Making inter-disciplinary spaces for talk about and change in student writing and literacy development

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-137

  Clarence, Sherran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

academic literacy; collaborative partnerships; disciplinary writing; student writing development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859573753     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2011.611876     Document Type: Article

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