Student writing and genre : reconfiguring academic knowledge / Fiona English.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

English, Fiona.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher).

English language.

Academic writing--Study and teaching (Higher).

Academic writing.

Literary form--Study and teaching (Higher).

Literary form.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 221 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2011]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

English (applied linguistics, London Metropolitan U., UK) questions the dominance of the essay in relation to disciplinary learning and teaching and shows that when students are given the chance to write differently, new learning opportunities and experiences emerge. She describes written work in a variety of genres produced by her university students in response to an end-of-module assignment. Follow-up interviews with the students and some of their teachers add further insight. The book begins with an introduction to the module the author taught, the students who participated, and the wider institutional and political context in which the project took place. Later chapters investigate the dual role of the essay as summative and formative assessment within the context of the 'marketization' of higher education. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-216) and index.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

9781474211963

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.