Social Practices in Higher Education: A Knowledge by Tammy Slater HARDBACK

Name: Social Practices in Higher Education: A Knowledge by Tammy Slater HARDBACK
Brand: Equinox Publishing Ltd

Equinox Publishing Ltd

This book addresses Mohan\u2019s (1986) concept of a social practice, an educational activity that can be considered as action in a frame of meaning, or a \""knowledge framework\"" (KF). The KF, grounded in systemic functional linguistics, is a heuristic that provides both a theoretical framework for researching the language of social practices and a springboard for organizing lessons that can help teachers bring explicit language development into content teaching. This volume brings together the latest research on using Mohan\u2019s SFL-based theory at institutions of higher learning. \n One outcome of this book is to show how a functional approach to language research can be a major tool for research in the experiential tradition of John Dewey who, as a pragmatist, regarded knowledge\n\nSocial Practices in Higher Education\nA Knowledge Framework Approach to Linguistic Research and Teaching\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using;