The writing of assignments in a pre-service primary education programme: Student and staff perspectives

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The writing of assignments in a pre-service primary education programme: Student and staff perspectives

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The writing of assignments by tertiary students is an area that merits exploration due to the high stakes involved for students, staff and institutions. Generally, in order for students to pass courses, they need to write assignments at a level, and in a manner, deemed appropriate by the staff members marking the assignments. I found the community of practice lens useful for this study, since I viewed learning as a socially situated activity which occurred through participation. While sta...

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Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2017

Creator

Gera, Christina Mary

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11372

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academic writing / tertiary / literacy / academic induction / distance / students / staff / note-taking / lectures / tutorials / facebook / communities of practice / ethnographic / interview / observation

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