How do we play the genre game in preparing students at the advanced undergraduate level for research writing?

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dc.contributor.authorPaxton, Moraghen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-28T14:10:15Z
dc.date.available2014-10-28T14:10:15Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.descriptionThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Teaching in Higher Education on 18 November 2009 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13562517.2011.530755.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe study described in this article sets out to understand the barriers and affordances to successful completion of the short research thesis required in many advanced undergraduate courses or Honours programmes. In the study, the genre features of students' research projects and the criteria used to assess them were analysed and both students and supervisors were interviewed. The article focuses on one particular student from the case study and the findings provide in-depth insights into the complexities of genre acquisition in one particular department at a South African university, where writing and knowledge of the genre are often not taught, but must be acquired through a form of apprenticeship. The article concludes by raising some questions about how research genres can best be mediated in developmental contexts, where the teaching of writing may not be valued.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationPaxton, M. (2011). How do we play the genre game in preparing students at the advanced undergraduate level for research writing?. <i>Teaching in Higher Education</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8873en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationPaxton, Moragh "How do we play the genre game in preparing students at the advanced undergraduate level for research writing?." <i>Teaching in Higher Education</i> (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8873en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPaxton, M. 2011. How do we play the genre game in preparing students at the advanced undergraduate level for research writing?. Teaching in Higher Education.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1356-2517en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Paxton, Moragh AB - The study described in this article sets out to understand the barriers and affordances to successful completion of the short research thesis required in many advanced undergraduate courses or Honours programmes. In the study, the genre features of students' research projects and the criteria used to assess them were analysed and both students and supervisors were interviewed. The article focuses on one particular student from the case study and the findings provide in-depth insights into the complexities of genre acquisition in one particular department at a South African university, where writing and knowledge of the genre are often not taught, but must be acquired through a form of apprenticeship. The article concludes by raising some questions about how research genres can best be mediated in developmental contexts, where the teaching of writing may not be valued. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Teaching in Higher Education KW - genre KW - honours KW - research KW - writing KW - economics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 SM - 1356-2517 T1 - How do we play the genre game in preparing students at the advanced undergraduate level for research writing? TI - How do we play the genre game in preparing students at the advanced undergraduate level for research writing? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8873 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8873
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationPaxton M. How do we play the genre game in preparing students at the advanced undergraduate level for research writing?. Teaching in Higher Education. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8873.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDean's Office: CHEDen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyCentre for Higher Education Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceTeaching in Higher Educationen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2011.530755en_ZA
dc.subjectgenreen_ZA
dc.subjecthonoursen_ZA
dc.subjectresearchen_ZA
dc.subjectwritingen_ZA
dc.subjecteconomicsen_ZA
dc.titleHow do we play the genre game in preparing students at the advanced undergraduate level for research writing?en_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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