Writing in the Disciplines

MARY DEANE is Senior Lecturer in Academic Writing at Coventry University's Centre for Academic Writing (CAW), UK. The author of a number of publications, she advises academics on research writing and publication strategies. She also offers consultancy on enhancing learning and teaching, discipline-based writing development, and using technologies to teach academic writing. Mary won a Teaching Excellence Award in 2008 and since 2009 she has been an Executive Board member of the European Writing Centers Association (EWCA) and the International Writing Centers Association (IWCA). PETER O'NEILL is a Senior Lecturer in Academic Writing at the Write Now Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, London Metropolitan University, UK. He works with staff who are interested in teaching writing in the disciplines, helping them to develop effective techniques for teaching writing and to incorporate 'writing to learn' activities within their courses. He has published articles on Writing Centre theory and practice.

• Foreword: Explicit Knowledge: Writing in the Disciplines as Higher Education; J.MonroePART I: CONTEXTSIntroduction: Writing in the Disciplines: Beyond Remediality; M.Deane & P.O'NeillCross-cultural Approaches to Writing and Disciplinarity; C.DonahueDeveloping Academic Literacy in Context: Trends in Australia; E.PurserThe Role of Assessment in 'Writing in the Disciplines' (WiD); K.HarringtonPART II: COLLABORATING TO SUPPORT STUDENT WRITERSA Comparison of 'Additional' and 'Embedded' Approaches to Teaching Writing in the Disciplines; U.WingateEnhancing Students' Legal Writing; S.Foster & M.DeaneWriting Hazards; D.Horne & K.PeakeTaking Action in Business; M.Emmanuel, P.O'Neill, D.Holley, L.Johnson & S.SinfieldWriting for Mathematics Education at Doctoral Level; P.Samuels & M.DeanePolitical Theory, Academic Writing, and Widening Participation; B.Schippers & J.WorleyWriting Design; D.Bhagat & P.O'NeillFrom WAC to WiD: Trialling Writing-intensive Pedagogies with Academic Staff in UK Higher Education; R.Bell, S.Broadberry & J.AyodejiPART III: WID AND THE INSTITUTIONBackward Design: Towards an Effective Model of Staff Development in Writing in the Disciplines; J.BeanWriting in the Disciplines and Learning Technologists: Towards Effective Collaboration; C.Llewelln-Jones, M.Agombar & M.DeaneThe Writing Centre as a Locus for WiD, WAC and Whole-Institution Writing Provision; L.Ganobcsik-WilliamsConclusion: Ways forward for WiD; M.Deane & P.O'NeillAfterword: Afterword and Onward!; C.Glenn.