E-Book, Englisch, Band 11, 139 Seiten, eBook
Barkas The Paradox of Skills
2011
ISBN: 978-94-6091-400-3
Verlag: Sense Publishers
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Widening Participation, Academic Literacy & Students’ Skills Centres
E-Book, Englisch, Band 11, 139 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Studies in Inclusive Education
ISBN: 978-94-6091-400-3
Verlag: Sense Publishers
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
The objectives underpinning the policies to expand and widen participation have impacted on university provision to help students improve their general literacy and academic writing skills. This book examines how and why Students’ Skills Centres, (SSCs), gained such a hold in the sector, despite the contentious nature of the research evidence that challenges the notion of the applicability of generic writing skills. It is argued in the book, that on a small scale, SSCs illustrate the paradoxes and ironies that have developed in higher education. ‘
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Research
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Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The Dimensions through Time of the Framework of Widening
Participation; 3. Dear Alien - Do you Speak English as One of your Languages Please?; 4. To Teach or not to Teach? Can you Spot the Difference?; 5. A Review of the Research Methodology and the Study of the SSC; 6. Is there a Life form We Recognise in SSCs?; 7. Conclusion; Appendix 1. The Model Selected; Appendix 2. Tables 17, 18 and 19; References.
