Writing Policy Briefs: A Pedagogical Approach to Teaching College Students

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Britner ◽  
L. Alpert
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Teaching College ◽  
Approach To Teaching

College Students' Attitudes toward a Problems Approach to Child Psychology

1978 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 411-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Mary Dunbar ◽  
Beverly Weidler Taylor
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Child Psychology ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Traditional Approaches

The purpose of this study was to examine students' attitudes toward a problems approach to teaching child psychology. A total of 320 pre-service teachers were surveyed over a 2-yr. period to obtain their reactions to utilizing vignettes and children's books for providing experiences in analyzing children's problems. The following reactions were obtained: (1) students preferred emphasizing problems rather than traditional approaches in child psychology, (2) students preferred using children's books and vignettes rather than traditional texts, (3) students found writing short reactions to the book and vignettes read was stimulating and thought-provoking, and (4) they felt the number and depth of problems dealt with in the course were appropriate.

scholarly journals The Use of Personal Pronouns in the Writing of Argumentative Essays by EFL Writers

RELC Journal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-19
Author(s):  
Robert MacIntyre
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
First Year ◽  
Personal Pronouns ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Native Speakers Of English ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Argumentative Essays ◽  
Style Guides

In many academic writing textbooks and style guides the use of personal pronouns is not encouraged. This is particularly problematic for non-native speakers of English trying to express themselves in a second language as, although personal pronouns are a clear signal of the writers’ identity and presence in a text, they are usually advised not to use them. Therefore, in order to understand more about the use of personal pronouns by non-native speakers, this study examined a corpus of argumentative essays written by first-year Japanese university students. Whilst the use of personal pronouns has been well documented, there has been less written about how we, as educators, can help our learners understand how to use them to shape their identities as academic writers. Therefore, this article attempts to address this by suggesting a possible pedagogical approach to teaching the use of personal pronouns in academic writing.

Real or fake? Resources for teaching college students how to identify fake news

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann T. Musgrove ◽  
Jillian R. Powers ◽  
Lauri C. Rebar ◽  
Glenn J. Musgrove
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Teaching College
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