Academics Engaging with Student Writing: Working at the Higher Education Textface

ISBN-13: 9780367177867 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 232 str.

Jackie Tuck

Opis

Academics Engaging with Student Writing tackles issues of student writing from a new and unique angle, exploring the real-life experiences of academic teachers from different institutions as they set, support, read, respond to and assess assignments undertaken by undergraduate students.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Researching Pedagogies around Writing as Social Practice  3. Academics' Experiences of Engaging with Student Texts  4. The Tyranny of the Pink Sheet: The Assessment of Student Writing in Institutional Context  5. Is It My Job to Teach Them How to Write?': Identities and Relationships around Student Writing  6. 'Somebody Else's Issue': Distributing and Justifying Work around Student Writing  7. Creating Hospitable Spaces for Writing Pedagogies in the Disciplines in Higher Education  8. What is Writing in Higher Education for?  References  Appendix 1  Index

O autorze

Jackie Tuck is Lecturer in English Language and Applied Linguistics at the Open University. She has over thirty years of teaching experience in Applied Linguistics, English Language and Literature, Communication and Study Skills, English as an Additional Language and English for Academic Purposes. She completed her PhD in academic literacies in 2013.