Hidden expectations: scaffolding subject specialists’ genre knowledge of the assignments they set

Volume: 78, Issue: 5, Pages: 835 - 853
Published: Mar 2, 2019
Abstract
Subject specialists’ knowledge of academic and disciplinary literacy is often tacit. We tackle the issue of how to elicit subject specialists’ tacit knowledge in order to develop their pedagogical practices and enable them to communicate this knowledge to students. Drawing on theories of genre and metacognition, a professional development activity was designed and delivered. Our aims were to (1) build participants’ genre knowledge and (2)...
Paper Details
Title
Hidden expectations: scaffolding subject specialists’ genre knowledge of the assignments they set
Published Date
Mar 2, 2019
Volume
78
Issue
5
Pages
835 - 853
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