Designing Writing Groups to Support Postgraduate Students' Academic Writing: A Case Study from a South African University

Autor/in	Wilmot, Kirstin
Titel	Designing Writing Groups to Support Postgraduate Students' Academic Writing: A Case Study from a South African University
Quelle	In: Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 55 (2018) 3, S.257-265 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-3297
DOI	10.1080/14703297.2016.1238775
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Academic Discourse; Case Studies; Foreign Countries; Pilot Projects; Peer Evaluation; Group Activities; Group Dynamics; Groups; Collaborative Writing; Writing Improvement; Expertise; Program Implementation; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Discourse; Diskurs; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Gruppenaktivität; Gruppendynamik; Expert appraisal; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper reports on a writing group pilot programme implemented at a South African university. Drawing on literature, anonymous student evaluations and facilitator observations, it discusses the use of writing groups for supporting postgraduate academic writing practices. Developed within a broader postgraduate academic writing support programme, the paper discusses a case study of two pilot writing groups: a multidisciplinary long-term group and a disciplinary short-term 'writing-intensive' group. The findings indicate that the overall experience of the writing group was a positive one, with each group presenting varied 'success' aspects as well as challenges. Insights gleaned may contribute to our understanding of how these groups can be utilised to support postgraduate students and how different kinds of groups can be developed to serve particular student needs. The paper concludes with a discussion of the inclusion of a disciplinary expert, which proved particularly useful in this pilot. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01