The Paradox of Skills [electronic resource] : Widening Participation, Academic Literacy & Students’ Skills Centres / edited by Linda Anne Barkas.
By: Barkas, Linda Anne [editor.].
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BookSeries: Studies in Inclusive Education: 11Publisher: Rotterdam : SensePublishers, 2011Description: IX, 139p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789460914003.Subject(s): Education | Literacy | Education | LiteracyDDC classification: 374.0124 Online resources: Click here to access online
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Springer eBooksSummary: The objectives underpinning the policies to expand and widen participation have impacted on university provision to help students improve their general literacy and academic writing skills. This book examines how and why Students’ Skills Centres, (SSCs), gained such a hold in the sector, despite the contentious nature of the research evidence that challenges the notion of the applicability of generic writing skills. It is argued in the book, that on a small scale, SSCs illustrate the paradoxes and ironies that have developed in higher education. ‘
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The objectives underpinning the policies to expand and widen participation have impacted on university provision to help students improve their general literacy and academic writing skills. This book examines how and why Students’ Skills Centres, (SSCs), gained such a hold in the sector, despite the contentious nature of the research evidence that challenges the notion of the applicability of generic writing skills. It is argued in the book, that on a small scale, SSCs illustrate the paradoxes and ironies that have developed in higher education. ‘
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