Writing at University: A Guide for Students
Phyllis Creme,Mary Lea

ISBN: 0335221165,
Division: Open University Press,
Price: £14.99,
Pub Date: APR-08,

Pages: 208
Edition: 03
Format: Paperback

Availability: Not Yet Published


Description

Writing at University is aimed at UG and PG students and covers all the types of writing students will need to do at university (eg essays, report writing, journals, electronic writing, dissertation, using the internet). It offers guidance on how to improve your skills by describing the different approaches you can take to different assignments in a straightforward and accessible way. The authors offer some excellent examples of analysing assignments and showing what's required, and they also discuss the note-taking, mind-mapping, and various types of reading which should go into any preparation. In this third edition, some parts of the book have been reordered to take into account current concerns and interests in the field. It includes more detailed considerations of plagiarism and further exploration of making an argument. In considering argument in Chapter 7, the authors foreground the dialogic nature of writing. In Chapter 8, they explore plagiarism against the backdrop of a more general discussion about the use of sources.

Author Biography

  • Phyllis Creme
    Phyllis Creme is research fellow in academic literacies in Education and Professional Development at UCL. She runs the new HEFCE funded Writing and Learning Mentor project and works on the CALT Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education programme. Recent research in student writing includes uses of learning journals and the relationship between academic and creative writing.

  • Mary Lea
    Mary R. Lea is a lecturer at the Open University in the Institute of Educational Technology. She has extensive experience of both supporting students with their writing and researching in the field of writing and learning.

  • Table of Contents

    1. You and university writing
    2. Getting started
    3. Writing for different courses
    4. Beginning with the title
    5. Reading as part of writing
    6. Organizing and shaping your writing
    7. Making an argument and persuading your reader
    8. Making good use of your sources
    9. Putting yourself into your academic writing
    10. Putting it together
    11. Completing the assignment and preparing for next time
    12. Exploring different kinds of writing
    13. Learning journals and reflective writing

    Further reading and some additional sources
    References
    Index



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