Research on genre learning for re-imagining the pedagogy of writers’ retreats

  • M. Paxton University of Cape Town
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20853/31-2-1347

Abstract

Writers’ retreats were originally conceived of as quiet spaces away from the workplace where academic staff would have uninterrupted time to focus on writing. Recently, however, the literature has referred to  “structured retreats” (Murray 2010:102) which allow for  “information giving” (pedagogy) and participants’ discussion of writing in progress. 

Author Biography

M. Paxton, University of Cape Town
Emeritus Prof Moragh Paxton was Co-ordinator of the Language Development Group at the University of Cape Town. She taught academic literacy at the undergraduate and postgraduate level in a number of faculties and departments across the university. Her research interests are in language and literacy acquisition in academic settings and her PhD used linguistic and intertextual analysis of student writing to understand the acquisition of economics discourses.

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Published
2017-04-23
How to Cite
Paxton, M. 2017. “Research on Genre Learning for Re-Imagining the Pedagogy of writers’ Retreats”. South African Journal of Higher Education 31 (2), 58-71. https://doi.org/10.20853/31-2-1347.
Issue
Vol. 31 No. 2 (2017)
Section
Special Section

Copyright (c) 2017 Moragh Paxton

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