Teaching Academic Writing: A Toolkit for Higher Education

by Coffin,Caroline

• ISBN13: 9780415261364
• ISBN10: 0415261368
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2002-12-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Student writing is at the cener of teaching and learning in higher education. Students are assessed by what they write, and are only accepted within an academic discipline when they have mastered the writing conventions and style necessary for that discipline.Teaching Academic Writingis a "toolkit" to help higher education lecturers and tutors teach student writing. Containing a range of diverse teaching strategies, the book offers both practical activities to help students develop their writing skills, and guidelines to help lecturers and tuthors think in more depth aboiut the feedback they give to students. The authors explore a wide variety of text types, from essays and reflective diaries to research projects and laboratory reports. The book draws on recent research and takes into account developments such as the increasing diversity of the student body, the use of the Internet, electronic tuition, and issues surrounding globalization. Written by experienced higher education teachers,TeachingAcademic Writingwill be of interest to anyone involved in teaching academic writing in higher education.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
List of activities	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Issues in academic writing in higher education	1	(18)
Mary Jane Curry
Theresa M. Lillis
Aims of the book	1	(1)
Student writing in a changing higher education context	2	(3)
Institutional provision of writing instruction	5	(4)
Approaches to student writing	9	(2)
What this book offers: a `toolkit' approach to teaching writing	11	(4)
The book's authors	15	(1)
Overview of Teaching Academic Writing	15	(4)
Approaches to teaching writing	19	(26)
Mary Jane Curry
Ann Hewings
Introduction	19	(1)
The purposes of writing	20	(1)
Teaching writing: focus on text	21	(11)
Teaching writing: focus on process	32	(11)
Integrating the process approach with text analysis	43	(1)
Conclusion	44	(1)
Writing for different disciplines	45	(28)
Caroline Coffin
Ann Hewings
Introduction	45	(2)
Sciences to the humanities: academic knowledge as a continuum	47	(2)
Writing project proposals and experimental reports: examples from science	49	(3)
Representing data and discipline-specific terminology: examples from the social sciences	52	(5)
Writing an essay: an example from the humanities	57	(9)
Writing a case study: an example from business studies	66	(5)
Conclusion	71	(2)
Planning the assessment of student writing	73	(28)
Sharon Goodman
Joan Swann
Introduction	73	(1)
Assessment: preliminary issues	74	(7)
Identifying what types of writing to assess	81	(8)
The wording of assignments	89	(3)
Students' participation in assessment	92	(3)
Pre-empting plagiarism	95	(5)
Conclusion	100	(1)
Giving feedback on student writing	101	(29)
Theresa M. Lillis
Joan Swann
Introduction	101	(1)
Institutional demands and research insights	102	(2)
Identifying the purposes of feedback	104	(1)
Commenting on students' writing	105	(6)
Ways of communicating feedback	111	(10)
Developing `feedback dialogues'	121	(7)
Conclusion	128	(2)
Academic writing in an electronic environment	130	(28)
Caroline Coffin
Sharon Goodman
Introduction	130	(4)
Internet-based resources	134	(7)
Using electronic conferencing to develop students' academic writing	141	(12)
Technology and assessment	153	(3)
Conclusion	156	(2)
Annotated bibliography	158	(5)
References	163	(7)
Index	170