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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Main Author:	Lynne Gornall
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Published:	Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE) 2019
Subjects:	academic literacies international students community of practice legitimate peripheral participation learning development study skills Theory and practice of education LB5-3640
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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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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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