimedia Mindset: Collaborative Writing in Journalism Education
- By Daniel Perrin
- Chapter 35. The Place of Writing in Translation: From Linguistic Craftsmanship to Multilingual Text Production
- By Otto Kruse
- Chapter 36. A Writing Center Journey at Sabanci University, Istanbul
- By Dilek Tokay
- Chapter 37. Writing Programs Worldwide: Profile of the American University of Sharjah (AUS)
- By Lynne Ronesi
- Chapter 38. The City University of New York: The Implementation and Impact of WAC/WID in a Multi-Campus US Urban University
- By Linda Hirsch and Dennis Paoli
- Chapter 39. Writing at UC Davis: Writing in Disciplines and Professions from the Undergraduate First Year through Graduate School
- By Chris Thaiss and Gary Goodman
- Chapter 40. Section Essay: Academic Literacy Development
- By Gerd Bräuer
- Chapter 41. Section Essay: Who Takes Care of Writing in Latin American and Spanish Universities?
- By Paula Carlino
- Chapter 42. Section Essay: Reflecting on What Can Be Gained from Comparing Models of Academic Writing Provision
- By Lisa Ganobcsik-Williams
- About the Authors and Editors
- Index
- Back cover
