1997a: Policy and Practice of Tertiary Literacy (Volume 1)

Selected Proceedings of the First National Conference on Tertiary Literacy: Research and Practice (Volume 1). Victoria University of Technology 14-16 March, 1996

Abstract

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Introduction: Zosia Golebiowski … ix

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES:

Tertiary Language, Literacy and Communication Policies: Needs and Practice: Richard Baldauf Jr. … 1

Institutional Practices in Promoting Tertiary Literacy: The Development and Implementation of a University-wide Policy for Enhancing Students' Communication Skills: Lesley H Parker … 20

Some Questions about Integrated Communication Skills Programmes: Mark Garner … 37

Which Thesis Did You Read? Barbara Kamler & Terry Threadgold … 42

PAPERS

The Complexities of Tertiary Literacy: Doug Absalom … 59

Mediating Cognition and Culture: A Pilot Study of the Literacy and Academic Communication Skills of First Year Commerce Students: Colin Baskin, Michelle Barker & Yvonne Farr-Wharton … 66

How Did We Get a Literacy Problem in Research Articles? Robert Brown … 82

Comparing the Citation Choices of Experienced Academic Writers and First Year Students: Joanna Buckingham & Maurice Nevile … 96

Expectations of Academic Writing at Australian Universities: Work in Progress: Denise Bush … 108

Teaching Difficulties Associated with Variability in Student Working Memory Capacity: Paul Casey … 117

Peaks and Pitfalls of a Tertiary Communication Policy: Janice Catterall & Rosalind Martins … 126

The Teaching of Communication Skills in a Health Science Faculty: Marie Clugston … 135

The Development of Information Literacy in Undergraduate Programs: Merolyn Coombs & Jan Houghton … 145

Critical Practice and Undergraduate Students: Helen Frrell, Bronwyn James, Erst Carmichael & Michele Scoufis … 150

Literacy in the Disciplines: Giving Academics a Language to Talk about Language: Gillian Ferguson … 161

Tertiary Literacy: Case Study Research into the Literacy Policies, Definitions and Practices of Four Disciplines within a University: Maria Fiocco … 167

Academic Discourse on the Internet: James Garton … 182

Changing Literacy: Changing Teaching and Learning: Christine Ingleton … 192

Social Identities and Literacy Practices: Bronwyn James … 201

Free to Write: On-Line Class Discussions: Ruth J. Kivela … 219

Abrasions: Dilemmas of Doing a Critical Literacy Pedagogy within/ against the Academy: Lynne Noone & Patricia Cartwright … 233

Expectations of Tertiary Literacy: the Attitudes and Experiences of Lecturers and their LOTE Background Students: Amanda Pearce & Helen Borland … 245

A Profile of the Novice Collaborative Research Experience: Christine Riddell … 258

Top-Level Structuring as a Basis for the Development of Tertiary Literacy: Kevin Smith & Debra Edwards … 265

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

Meeting the Challenge: Tertiary Literacy in a Non-Traditional Institution: Jan Skillen … 279

Lecturers' Perceptions of Student Literacy: A Survey Conducted at the University of Newcastle: Robyn Woodward-Kron & Anita van der Wal … 282

SUMMARY KEYNOI'E ADDRESS:

Tertiary Literacy Conference Summary: What will Count as Tertiary Literacy in the Year 2000? Terry Threadgold, Doug Absalom & Zosia Golebiowski … 291