The Good Writing Guide for Education Students (Student Success) - Softcover

Dominic Wyse; Kate Cowan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1473975670 ISBN 13: 9781473975675

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Grappling with grammar? Worrying about referencing?

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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">This handy guide is packed with practical advice on how to search for reading materials, structure your academic writing, think critically, reference appropriately and use language effectively. Top Tips throughout the book to help you eradicate all those pesky common mistakes that bring your marks down.

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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">What's new to the fourth edition?

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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">               2 brand new chapters on reading and writing critically

<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">               activities at the end of each chapter to let you check and assess your own writing.

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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">With real life examples of academic work, and plenty of dos and don'ts , this is the perfect writing manual for students studying at all levels, and the ideal book to help you get top marks for all your assignments.

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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Make bad writing a thing of the past!

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About this title

About the Authors

Dominic Wyse is Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education at University College London (UCL), Institute of Education (IOE), and Academic Head of the Department of Learning and Leadership. Dominic is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAoSS), an elected member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Council, and a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). The main focus of Dominic’s research is curriculum and pedagogy. Key areas of work are the teaching of writing, reading and creativity. Dominic has extensive experience of funded research projects which he has disseminated in numerous peer-reviewed research journal articles and books. These include major international research volumes for which he is the lead editor (e.g. The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment), and bestselling books for students, teachers and educators  (e.g. Teaching English, Language and Literacy - 3rd Edition). His most recent book is A Guide to Early Years and Primary Teaching  (published by SAGE). He has been an editor, and on the editorial board, of internationally recognised research journals. He is currently an editor of the Curriculum Journal, one of the journals of the British Educational Research Association (BERA).

Dr. Kate Cowan is a Senior Research Fellow at UCL Institute of Education. Her research explores children′s play and communication from a multimodal perspective, including aspects such as literacy, creativity and digital technologies. Kate’s work also involves developing multimodal methodologies, video-based methods and participatory approaches to research with children. Projects include ′A National Observatory of Children′s Play Experiences During Covid-19′ (funded by the ESRC), ′Playing the Archive: Memory, Community and Mixed Reality Play’ (funded by the EPSRC) and ′Valuing Young Children’s Signs of Learning: Observation and Digital Documentation of Play in Early Years Classrooms’ (funded by the Froebel Trust). Kate has a background in early years teaching and she remains committed to connecting research and practice. In addition to academic publication in books and papers, Kate has written for teachers, students and the general public.

From the Back Cover

This practical, down-to-earth guide is tailored for Education students and uses real examples of students’ work to explain what tutors look for and how to get there.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1473975670
• ISBN 13: 9781473975675
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 192