Writing Programs Worldwide Profiles of Academic Writing in Many Places

Emerging from the International WAC/WID Mapping Project, this collection of essays is meant to inform decision-making by teachers, program managers, and college/university administrators considering how writing can most appropriately be defined, managed, funded, and taught in the places where they w...

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Main Authors:	Thaiss, Chris (Author), Bräuer, Gerd (Author), Carlino, Paula (Author), Ganobcsik-Williams, Lisa (Author), Sinha, Aparna (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] WAC Clearinghouse [2012]
Series:	Open textbook library.
Subjects:	Education > Textbooks Humanities > Textbooks Rhetoric > Textbooks Education, Higher > Textbooks General education > Textbooks
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Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Origins, Aims, and Uses of Writing Programs Worldwide: Profiles of Academic Writing in Many Places, Chris Thaiss
Chapter 2. Teaching Academic Literacy Across the University Curriculum as Institutional Policy: The Case of the Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (Argentina), Estela Inés Moyano and Lucia Natale
Chapter 3. Writing to Learn Biology in the Framework of a Didactic-Curricular Change in the First Year Program at an Argentine University, Ana De Micheli and Patricia Iglesia
Chapter 4. Developing Students' Writing at Queensland University of Technology , Karyn Gonano and Peter Nelson
Chapter 5. Teaching Academic Writing at the University of Wollongong, Emily Purser
Chapter 6. The SchreibCenter at the Alpen-Adria-Universität, Klagenfurt, Austria, Ursula Doleschal
Chapter 7. The Academic Writing Research Group at the University of Vienna , Helmut Gruber
Chapter 8. From Remediation to the Development of Writing Competences in Disciplinary Contexts: Thirty Years of Practice and Questions , Marie-Christine Pollet
Chapter 9. Academic Literacies in the South: Writing Practices in a Brazilian University, Désirée Motta-Roth
Chapter 10. Writing Programs Worldwide: One Canadian Perspective, Roger Graves and Heather Graves
Chapter 11. Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications at the University of Winnipeg, Brian Turner and Judith Kearns
Chapter 12. Xi'an International Studies University (XISU), Wu Dan
Chapter 13. Training Experiences in Reading and Writing in a Colombian University: The Perspective of a Professor, Elizabeth Narváez Cardona
Chapter 14. The Progression and Transformations of the Program of Academic Reading and Writing (PLEA) in Colombia's Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Blanca Yaneth González Pinzón
Chapter 15. From Working with Students to Working through Faculty: A Genre-centered Focus to Writing Development, Lotte Rienecker and Peter Stray Jørgensen
Chapter 16. The Department of Rhetoric and Composition at the American University in Cairo: Achievements and Challenges, Emily Golson and Lammert Holdijk
Chapter 17. Providing a Hub for Writing Development: A Profile of the Centre for Academic Writing (CAW), Coventry University, England, Mary Deane and Lisa Ganobcsik-Williams
Chapter 18. Thinking Writing at Queen Mary, University of London, Teresa McConlogue, Sally Mitchell, and Kelly Peake
Chapter 19. The Teaching of Writing Skills in French Universities: The Case of the Université Stendhal, Grenoble III, Francoise Boch and Catherine Frier
Chapter 20. Literacy Development Projects Initiating Institutional Change, Gerd Bräuer and Katrin Girgensohn
Chapter 21. Writing at RWTH Aachen (Germany): Lessons from "Technik im Klartext", Vera Niederau and Eva-Maria Jakobs
Chapter 22. Student Writing in the University of Madras: Traditions, Courses, Ambitions, Susaimanickam Armstrong
Chapter 23. The Regional Writing Centre at the University of Limerick, Íde O'Sullivan and Lawrence Cleary
Chapter 24. New Writing in an Old Land, Trudy Zuckermann, Bella Rubin, and Hadara Perpignan
Chapter 25. The Development of an Academic Writing Centre in the Netherlands , Ingrid Stassen and Carel Jansen
Chapter 26. Teaching Writing at AUT University: A Model of a Seminar Series for Postgraduate Students Writing Their First Thesis or Dissertation, John Bitchener
Chapter 27. Developing a "Kiwi" Writing Centre at Massey University, New Zealand, Lisa Emerson
Chapter 28. The Writing Centre at St. Mary's University College, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jonathan Worley
Chapter 29. The Ups and Downs of the Interdisciplinary Writing Center of the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico, Metropolitan Campus, Matilde GarcÃa-Arroyo and Hilda E. Quintana
Chapter 30. Academic Writing at the University of Dundee: A Perspective from Scotland, Kathleen McMillan
Chapter 31. Changing Academic Landscapes: Principles and Practices of Teaching Writing At the University of Cape Town, Arlene Archer
Chapter 32. Academic Communication Strategies at Postgraduate Level, Isabel Solé, Ana Teberosky, and Montserrat Castelló
Chapter 33. Multi-Disciplinary, Multi-Lingual Engineering Education Writing Development: A Writing Programme Perspective, Magnus Gustafsson and Tobias Boström
Chapter 34. Shaping the Multimedia Mindset: Collaborative Writing in Journalism Education, Daniel Perrin
Chapter 35. The Place of Writing in Translation: From Linguistic Craftsmanship to Multilingual Text Production, Otto Kruse
Chapter 36. A Writing Center Journey at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Dilek Tokay
Chapter 37. Writing Programs Worldwide: Profile of the American University of Sharjah (AUS), Lynne Ronesi
Chapter 38. The City University of New York: The Implementation and Impact of WAC/WID in a Multi-Campus US Urban University, Linda Hirsch and Dennis Paoli
Chapter 39. Writing at UC Davis: Writing in Disciplines and Professions from the Undergraduate First Year through Graduate School, Chris Thaiss and Gary Goodman
Chapter 40. Section Essay: Academic Literacy Development, Gerd Bräuer
Chapter 41. Section Essay: Who Takes Care of Writing in Latin American and Spanish Universities?, Paula Carlino
Chapter 42. Section Essay: Reflecting on What Can Be Gained from Comparing Models of Academic Writing Provision, Lisa Ganobcsik-Williams

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