Brokering academic literacies in a community of practice

This paper examines the ‘academic literacies’ approach to supporting postgraduate international students in the business school of a post-92 English university. The support service was evaluated with appreciative inquiry methods, consulting students and academics. The most helpful support, accordin...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:cad50235abd940e0a41806483a517a1c2021-11-29T14:02:34ZBrokering academic literacies in a community of practice10.47408/jldhe.v0i15.5361759-667Xhttps://doaj.org/article/cad50235abd940e0a41806483a517a1c2019-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://repl.gianfj.com/index.php/jldhe/article/view/536https://doaj.org/toc/1759-667X This paper examines the ‘academic literacies’ approach to supporting postgraduate international students in the business school of a post-92 English university. The support service was evaluated with appreciative inquiry methods, consulting students and academics. The most helpful support, according to students and academics, came from the ‘academic literacies’ approach, which was enhanced, and enabled, because it was linked to two other ideas: communities of practice, and the learning developer as a broker. Lynne GornallAssociation for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE)articleacademic literaciesinternational studentscommunity of practicelegitimate peripheral participationlearning developmentstudy skillsTheory and practice of educationLB5-3640ENJournal of Learning Development in Higher Education, Iss 15 (2019)
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topic academic literacies
international students
community of practice
legitimate peripheral participation
learning development
study skills
Theory and practice of education
LB5-3640
spellingShingle academic literacies
international students
community of practice
legitimate peripheral participation
learning development
study skills
Theory and practice of education
LB5-3640
Lynne Gornall
Brokering academic literacies in a community of practice
description This paper examines the ‘academic literacies’ approach to supporting postgraduate international students in the business school of a post-92 English university. The support service was evaluated with appreciative inquiry methods, consulting students and academics. The most helpful support, according to students and academics, came from the ‘academic literacies’ approach, which was enhanced, and enabled, because it was linked to two other ideas: communities of practice, and the learning developer as a broker.
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