Blaj-Ward Academic Literacies Provision for International Students

Evaluating Impact and Quality
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-11503-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 101 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book reinterprets the relevance, quality and impact of academic literacies provision at university in light of recent higher education developments in a pandemic-transformed world. Drawing on the author's own experience of researching, implementing and assessing academic literacies provision, and on insights from broader scholarship and professional debates, the book helps set a new direction of travel for academic literacies professionals working in a variety of roles to enable and resource students’ academic and professional growth.It makes recommendations for policy, strategy and scholarship-informed practice that place value on communicating with confidence, clarity and care at university and beyond.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blaj-Ward, Lia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Institutional and sector perspectives on impact and quality of academic literacies provision.- 3. Experiencing impact and quality: international student journeys.- 4. Creating impact and quality: the role of academic literacies practitioners.- 5. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Lia Blaj-Ward is Associate Professor of Teaching and Scholarship at Nottingham Trent University, UK. She is the author of two previous Palgrave Macmillan volumes: Researching Contexts, Practices and Pedagogies in English for Academic Purposes (2014) and Language Learning and Use in English-Medium Higher Education (2017).