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Tabiri, Francis; Afful, Joseph Benjamin Archibald – Cogent Education, 2023
This study investigated the epistemic conventions of pedagogical practices in higher education (HE) from the viewpoints of lecturers. Phenomenological design, focusing on semi-structured interview guide, was considered for the study. Through the purposive sampling technique, 15 lecturers from three departments of institution of higher learning…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Academic Language
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Loewe, Drew M. – Composition Studies, 2018
Writing and Rhetoric 3326: Legal Writing is an introduction to legal analysis and writing. It is offered at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, a Holy Cross liberal arts university of approximately 4,300 students, mostly undergraduates. This course focuses on applied rhetoric, and is designed to give undergraduate students experience in…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Writing Strategies
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Perkins, Kyle; Jiang, Xuan – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2020
This paper proposes a literature-based composition course for advanced Non-native English Speaking (NNES) students in an English for Academic Purpose (EAP) program and provides a rationale, a syllabus, and some suggested pedagogy for consideration. The principal reasons for choosing a literature-based format include the following: (1) extended…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Literature, Writing Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Molloy, Cathryn – Composition Studies, 2016
The course the author describes here, WRTC 426: Rhetorical "Ethos" and Personal Disclosures: Explorations in Trauma Writing and Writing as Healing, asks students to explore the "writing as healing" movement in English studies and beyond in order to evaluate the efficacy of claims that writing personal narratives can heal…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), Writing Achievement
Perkins, Kyle; Jiang, Xuan – Online Submission, 2019
This paper proposes a literature-based composition course for advanced Non-native English Speaking (NNES) students in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program and provides a rationale, a syllabus, and some suggested pedagogy for consideration. The principal reasons for choosing a literature-based format, in our opinion, include the…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Literature, Writing Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Sang, Yuan – International Journal of Higher Education, 2017
This research synthesis collected, compiled, and analyzed 29 academic research articles that were published in China in recent years. It addressed and explored the issues in Chinese undergraduate students' English writing and the possible reasons causing and/or explaining the issues. It was discovered that many Chinese undergraduate students have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Undergraduate Students, College Second Language Programs