Learning discourses and the discourses of learning [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Helen Marriott, Tim Moore and Robyn Spence Brown

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451294903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Clayton, Vic., : Monash University, Matheson Library, 2007
• ISBN: 0-9803616-5-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MarriottH. E (Helen E.); MooreTim; Spence-BrownRobyn
• Soggetti: Education, Higher - Study and teaching; Discourse analysis; Interaction analysis in education; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CONTEXTS; 01 Problematising academic discourse socialisation; 02 The perils of skills: Towards a model of integrating graduate attributes into the disciplines; 03 Eliciting professional discourse in assignments; 04 Role conflation in academic-professional writing: A case study from the discipline of Law; 05 The socio-cognitive complexity of learning to argue in disciplinary (con)texts; PART TWO: SECOND LANGUAGE CONTEXTS; 06 Micro language planning for the support of international students in health science faculties; 07 'Don't be so loud – and speak English': School language policies towards Chinese international students08 Intercultural academic participation processes: The case of a Japanese international student at an Australian university; 09 Incomplete participation in academic contact situations: Japanese exchange students at an Australian university; 10 Peer networks of international medical students in an Australian academic com
• Sommario/riassunto: Learning Discourses and the Discourses of Learning is an edited ; collection of papers exploring issues of teaching and learning in academic settings. The key theme of the volume is 'discourses' - especially as these relate to institutional policies, disciplinary practices and students' processes of learning in the academy. Particular attention is paid to the experiences of second-language students studying at Australian universities as well as those learning foreign languages in Australia. Employing a variety of methodologies and theoretical perspectives, the papers in Learning Discourses ar