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Narrative materiality and practice: A study of born-free negotiation of periphery and centre

open access: yesLiterator, 2019
This article explores a small story narrative, the community of practice and the orientations of a group of ‘born-free’ participants as these interact with the material discourses of the Gautrain station in the business district of Sandton in the Gauteng,
William Kelleher
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What Can Count As Critical Academic Literacy Education?

open access: yesJournal of Language and Education, 2023
Background and Purpose: The issue of what can count as “critical” in relation to academic literacy education has not been discussed in detail in relative review studies.
Filippos Tentolouris
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Academic literacy development

open access: yesASCILITE Publications, 2009
This paper describes how the interaction of different research perspectives – multiliteracies, academic literacy, student engagement – combined with the practicality of an open source software environment has influenced the implementation of a blended approach to student learning development.
Katherine Gilliver-Brown   +1 more
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Traversing the spaces of higher education through writing

open access: yesReading & Writing, 2017
Writing functions as an important tool that spans various spaces in higher education. Moving away from a ‘skills approach’ to writing, this article argues that the writing centre serves as an intermediary between students and academic lecturers.
Laura M. Drennan
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Beyond foreign language writing instruction: The need for literacy pedagogy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The situation we have found ourselves in after 1989 has all the signs of a literacy crisis. As academic teachers, we find the academic literacy skills of many our students below our expectations. Yet, we must not exclude such students, but admit them and
Zalewski, Jan
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Academic Literacy: Reaching Our Own

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2018
The article discusses academic literacy in relation to the goal of the journal's Think Tank which includes the effective dissemination of the periodical to peers, and it mentions the Think Tank's development of a social media toolkit for U.S. college students. The publication of a newsletter for public health students in America is examined, along with
Shreya, Patel   +5 more
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Remote Monitoring in Myasthenia Gravis: Exploring Symptom Variability

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare, autoimmune disorder characterized by fluctuating muscle weakness and potential life‐threatening crises. While continuous specialized care is essential, access barriers often delay timely interventions. To address this, we developed MyaLink, a telemedical platform for MG patients.
Maike Stein   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Secondary literacy across the curriculum: Challenges and possibilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper discusses the challenges and possibilities attendant upon successfully implementing literacy across the curriculum initiatives – or ‘school language policies’ as they have come to be known - particularly at the secondary or high school level ...
Amrein A.   +23 more
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Development of a Personalized Visualization and Analysis Tool to Improve Clinical Care in Complex Multisystem Diseases With Application to Scleroderma

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective In complex diseases, it is challenging to assess a patient's disease state, trajectory, treatment exposures, and risk of multiple outcomes simultaneously, efficiently, and at the point of care. Methods We developed an interactive patient‐level data visualization and analysis tool (VAT) that automates illustration of the trajectory of a ...
Ji Soo Kim   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Longitudinal Follow-up Study of the Doodle Den After-school Programme Childhood Development Initiative [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
More than a quarter of children in Ireland are living in, or are at risk of, poverty. Children who grow up in poverty are more likely to leave school early and without having attained the fundamental literacy skills.
Andy Biggart
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