Writing Centers in the Higher Education Landscape of the Arabian Gulf

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Barnawi, Osman Z. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: International education .; Comparative education.; Higher education.; Literacy.; Language and languages-Study and teaching.; Educational sociology .; Education and sociology.; Educational sociology.; International and Comparative Education.; Higher Education.; Language Teaching.; Sociology of Education.

This book addresses issues surrounding writing centers in the Arabian Gulf region. Including a foreword by Professor Ken Hyland, it brings together a number of thought-provoking chapters on the history, concept, and ground realities coupled with critical comparative discussions of writing centres in...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• PART I: Historical Review of Writing Center(s) across the Arabian Gulf countries
• Chapter 1. The Emergence of Writing Centers in the Saudi Higher Education Landscape: A Genealogical Investigation; Hamid Ali Khan Eusafzai
• Chapter 2. A Critical Re-Reading of the History of Writing Centers in the UAE; Ayman Elsheikh & Jessica Winters
• Chapter 3. Writing Centers in Higher Education Institutions in Qatar: A Critical Review; Julian Williams, Abdelhamid Ahmed & Waheed Adeyimika Bamigbade
• Chapter 4. The Evolution of Writing Centers in Bahrain: A Multipronged Analysis; Joel C. Meniado
• Chapter 5. Development of Writing Centers in Oman: Tracing the Past, Understanding the Future; Khalid Al-Bishi
• Chapter 6. The History of Writing Centers in Kuwait: Critical Perspectives; Salih Abdullah  & Inan Deniz Erguvan
• PART II: Writing Center(s) on the Ground
• Chapter 7. Developing Students' Critical Thinking Skills in Writing at a Saudi Arabian Writing Center; Lawan Dalha
• Chapter 8. There May Have Been Other Stuff Going On: Affective Labor and the Writing Center as a Safe House; Ken Nielse
• Chapter 9. Writing Support in a Transnational Context: De-centring the Writing Center in a Medical College in Qatar; A.S. Weber  and  A.H. Larson
• Chapter 10. Writing Centers in Bahrain: Negotiating the Technologies of the Self; Sajjadllah Alhawsawi &  Nasreen Mahmood Al Aradi
• Chapter 11. Negotiating Pedagogies in Omani Writing Centers; Raniah Kabooha
• Chapter 12. SWOT Analysis of GUST Writing Lab; Inan Deniz Erguvan
• Chapter 13. A Review of Writing Centre Tutor Training Materials in the GCC; Tony Schiera
• PART III: Comparative Investigations of Writing Centers in the Arabian Gulf Countries
• Chapter 14. Writing Centers in the Higher Education Landscape of the Arabian Gulf: Dialogic Investigations; Habib Bouagada.