Writing in the Disciplines

Building Supportive Cultures for Student Writing in UK Higher Education

Christine Hardy, Lisa Clughen, Christine Hardy, Lisa Clughen

• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781780525464
• eBook ISBN: 9781780525471
• Topic: Personal Development

Writing in the Disciplines: Building Supportive Cultures for Student Writing in UK Higher Education examines and develops the praxis of writing at university from a sociocultural perspective. Chapters focus on key issues in writing environments from school through various disciplines at university, offering insights into the impact of such environments on student-writers and on the ways in which they construct writing differently. The book draws on empirical research, practice and the existing body of knowledge to offer practical activities developed by scholars in specific disciplinary contexts that can be used effectively with student-writers in other disciplines. The purpose is to improve the student experience and engagement with their studies; to influence debates about academic writing within the academy, both globally and locally, and to assist academics to articulate writing requirements for students in ways that address issues of inclusion, retention, and widening participation. From the first chapter to the last, this perceptive compilation details and informs us about writing in the disciplines from both a student and a disciplinary perspective.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Writing in the Disciplines: Building Supportive Cultures for Student Writing in UK Higher Education
• Copyright Page
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. Writing at School
• 2. Writing at University: Student and Staff Expectations and Experiences
• 3. Writing in the Disciplines
• 4. The Embodied Writer: Merleau-Ponty, Writing Groups and the Possibilities of Space
• 5. Writing in the Virtual Environment
• 6. Using Dialogic Lecture Analysis to Clarify Disciplinary Requirements for Writing
• 7. Using Story Cards to Facilitate Reflective Thought and Dialogue About Science Writing
• 8. Writing Differently in Art and Design: Innovative Approaches to Writing Tasks
• 9. Social Writing
• About the Contributors
• Index