Repositioning academic literacy: charting the emergence of a community of practice
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Article Title | Repositioning academic literacy: charting the emergence of a community of practice |
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ERA Journal ID | 20438 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Hirst, Elizabeth (Author), Henderson, Robyn (Author), Allan, Margaret (Author), Bode, June (Author) and Kocatepe, Mehtap (Author) |
Journal Title | Australian Journal of Language and Literacy |
Journal Citation | 27 (1), pp. 66-80 |
Number of Pages | 15 |
Year | 2004 |
Publisher | Springer |
Place of Publication | Adelaide, Australia |
ISSN | 1038-1562 |
1839-4728 | |
Abstract | This paper reflects on the experiences of the authors in planning and teaching a short-course in academic literacy for students enrolled in the first year of an education degree. By conceptualising tertiary literacy as a social practice and drawing on a sociocultural approach to learning, the members of the project team were able to move beyond deficit views of individual students towards a consideration of their own teaching practices and how they could best help students expand their literate repertoires. This approach provided opportunities for the team to focus on pedagogical matters and to chart its own emergence as a community of practice working on a shared problem. |
Keywords | academic literacy, literacy, community of practice, deficit discourses |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
390104. English and literacy curriculum and pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL) | |
390303. Higher education | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | James Cook University |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y492/repositioning-academic-literacy-charting-the-emergence-of-a-community-of-practice
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