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Writing in the Disciplines' (WiD) is a growing field in which discipline-based academics, writing developers, and learning technologists collaborate to help students succeed as subject specialists. This book places WiD in its theoretical and cultural contexts and reports on initiatives taking place at a range of UK higher education institutions. Also includes surveys of current developments and scholarship in the US, Australia, Europe and elsewhere, making it of interest to both a UK and an international audience.
List of contents
Foreword: Explicit Knowledge: Writing in the Disciplines as Higher Education; J.Monroe.- PART I: CONTEXTS.- Introduction: Writing in the Disciplines: Beyond Remediality; M.Deane & P.O'Neill.- Cross-cultural Approaches to Writing and Disciplinarity; C.Donahue.- Developing Academic Literacy in Context: Trends in Australia; E.Purser.- The Role of Assessment in 'Writing in the Disciplines' (WiD); K.Harrington.- PART II: COLLABORATING TO SUPPORT STUDENT WRITERS.- A Comparison of 'Additional' and 'Embedded' Approaches to Teaching Writing in the Disciplines; U.Wingate.- Enhancing Students' Legal Writing; S.Foster & M.Deane.- Writing Hazards; D.Horne & K.Peake.- Taking Action in Business; M.Emmanuel, P.O'Neill, D.Holley, L.Johnson & S.Sinfield.- Writing for Mathematics Education at Doctoral Level; P.Samuels & M.Deane.- Political Theory, Academic Writing, and Widening Participation; B.Schippers & J.Worley.- Writing Design; D.Bhagat & P.O'Neill.- From WAC to WiD: Trialling Writing-intensive Pedagogies with Academic Staff in UK Higher Education; R.Bell, S.Broadberry & J.Ayodeji.- PART III: WID AND THE INSTITUTION.- Backward Design: Towards an Effective Model of Staff Development in Writing in the Disciplines; J.Bean.- Writing in the Disciplines and Learning Technologists: Towards Effective Collaboration; C.Llewelln-Jones, M.Agombar & M.Deane.- The Writing Centre as a Locus for WiD, WAC and Whole-Institution Writing Provision; L.Ganobcsik-Williams.- Conclusion: Ways forward for WiD; M.Deane & P.O'Neill.- Afterword: Afterword and Onward!; C.Glenn.
