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OverviewAcademic Writing is emerging as a distinct subject for teaching and research in higher education in the UK and elsewhere. Teaching Academic Writing in UK Higher Education introduces this growing field and provides a resource for university teachers, researchers and administrators interested in developing students' writing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lisa Ganobcsik-WilliamsPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Red Globe Press Edition: 2006 ed. Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.484kg ISBN: 9781403945341ISBN 10: 1403945349 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 05 June 2006 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock ![]() Table of ContentsIntroduction: Responding to the Call for Academic Writing Theory and Pedagogy PART ONE: STARTING POINTS FOR THEORY AND PEDAGOGY New Contexts, New Challenges: The Teaching of Writing in UK Higher Education; R.Ivanic & M.R.Lea The Point of Writing: Is Student Writing in Higher Education Developed or Merely Assessed?; R.Catt & G.Gregory 'Academic Literacies' Research as Pedagogy: Dialogues of Participation; T.M.Lillis PART TWO: DEVELOPING UK WRITING PROGRAMMES AND INITIATIVES A Critical Narrative of the Evolution of a US/UK Writing Programme; A.Tomic Exploiting the Potential of Writing for Educational Change at Queen Mary, University of London; S.Mitchell & A.Evison Teaching Writing within a Discipline: The Speak-Write Project; T.Young & S.Avery Building an Academic Writing Programme from Within a Discipline; A.Ganobcsik-Williams Engineering Writing: Replacing 'Writing Classes' with a 'Writing Imperative'; A.Ahearn If Not Rhetoric and Composition, Then What? Teaching Teachers to Teach Writing; R.Murray PART THREE: RESPONDING TO OTHER MODELS Teaching Academic Writing from the 'Centre' in Australian Universities; J.Skillen Sentimental Education: First-Year Writing as Compulsory Ritual in American Colleges and Universities; J.Heyda Learning From Not Duplicating US Composition Theory and Practice; J.A.Mullin Skills, Access, and 'Basic Writing': A Community College Case Study from the United States; M.J.Curry Peering across the Pond: The Role of Students in Developing Other Students' Writing in the UK and USA; B.Devet, S.Orr, M.Blythman & C.Bishop Bibliography Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationLISA GANOBCSIK-WILLIAMS is Co-ordinator at the Centre for Academic Writing, Coventry University, UK. One of her main research interests is the teaching of Academic Writing in subject disciplines. In 2001, she organized 'Teaching Writing in Higher Education', a conference promoting international discussion on how Academic and Creative writing can be theorized and taught at university level. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |