Title Academics engaging with student writing : working at the higher education textface / Jackie Tuck

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge research in higher education Routledge research in higher education. Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of participant profiles; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Why another book on student writing?; Student writing in the contemporary academy -- is it still important?; Student writing -- what's the problem?; Academic literacies -- an alternative; Taking a different view -- exploring academic teachers' work with student writing from the 'inside'; The research on which this book is based; Key assumptions underpinning this book; The organisation of the book; 2 Researching pedagogies around writing as social practice Why focus on academic teachers and their work around student writing?Language in the academy; Academic language and learning: disciplinary teachers as 'the problem'; Finding room for optimism; Putting the academic teacher at the centre; Conclusion: investigating academic teachers' work with student writing as social practice; 3 Academics' experiences of engaging with student texts; Marking student writing: hidden labour; Perspectives on the emotional dimension of work with student writing; Conclusion: the labours of Sisyphus 4 The tyranny of the pink sheet: the assessment of student writing in institutional contextEnsuring fairness; Dealing with risk; Accountability; Resisting the tyranny of assessment; Conclusion: feeding the "sausage machine"; 5 'Is it my job to teach them how to write?': identities and relationships around student writing; The role of identities; Possibilities for academic teacher identity in relation to student writing; Working with others around student writing: autonomy and its converse; Conclusion: the need for ownership 6 'Somebody else's issue': distributing and justifying work around student writingPassing student writers on; The distribution of writing work; Diversionary framings of writing work within the discipline: pastoral care and employability; Hot potato: writing and writing work in the academy; Conclusion: a breakdown of trust?; 7 Creating hospitable spaces for writing pedagogies in the disciplines in higher education; Spaces for writing work: imaginaries and hard-won realities; Writing as the site of reconfigured pedagogic relations Hospitable spaces for learning and teaching writing in the disciplinesCarving out spaces for writing in inhospitable contexts; Conclusion: making room for improvement; 8 What is writing in higher education for?; The role of institutions: questions of value; Implications for academic and writing development; What can researchers do?; What can we all do?; Why are we doing it? Writing in the academy and the role of higher education in the twenty-first century; References; Appendix; Index Summary "Student writing has long been viewed as a problem in higher education in the UK. Moreover, the sector has consistently performed poorly in the National Student Survey with regard to assessment and feedback. Academics Engaging with Student Writing tackles these major issues from a new and unique angle, exploring the real-life experiences of academic teachers from different institutions as they set, support, read, respond to and assess assignments undertaken by undergraduate students. Incorporating evidence from post-1992 universities, Oxbridge, members of the Russell Group and others, this book examines working practices around student writing within the context of an increasingly market-oriented mass higher education system. Presenting a wealth of relevant examples from disciplines as diverse as History and Sports Science, Tuck makes extensive use of interviews, observations, texts and audio recordings in order to explore the perspectives of academic teachers who work with student writers and their texts. This book will be of interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of academic literacies, higher education, language and literacy, language in higher education, English for academic purposes and assessment. Furthermore, academic teachers with experience of this crucial aspect of academic labour will welcome Tucḱ';s pioneering work as an indispensable tool for making sense of their own engagement with student writers."--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-208) and index Subject English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Great Britain Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Great Britain Academic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Great Britain Academic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) Great Britain Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317358909 1317358902 9781315667706 1315667703 9781317358916 1317358910 9781317358893 1317358899

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