Improving Learning in College: Rethinking Literacies Across the Curriculum / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780415469111 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 02/16/2009 Series: Improving Learning Pages: 232 Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) What's the problem with literacy at college? How might everyday literacy be harnessed for educational ends? Based on the first major study of literacy practices in colleges in the UK, this book explores the reading and writing associated with learning subjects across the college curriculum. It investigates literacy practices in which students engage outside of college, and teaching and learning strategies through which these can help support the curriculum. With insightful analyses of innovative practices, it considers ways of changing teaching practices to enable students to draw upon their full potential. Recent research work has challenged the myth of individual student deficit, arguing cogently that people have ‘funds of knowledge’ from diverse and vibrant cultural roots, and that these have been misguidedly disqual