Improving learning in college rethinking literacies across the curriculum /

• Other Authors: Ivanič, Roz.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Series: Improving learning TLRP.
• Subjects: Developmental studies programs.; Underprepared college students.; College students > Rating of.; Literacy.; EDUCATION > Higher.; Electronic books.
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This book explores the reading and writing associated with learning subjects across the college curriculum and considers ways of changing teaching practices to enable students to reach their full potential.

Table of Contents:

• Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Authors; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I What are the issues?; Chapter 1 Literacies as a resource for learning in college; Part II What does the research tell us?; Chapter 2 What students do with reading and writing in their everyday lives; Chapter 3 Ways of understanding literacy practices; Chapter 4 Literacies across the college curriculum; Chapter 5 Comparisons across contexts: The textual mediation of learning on Childcare courses; Part III What are the implications?