Learning to Become a Professional in a Textually-Mediated World : A Text-Oriented Study of Placement Practices
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Ken Lau
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Paperback / Softback
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ISBN-10
3034310161
ISBN-13
9783034310161
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissensc
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 16th, 2012
Print length
261 Pages
Weight
396 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.50 x 1.60 cms
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Using Lave and Wenger's Communities of Practice as the overarching theoretical framework, this title investigates how novices learn to write like their professional counterparts. It features a multi-dimensional approach to the analysis of discourse practices in terms of text construction and text consumption.
The book presents a text-based study of discourse practices in placement, a hybrid zone which re-contextualises academic knowledge and professional practices. Using Lave and Wenger’s Communities of Practice as the overarching theoretical framework, the study investigates how novices learn to write like their professional counterparts. By collecting texts completed in various placement contexts and in-depth qualitative interviews with informants, the study features a multi-dimensional approach to the analysis of discourse practices in terms of text construction and text consumption. The issues of genre, feedback, identity and role associated with placement learning are brought into focus.
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