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. ‘

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Teesside University, UK

Linda Anne Barkas

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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)
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6091-400-3Published: 13 November 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 139
Topics: Literacy

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

The Dimensions Through Time of the Framework of Widening Participation

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

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

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

Is There A Life Form We Recognise in SSCs?

Conclusion

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