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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
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Navigating across Academic Contexts: Campo and Angolan Students in a Brazilian University
Castanheira, Maria Lucia; Street, Brian V.; Carvalho, Gilcinei Teodoro
Pedagogies: An International Journal, v10 n1 p70-85 2015
This paper draws on the Academic Literacies approach to examine tutor/student relations in the production of academic texts. We address issues associated with learning to write in such contexts, through exploring the perspectives of two groups of non-traditional students as they reflect on their experiences in navigating educational contexts in a Brazilian public university. The term non-traditional is used here to refer to students from social groups whose previous generation had no, or very limited, access to university. In order to explore the "hidden features" of the contextualized nature of academic writing, we present two cases: students from Angola and from Campo, both groups not traditionally represented in Brazilian universities. We explored the development of writing in academic contexts by examining tensions identified by these students and their tutors/teachers as they engaged with academic literacies.
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Literacy, Teacher Student Relationship, Nontraditional Students, Writing (Composition), Student Attitudes, State Universities, Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Access to Education, Foreign Students, Portuguese, War, Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, College Students, College Faculty
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Angola; Brazil
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