Students� navigation of the uncharted territories of academic writing

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dc.contributor.authorBharuthram, Sharita
dc.contributor.authorMcKenna, Sioux
dc.date.accessioned16/02/2014 22:09
dc.date.available16/02/2014 22:09
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractMany students enter tertiary education unfamiliar with the �norms and conventions� of their disciplines. Research into academic literacies has shown that in order to succeed in their studies, students are expected to conform to these norms and conventions, which are often unrecognized or seen as �common sense� by lecturers. Students have to develop their own �map� of their programme�s expectations in order to make sense of the seemingly mysterious practices they are expected to take on. This study, undertaken at a University of Technology in South Africa, details students� perceptions of their writing difficulties and their attempts to navigate their way through various writing tasks. The findings reveal that students experience a range of difficulties and that the students often feel unsupported in their travails with academic writing.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationBharuthram, S. & McKenna, S. (2013). Students� navigation of the uncharted territories of academic writing. Africa Education Review, 9(3): 581-594en_US
dc.identifier.issn1814-6627
dc.identifier.issn1753-5921
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/1025
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18146627.2012.742651
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author final version of the published article available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18146627.2012.742651
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18146627.2012.742651
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectStudent writingen_US
dc.subjectAcademic literaciesen_US
dc.subjectAcademic developmenten_US
dc.subjectHigher educationen_US
dc.subjectLanguage developmenten_US
dc.titleStudents� navigation of the uncharted territories of academic writingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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