Improving Learning in College: Rethinking Literacies Across the Curriculum

What's the problem with literacy at college? How might everyday literacy be harnessed for educational ends?  Based on the first major study of literacy practices in colleges in the UK, this book explores the reading and writing associated with learning subjects across the college curriculum. It investigates literacy practices in which students engage outside of college, and teaching and learning strategies through which these can help support the curriculum. With insightful analyses of innovative practices, it considers ways of changing teaching practices to enable students to draw upon their full potential.  Recent research work has challenged the myth of individual student deficit, arguing cogently that people have ‘funds of knowledge’ from diverse and vibrant cultural roots, and that these have been misguidedly disqualified by the education system. It has claimed that different ‘ways with words’ can provide valuable resources for learning. However, the empirical exploration of this claim has lagged far behind the theoretical debate. Improving Learning in College resolves this by showing the integrity and richness of the literacy practices of a significant population, not previously the focus of such research: those who take vocational and academic college courses in colleges. It addresses an issue which has not until now been developed within this research tradition: that of how these practices can not only be valued and validated, but mobilised and harnessed to enhance learning in educational settings.  This book will interest all teachers, teacher-educators and researchers concerned with post-compulsory education and vocational education in compulsory schooling.

Improving Learning in College

Education & Teaching

Barton, David

Edwards, Richard

Miller, Kate

Ivanič, Roz

Martin-Jones, Marilyn

Fowler, Zoë

Hughes, Buddug

Mannion, Greg

Satchwell, Candice

Smith, June

Higher & Continuing Education

Routledge

There is an invitation from the Lord to yield to His voice, come away, and find Him in the middle of the pause. Can you hear the invitation? With the distractions and busyness of life, many often pass right by the Lord, unaware of His presence. In the book, Pause In My Presence. Joshua and Zoe Fowler take you by the hand and lead you into the depths of a presence centered life. Pause In My Presence... - Releases divine keys for acceleration through the pause. - Leads you to embrace the grace to Selah. - Teaches you to embrace the grace to Selah. - Reveals presence paradigms and principles for new dimensions. - Uncovers the secret of how Every Suddenly is Proceeded by Selah. Pause In My Presence is a call to be still and wait in the middle of God's presence. Are you ready to Selah? You will never be the same.

Pause In My Presence: You will find me in the middle of the pause - God

Religion & Spirituality

Fowler, Joshua

Christian Books & Bibles

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