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The Paradox of Skills

Widening Participation, Academic Literacy & Students’ Skills Centres

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Linda Anne Barkas

    1. Teesside University, UK

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  • Written by experts, Gives a modern approach, Comprehensive in Scope

Part of the book series: Studies in Inclusive Education (STUIE, volume 11)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Linda Anne Barkas
    Pages 1-12

  3. The Dimensions Through Time of the Framework of Widening Participation

    • Linda Anne Barkas
    Pages 13-35

  4. Dear Alien - Do You Speak English as One of Your Languages Please?

    • Linda Anne Barkas
    Pages 37-49

  5. To Teach or Not to Teach? Can You Spot the Difference?

    • Linda Anne Barkas
    Pages 51-60

  6. A Review of the Research Methodology and the Study of the SSC

    • Linda Anne Barkas
    Pages 61-74

  7. Is There A Life Form We Recognise in SSCs?

    • Linda Anne Barkas
    Pages 75-97

  8. Conclusion

    • Linda Anne Barkas
    Pages 99-107

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 109-139
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About this book

The objectives underpinning the policies to expand and widen participation have impacted on university provision to help students improve their general literacy and academic writing skills. This book examines how and why Students’ Skills Centres, (SSCs), gained such a hold in the sector, despite the contentious nature of the research evidence that challenges the notion of the applicability of generic writing skills. It is argued in the book, that on a small scale, SSCs illustrate the paradoxes and ironies that have developed in higher education. ‘

Editors and Affiliations

  • Teesside University, UK

    Linda Anne Barkas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Paradox of Skills

  • Book Subtitle: Widening Participation, Academic Literacy & Students’ Skills Centres

  • Editors: Linda Anne Barkas

  • Series Title: Studies in Inclusive Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-400-3

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6091-400-3Published: 13 November 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 139

  • Topics: Literacy

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