Richard Andrews

Argumentation in Higher Education (eBook, PDF)

Improving Practice Through Theory and Research

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Argumentation in Higher Education offers professors, lecturers and researchers informative guidance for teaching effective argumentation skills to their undergraduate and graduate students. This professional guide aims to make the complex topic of argumentation open and transparent.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135276522
• Artikelnr.: 42975998

Autorenporträt

Richard Andrews has ten years of experience teaching English, Drama, and English as a Second Language in schools in Yorkshire, London and Hong Kong. Since then, he has worked on initial and continuing teacher education at the universities of Hull, Middlesex (London), York, the Institute of Education (London) and New York University. He is the author and editor of a number of books on argument, including Narrative and Argument (Open University Press, 1989), Teaching and Learning Argument (Cassell, 1995) and, with Sally Mitchell, Essays in Argument (Middlesex University Press, 2000) and an edited collection of academic essays, Learning to Argue in Higher Education (Heinemann/Boynton-Cook, 2001). His research interests are in argumentation (verbal and visual), visual literacy's and e-learning. He continues to run workshops and courses for teachers and students: most recently 'Dramatic Activities in the English Classroom' and 'Educational Linguistics' at NYU, and 'Argumentation and Education' at The University of York.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Acknowledgements
1. Why Argument?
2. The Current State of Argumentation in Higher Education
3. Generic Skills in Argumentation
4. Discipline-Specific Skills in Argumentation
5. The Balance Between Generic and Discipline-Specific Skills
6. Information and Communication Technologies, Multimodality and
Argumentation
7. Further Evidence from Research
8. Students' Views on Argumentation
9. Students' Essays and Reports in a Range of Disciplines
10. The Significance of Feedback from Lecturers
11. Methodological Issues in Researching Argumentation
12. Conclusion and a Way Forward in Argumentation Studies in Education
References and Bibliography
Index