Developing academic literacy : a discipline-based approach

With current moves to widen participation, a more diverse student body is entering higher education. In this context, a key challenge is assisting learners to develop academic literacy, so as to enable their deeper engagement with university study. This entails making transparent to students the kno...

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Main Author: Warren, Digby
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Language:English
Published: Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT), London Metropolitan University 2003
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/128/1/InvestigationsInUniversityTeachingAndLearning_v1n1_p46-51.pdf
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description With current moves to widen participation, a more diverse student body is entering higher education. In this context, a key challenge is assisting learners to develop academic literacy, so as to enable their deeper engagement with university study. This entails making transparent to students the knowledge-making and communicative practices of the subject area, hence the discipline-based approach to developing academic literacy advocated here.
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spelling oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:1282016-05-24T14:36:23Z http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/128/ Developing academic literacy : a discipline-based approach Warren, Digby 370 Education 800 Literature & rhetoric With current moves to widen participation, a more diverse student body is entering higher education. In this context, a key challenge is assisting learners to develop academic literacy, so as to enable their deeper engagement with university study. This entails making transparent to students the knowledge-making and communicative practices of the subject area, hence the discipline-based approach to developing academic literacy advocated here. Centre for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT), London Metropolitan University 2003-03 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/128/1/InvestigationsInUniversityTeachingAndLearning_v1n1_p46-51.pdf Warren, Digby (2003) Developing academic literacy : a discipline-based approach. Investigations in university teaching and learning, 1 (1). pp. 46-51. ISSN 1740-5106 http://metranet.londonmet.ac.uk/celt/scholarship--research/investigations-research-journal/investigations_home.cfm
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