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Beyond the Local/General Divide: English for Academic Purposes and Process Approaches to Cross Disciplinary, Doctoral Writing Support
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Bastalich, Wendy – Higher Education Research and Development, 2011
One of the outcomes of the policy emphasis upon skills formation in countries like Australia and the UK has been an increase in cross-disciplinary structured programs for higher research degrees raising implicit, but often unexamined, questions about the curriculum and expertise that should inform them. Key insights from applied linguistics and…
Descriptors: Expertise, Writing (Composition), Student Evaluation, Research Projects
Disciplining Writing: The Case for Multi-Disciplinary Writing Groups to Support Writing for Publication by Higher Degree by Research Candidates in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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Cuthbert, Denise; Spark, Ceridwen; Burke, Eliza – Higher Education Research and Development, 2009
This article addresses multi-disciplinary writing groups in supporting writing for publication for higher degree by research candidates in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Drawing on focus group discussions with postgraduate research students from the Faculty of Arts at Monash University in Australia who participated in the writing…
Descriptors: Writing for Publication, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
Limbo and Brighter Things: A Writing Programme for Training English Teachers.
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Borthwick, Jill; Diamond, C. T. Patrick – English in Australia, 1985
Describes one aspect of Queensland University's English teacher education program--the writing programme. Participating in the writing unit, the trainee teacher experiences the pangs and joys of being a writer, while developing skills as a teacher of writing and as a teacher of English. (HOD)
Descriptors: English Teacher Education, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education